Last Sable Island horse in captivity dies at wildlife park in Nova Scotia

Oct 3, 2019 | 7:19 AM

HALIFAX — The last Sable Island horse in captivity has died.

The 30-year-old animal, which did not have a name and was declining in health, was euthanized on the weekend at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park north of Halifax.

Head nature interpreter Tabitha Cox says the small, sturdy horse was the last descendant of a group removed from the island in 1960 and sent to three wildlife parks in Nova Scotia.

About 400 feral horses remain on the long, narrow, crescent-shaped strip of land about 290 kilometres southeast of Halifax.