Even ecologists disagree on whether the animals deserve more protection as 17 horses are killed in British Columbia’s Interior
in British Columbia’s Interior devastated members of the local community who regard them as an ancient and enchanting part of the landscape. However, the horses are thought of by others as pests, grazing machines that out-compete important species for food and territory.On March 10, Tk’emlups Rural RCMP were notified that “several” horses had been found dead on B.C. Crown land approximately an hour southwest of Kamloops, near Skeetchestn Indian Band lands.
Cpl. Lepine anticipates charging whoever is responsible for the killings under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, which carries a maximum punishment of $75,000 in fines and two years in jail. The free-roaming horses are culturally significant to the Skeetchestn Indian Band, a community with deep roots in horsemanship that has held a rodeo for well over 100 years, according to former band councillor Terry Deneault.
“While these horses did not live on Skeetchestn’s land and the crime occurred outside of our community, we are mourning the unnecessary loss of wildlife that we share this beautiful landscape with.” Wayne McCrory, a biologist in B.C. who has studied free-roaming horses in Canada extensively, thinks new legislation is necessary.
However, Mateen Hessami, a University of British Columbia Okanagan-based wildlife researcher, said the resources that would go toward protecting free-roaming horses are better spent supporting less resilient animals such as moose, elk, and deer. The horses have high reproductive rates compared to those others and are less vulnerable to predation from mountain lions and wolves.
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