Feral horse count in Alberta district past threshold according to new management plan

Alberta has historically looked a bit like the Wild West when it comes to handling its free-roaming horse populations, but advocacy groups are optimistic about a new provincial management framework to protect the iconic animal in the foothills it roves. The feral horse management framework introduces population thresholds across six equine management zones, including the Ghost River area, covering most of the M.D. of Bighorn. Where feral horses have been culled in the past for being considered t