RED DEER, Alta. – Modern science is going to be used to help determine the origin of about 900 wild horses that roam in east-central Alberta.
A project is underway to collect DNA from horses on the Eastern Slopes to try to find out if they are unique.
The government argues that the horses don’t deserve special protection because they are feral – descendants of domestic horses.
But horse activists argue the animals may be native to the province.
Some say they should be allowed to roam free without annual culling permitted by the government.
The group Help Alberta Wildies says it might get the government to rethink its approach if the horse DNA can find some rare-breed background.
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-Red Deer Advocate
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