Sable Island Horses

• Sable Island horses ‘doing well’ after storm Fiona, Parks Canada says

  In a statement sent to Global, Parks Canada said the horses act instinctively and seek shelter in groups in the lee of the dunes during the storm. 

  Weather

  Sep 26, 2022
  
• Hurricane Fiona: Sable Island horses likely to come under swipe of fierce storm

  Hurricane Fiona is tracking northward after carving a destructive path and could be one of the worst storms to hit Atlantic Canada in recent years.

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2022
  
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• ‘Eeking out a living on this sandbar’: The hard life of a wild Sable Island horse

  A team from the University of Saskatchewan and Parks Canada performed necropsies on more than 30 dead animals during trips to the isolated sandbar about 160 kilometres off Nova Scotia in 2017 and 2018.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2019
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• Federal Government to fund cleanup of buildings, debris on iconic Sable Island

  Ottawa announced $3.4 million Monday to remove surplus buildings and other debris from Sable Island National Park Reserve, and to design energy measures to reduce fossil fuel consumption.

  Environment

  Feb 11, 2019