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Newly Published Technical Review Reveals That Wild Horses Are Not The Problem in Alberta
CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zoocheck, a group working to protect Alberta’s wild horses, just released a new technical review of the 2015 Rangeland Health Reports, the documents used by the Alberta government to inform the
According to review author, professional agrologist Brian de Kock, “There are complex reasons for the decline in rangeland health in the eastern slopes. These reports provide overwhelming evidence that the vast majority of the impacts to the rangeland health are caused by factors other than wild horses,” says de Kock. “There is absolutely no justification for arbitrary, non-scientific thresholds, culls, or other unnecessary population control measures of wild horses that will do little, if anything, to protect and restore rangeland health since wild horses are not responsible for the vast majority of the impacts.” Read More
