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Alberta's free-living horses.  [photo courtesy of Wild Horses of Alberta Society] The mare and two foals were shot dead earlier this year, their bodies left to rot, the reason for their death still unexplained.

Federal legislation to protect Canada's free-living horses

Target:
The Canadian Government
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The U.S. has federal legislation protecting their horses.  Nova Scotia has turned Sable Island into a federal-provincial reserve for their horses.  The horses of Alberta and B.C. also need protection under a unified set of regulations.  Because Environment Canada considers these animals to be foreign, not native, they do not qualify for the Species at Risk Act.  Nonetheless, they are thinking, feeling, suffering animals who deserve to live their lives freely.  

In Alberta there is a capture season that runs from November 1 until March 1 each year.  During this time a permit holder is allowed to catch three studs to one mare.  However, there is no limit on the number of horses a person may capture or kill provided this ratio is adhered to.

We are collecting signatures to request that Canada enact federal legislation that will offer protection to these horses so they do not end up in slaughter houses or as bear bait.  Please add your name to tell the government that the horses need protection.

The U.S. has federal legislation protecting their horses.  Nova Scotia has turned Sable Island into a federal-provincial reserve for their horses.  The horses of Alberta and B.C. also need protection under a unified set of regulations.  Because Environment Canada considers these animals to be foreign, not native, they do not qualify for the Species at Risk Act.  Nonetheless, they are thinking, feeling, suffering animals who deserve to live their lives freely.  

In Alberta there is a capture season that runs from November 1 until March 1 each year.  During this time a permit holder is allowed to catch three studs to one mare.  However, there is no limit on the number of horses a person may capture or kill provided this ratio is adhered to.

We are collecting signatures to request that Canada enact federal legislation that will offer protection to these horses so they do not end up in slaughter houses or as bear bait.  Please add your name to tell the government that the horses need protection.

