Montreal seeks shelter for calche horses

The City of Montreal is trying to find temporary shelterfor horsesas the one-year moratorium on horse-drawn calches begins next week.

Owners who cannot keep theirhorses can file a request with Montreal.The city is expected to help driversfind stables and associations that will take in and care for theanimalsbefore the ban sets in nextTuesday.

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The moratorium was announced on Wednesday by Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre inorder to re-evaluate the dossier.

However, some owners say they plan on keeping their horseseven without their revenue.

"There is no one who is going to leave behindtheir horses," Denis Murray, a calche driver, said."We're not done the fight."

The mayor said he wanted the horses to return in a year, but with tighter rules and more professional standards.

The announcement follows growing calls for a ban on the industry, spurred by a number of incidents involving the horses.

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