![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.](http://dingo.care2.com/pictures/petition_images/petition/139/505319-1189722359-main.jpg "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!
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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.
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we don't ask you to LOVE animals but to LET THEM FREE AND IN PEACE LIVE !!!
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S.V.P. Arrêtez cette tuerie.
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Please.
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Hello, Please save the horses, it is as simple as that.
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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!!!!!!!
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POur la survie de nos chevaux sauvages
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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:
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.
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Save the Mustang!
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God put the Horse here to run free!! Not to be slaughtered!!!!!
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Set a good example and protect our wild horses.
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Set a good example and protect our wild horses.
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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.
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1:34 pm PST, Jan 31,
Sophie Szeferowicz, France
Protect your wildlife! |
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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
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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!!!!!!!!! |
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