The observation of the dying horse was made by RCMP Corporal Dave Heaslip with the Northern Alberta Livestock Investigation Unit in the Olds Albertan Newspaper, January 30th, 2007 edition. 

Whether you like wild horses or not, agree with their existance in the Eastern Slopes or not, we should all agree on one thing, that was a pretty cruel way to die.  All seven wild horses died a few feet from each other, at the two different locations and spent slugs were found at both crime scenes.  From what I understand, very large predators, even in packs, such as the wolf, don’t take down several prey at a time and side by side.  Unless however, the predator happens to be of the two legged variety, weilding a rifle.  It has been the observation of not only WHOAS members but the general public as well writing on this blog that the wild horse numbers are down.  Reporters came out to the foothills West of Sundre from CBC, television and radio, CTV, Global Calgary, The Globe and Mail, The Sundre Round Up and the Olds Albertan to the two kill sites.  Along with this,  the journalists spent several hours covering at least 100 square miles in search of live Alberta wild horses to film.  So where are all the horses? Why wasn’t the large area they went over teeming with horses?  Even the government’s 2006 aerial count using trained observers and researchers showed the horse numbers down, from 225 in 2005 to 191.  The government, in their reports admit to the declining numbers.  It is a fact that the buffalo, antelope and other species were driven to near extinction due to unscientific negative attitudes.  History tends to repeat itself, one species at a time.  Why wait until it is too late for the wild horses?  The reputable scientists and biologists continue to warn us of this danger.  Indeed THE SKY IS FALLING…  Doreen

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Posted by Doreen on Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 at 10:04 pm.