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We signed the "Federal legislation to protect Canada's free-living horses" petition!
# 1,018:
3:22 pm PDT, Mar 13, Name not displayed, Canada
Please save our heritage. Stop destroying what you feel is worthless yet means so much to us as a people. Our wild horses do not demand anything from us yet the developers demand land that is not theirs and you agree to it so you can have more taxes. Are you finish taking away and can you start giving? These horses and our wildlife have no voices. They depend on us to help them. Please don't just hear the voices but listen carefully. We speak for them;let them live their lives as they first came. They do no harm. Let us keep what ever wildlife we have left. You have destroyed forests, land, waterways etc... It's time to give back.
# 1,017:
3:20 pm PDT, Mar 13, Jean-Frédéric Marrot, France
# 1,016:
2:09 pm PDT, Mar 13, Linda Lachapelle, Canada
# 1,015:
12:25 pm PDT, Mar 13, Annie PEYSSON, France
# 1,014:
8:26 am PDT, Mar 13, Marie Helene Kerschenmeyer, France
# 1,013:
7:39 am PDT, Mar 13, Chantal Buslot, Belgium
# 1,012:
7:38 am PDT, Mar 13, Krishnasami Vasumathi, India
# 1,011:
3:35 am PDT, Mar 13, Odette Chauve, France
we don't ask you to LOVE animals but to LET THEM FREE AND IN PEACE LIVE !!!
# 1,010:
3:17 am PDT, Mar 13, Leclercq Aurore, France
# 1,009:
2:45 am PDT, Mar 13, Georges Vool, Belgium
# 1,008:
12:53 am PDT, Mar 13, Buffa Sophie, France
# 1,007:
2:55 pm PDT, Mar 12, Odile HECKMANN, France
# 1,006:
2:54 pm PDT, Mar 12, Carole BELLEUDY, France
# 1,005:
2:53 pm PDT, Mar 12, Nicolas BELLEUDY, France
# 1,004:
2:51 pm PDT, Mar 12, Marie-Rose HECKMANN, France
# 1,003:
4:52 pm PDT, Mar 11, Carmen Rochon, Canada
S.V.P. Arrêtez cette tuerie.
# 1,002:
11:28 am PDT, Mar 11, Churaig Mac Niall, United Kingdom
# 1,001:
10:21 am PDT, Mar 11, Elaine Boyd, South Carolina
# 1,000:
10:06 am PDT, Mar 11, Susan Holmes, United Kingdom
# 999:
9:36 am PDT, Mar 11, Jo Wheat, South Carolina
Please.
# 998:
9:04 am PDT, Mar 11, Bekki Shining Bearheart, Ohio
# 997:
6:51 am PST, Mar 7, Dellianan Of the Sea, Colorado
# 996:
10:26 pm PST, Mar 6, Veronique Juge, Canada
# 995:
6:15 pm PST, Mar 2, Stephanie Carpenter, Canada
Hello, Please save the horses, it is as simple as that.
# 994:
7:50 pm PST, Mar 1, Mary Barnes, Tennessee
# 993:
1:39 pm PST, Feb 28, Kris Krislaty, Canada
Free roaming does not give a person the right to do with the animal what he/she wants. These magnificent animals have a right to be here and to be safe. SHAME on the government for not protecting the wildlife. Considered foreign or not - they should be protected not hunted!!!!!!!
# 992:
1:25 am PST, Feb 28, SIGROS LORINE, France
# 991:
11:26 am PST, Feb 26, Name not displayed, Illinois
# 990:
2:45 pm PST, Feb 25, Ruth Trudgeon, Canada
# 989:
9:24 am PST, Feb 22, Kathy Petersen, Nebraska
# 988:
8:55 am PST, Feb 21, Geneviève Pieroni, France
# 987:
1:24 am PST, Feb 21, Shannon Clark, United Kingdom
# 986:
2:58 am PST, Feb 18, Lyne Spooner, Canada
POur la survie de nos chevaux sauvages
# 985:
4:58 pm PST, Feb 15, Laura Zanoli, Italy
# 984:
8:44 am PST, Feb 15, Greg Mt Joy, Texas
# 983:
4:55 am PST, Feb 15, Kate Hodson, Indiana
We need to wake up and realize a great part of the country's past was built on these horses. Getting ride of them gets rid of the last amount of history the environment has.
# 982:
5:53 am PST, Feb 14, Sylvie Leboeuf, Canada
Please, save those magnificent animals. Prevent people from killing them for fun (hunters) and from slaughtering them. They deserve to live and be part of our world. They are part of our ecosystem and should be protected. The United States are protecting their Mustangs. They understood the importance of it. We could do it too. Lets do what is necessary to protect OUR MUSTANGS and give them the peace and freedom they deserve.
# 981:
8:59 pm PST, Feb 13, Jennifer Lee, Georgia
# 980:
9:47 pm PST, Feb 12, Sandy Rusch, Illinois
# 979:
5:42 am PST, Feb 12, Arnaud Hussard, France
# 978:
4:54 pm PST, Feb 11, Kirk Carpenter, Canada
Save the Mustang!
# 977:
5:22 pm PST, Feb 9, Christine Taylor, Florida
# 976:
7:53 pm PST, Feb 8, Dan Carpenter, Canada
# 975:
5:06 pm PST, Feb 7, Christine Lees, Canada
# 974:
9:19 am PST, Feb 5, Sarah Panullo, Pennsylvania
# 973:
8:48 am PST, Feb 5, Carolyn Briggs, Florida
God put the Horse here to run free!! Not to be slaughtered!!!!!
# 972:
6:41 am PST, Feb 5, Sharon Muir, Canada
# 971:
6:00 am PST, Feb 5, Name not displayed, Canada
# 970:
5:22 am PST, Feb 5, Juliette Pelletier, Canada
# 969:
5:00 am PST, Feb 5, Tara Abdulla, Canada
Set a good example and protect our wild horses.
# 968:
5:00 am PST, Feb 5, Tara Abdulla, Canada
Set a good example and protect our wild horses.
# 967:
9:20 am PST, Feb 3, Kathleen Linder, Colorado
# 966:
4:09 am PST, Feb 1, John Plut, Canada
# 965:
4:05 am PST, Feb 1, Maxine Plut, Canada
# 964:
10:58 pm PST, Jan 31, Connie Faisandier, New Zealand
It is not right that in order for the horses to be put on the "at risk list" they therefore need to be native to Canada.
# 963:
1:34 pm PST, Jan 31, Sophie Szeferowicz, France
Protect your wildlife!
# 962:
11:23 am PST, Jan 31, Judy Becker, Canada
we would like to see all free-roaming horses in Canada offered the same protection as the Sable Island horses, we can only hope that we can succeed in Alberta
# 961:
8:14 pm PST, Jan 30, Diana Martz - Animalspirit, Indiana
These are Great Animals as all animals are! And they Need The Respect & Compassion they very Deeply Deserve!! Protect & Defend Their Right to Live Free & Safe!!!!!!!!!
# 960:
1:44 pm PST, Jan 30, Caroline Szalay, New Jersey
# 957:
6:40 am PST, Jan 28, Andrée Hussard, France
# 956:
2:15 am PST, Jan 27, Avril Kettle, United Kingdom
# 955:
11:25 am PST, Jan 26, Christina Wong, Maryland
# 954:
10:59 am PST, Jan 26, Art Deco, Maine
# 953:
10:05 am PST, Jan 26, Name not displayed, Canada
# 952:
9:02 am PST, Jan 26, Leslie Postin, Illinois
# 951:
7:32 am PST, Jan 26, Robin Julian, Michigan
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