If I’m not mistaken there are horse processing facilities in eastern Canada that sell to Europe .Not sure if this is still the case but worked with a slaughterman in B.C. that had worked in one in Ontario
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If I’m not mistaken there are horse processing facilities in eastern Canada that sell to Europe .Not sure if this is still the case but worked with a slaughterman in B.C. that had worked in one in Ontario
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Yes, they are invasive.
I would like to know how much damage they actually create and how severe their effects are on the MD in the area.
Are they feeding in the same sources of food that MD eat?
Maybe.
I just don’t know?
Does the Arrowstone MD study touch on that??
I am just curious, not here to argue the culling.
thats a lot of dogfood left on the hills
No equine slaughter left in Canada, and there is a movement to ban live exports for food
Horses destroy more range than cattle due to the way they can rip up grass instead of grazing off the tops
somebody didn't like the competition for feed or someone just out to kill something are my guesses
Have found does and fawns shot for no reason other than to see something killed,
mindset or testing a firearms? who knows
Glad to say I have hunted Northern BC
Simon Fraser had pretty good judgement on what he found in BC
Got any research, that wasn’t funded in part or in whole by a cattleman’s association, to back up the claim that horses are more destructive than cows?
I see a lot more cows than I do feral/wild horses, so I find it hard to believe that horses (with their much smaller numbers) are more destructive on a whole than cattle. The benefit of beef being that there’s a big market for it.
If it cant be done with one shot, it shouldn't be done.
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its unfortunate. Society views them as majestic, science views them as destructive and a problem in regards to competition with wild animals that are supposed to be there. Honestly they should be removed but society would freak out. I don't suspect there will be much of a push for an investigation on this from the conservation office, the RCMP well thats a different matter unless they defer to the correct office
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not all invasive species are bad. They are, in a lot cases, good. They are just not native.
I have never seen as many poor lakes as in Canada where you do not have fish unless the fisheries stock some, which of course only last a few months. We need to put some productive fish in our lakes. To be honest, trout is one useless specie that do not produce well. replacing them with walleye or whatever is the way to do.
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This is a good scenario for the indians to get involved and investigate if the horses are invasive, reason why if they performed a cull the public wouldn't even know plus if they knew wouldn't be as harsh as a public employee or hunters performing the task.
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Horses eat all day.
Cattle bed to chew cud.
Tough on the range/lease.