Reward Doubles for Wild Horse Killers -- Alberta

People are so sick - why on earth would someone want to do this. I hope they catch these people and do something to them I'd rather not mention in public..

Police and wildlife officials are investigating the fatal shooting of three wild horses, including a pregnant mare, near Sundre, northwest of Calgary.

The animals were found Tuesday night near the Mountain Aire Lodge motel and campground west of the town, about 500 metres from a mountainside road, the RCMP said Wednesday.

It appears the horses were shot from the road late in the afternoon, police said. Evidence at the scene indicates that the mare went into labour after she was shot, said Bob Henderson, president of the Wild Horses of Alberta Society.

"For the first time in a long time, I actually cried this morning. It hurts your heart when you watch them out there, the way that they are and live out there. They're such a beautiful, magnificent animal, and to see this needless, senseless act just sickens the heart," said Henderson, who visited the scene on Wednesday.

The pregnant mare looked ready to foal within a day or two, Henderson said. A stud, about two to three years old, and a yearling colt were also found dead.

"He suffered a long, agonizing death by the look of the scene," Henderson said of the stud, who was found dead on his back with his legs in the air, tangled in some trees.

This is very sad indeed. I hope the reward will help catch the perpetrators.

Oh my!  How could anyone do that?

This is an important story to tell. It shows us how sick our world sometimes can be.  Who would do that to innocent animals.

somebody will brag while in their cups.

We got a lot of those braggards in Alberta.  So I think you.re right Rene.  We had kids shooting Domestic horses from the highway a couple of years back and that.s how they caught them.