The Olds RCMP has reopened its investigation into the suspicious death of a horse at Olds College last fall. While he would not provide details of where the police investigation currently stands, acting Cpl. S.D.
The Olds RCMP has reopened its investigation into the suspicious death of a horse at Olds College last fall.
While he would not provide details of where the police investigation currently stands, acting Cpl. S.D. Bereza, an Olds RCMP spokesman, said he wanted the community to know investigators are still working on the file.
Police and college officials believe one or more persons opened a number of the school's equine science program's horse pens sometime between 10 p.m. on Sept. 8 and 7:45 a.m. on Sept. 9, releasing as many as seven animals, including five stallions, into a feed alley.
The alley's end gates were closed, locking the horses into the alley.
A 15-year-old stallion on loan to the college was found dead from a kick to its head on the morning of Sept. 9 and another stallion was found with injuries to its legs. At the time of the incident, Marion Anderson, an equine science program coordinator at the college, told the Olds Albertan she believed the incident "was a deliberate attempt to put the stallions together, presumably to watch them fight."
"Stallions will fight to establish dominance," she said. "When stallions fight it is not pretty. It is violent, traumatic and loud."
The college had offered a $4,000 reward for information leading to any arrests in relation to the incident and a college spokeswoman confirmed on April 12 that the reward is still on the table.
Requests to college officials for comment were not returned before press time.
Anyone with information about this crime is asked to contact Olds RCMP at 403-556-3323 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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