http://northernhorse.com/wildhorses Save the Wild Horses! Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:48:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please send any inquiries or membership applications to the following address; WHOAS Box 70022 Olds, Alberta T2H 0A3 http://northernhorse.com/wildhorses/index.php/whoas-change-of-address-notification/ This horse was named Coal for her colour and the road beside which we found her pacing back and forth.  (Coal Camp Road).  She was on her own out in the forestry. The old mare was either abandoned or got loose and strayed from her owners.  Coal was not in very ... http://northernhorse.com/wildhorses/index.php/coal-the-abandoned-horse/ WHOAS was pleased to show CBC-Radio Canada the beautiful wild horses of Alberta.  Jack Nichol, one of our members from Sundre was our driver and guide.    Thankfully, a few horse herds were cooperative about being filmed.  However, we did spend a full day driving in search of the horses on some trecherous, snow covered, desolate roads.   The one ... http://northernhorse.com/wildhorses/index.php/cbc-french-tv-broadcast-on-wild-horses-aired-march-9-2008/ We have found out from the horses mouth, so to speak, that the government has not issued pen or roping permits this year.  We would like to express our gratitude to the SRD for this.  However, we received an email from a concerned individual whom on January 1st, saw some people on horse ... http://northernhorse.com/wildhorses/index.php/moratorium-on-albertas-wild-horse-capture-season-2008/ The story of rescuiing a newborn foal out of the mighty Red Deer River was published in the November issue of Saddle Up Magazine out of BC, along with the North American 24/7 Cop to Cop Newspaper.  The 24/7 newspaper published the story as front page headline news.  It is a ... http://northernhorse.com/wildhorses/index.php/rivers-story-published-in-saddle-up-magazine-and-247-cop-to-cop-news/ We were informed that the Sundre RCMP took the head of the filly to a local Vet.   The Vet xrayed it and found no bullet, hence they could not conclude that she was shot.  What then caused the mysterious round shaped hole in her head? (See Pictures).  We may not be forensic scientists, however, ... http://northernhorse.com/wildhorses/index.php/wild-fillys-death-an-apparent-mystery/ Bob and I were leisurely driving around the foothills west of Sundre today and instead of photographing Beatiful wild horses and other wild life, Bob ended up photograhing a dead foal.  We saw a bunch of ravens circling so we pulled over to see what they were feeding on.  Bob ... http://northernhorse.com/wildhorses/index.php/wild-filly-found-shot-november-12-2007/ After waiting six long months we got a report back from Dr. Gus Cothran of the University of Texas.   Essentially, in a summary email from Dr. Cothran he states that the horses are of the cold blood type.  They are a type of pony and in their dna tree of resemblance ... http://northernhorse.com/wildhorses/index.php/dna-results-are-in/ Be sure to read the article by Equest Life. It is listed in the "pages" section on the right. Or use this link. Go To Article http://northernhorse.com/wildhorses/index.php/article-by-equest-life-about-the-wild-horses/ Our yearly fundraiser is underway and we have hundreds of calendars to sell.  They are $25 each which includes postage and handling.  We feature 13 pages of 8X10" pictures of beautiful Alberta wild ponies with a story about each herd or individual horse. The pictures depict all four seasons breathtaking winter scenes, ... http://northernhorse.com/wildhorses/index.php/2008-wild-horses-of-alberta-society-calendars-now-available/