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Originally Posted by sheepguide
We targeted that age range. When we ran them and threw ropes it was always young horses. When we trapped we were selective on the horses we took. So I'd say probably 90% of what I personally took were of this age.
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So then if capture permits were reinstated, could they then have to specify the age range of horses captured and that they NOT be sold to slaughter? If that was made a condition of the permits I would not be as against the trapping vs. hunting of excess horses. But then who would regulate that and police that the rules are followed? There would have to be an actual management plan to ensure the age structure of the horse population did not skew too much in one direction etc. That requires ultimately the province to take control of the issue.