Wild Horse Cull in Alberta

[Catherine]

Since the horses are descendants of animals that were working horses, we have a responsibility to look after them.
There are thousands of acres of Crown Land for them to roam. Space is not a problem. Alberta is huge. They even range up into the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. They have become a wild breed and they are now part of the ecology. They do have predators. There are wolves, coyotes and cougars who would take care of an old or sick horse. The weather thins out the weak ones as well. I think they are remarkable in the way they have adapted. They get fairly shaggy and long haired in the winter.

There is just no need to see them as a problem to be eliminated. They are very much a part of Alberta's heritage.