Alberta wild horses: Group fights to save species years after cull [Video]

On a quiet and serene ranch about an hour north of Calgary, several horses eagerly eat out of the palm of Darrell Glover’s hand. Four of them are wild horses and were rescued by Glover, a retired rancher.

The president of Help Alberta Wildies Society says he’s dedicated the last 10 years to preserving the population of the species after the government of Alberta ordered a cull in 2014 saying they were widely destroying the range land. After a long reprieve, Glover finds himself in the same fight again after the province put forth a plan to manage the animal’s population.

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“We don’t want to see them gone,” Glover said.

“We spend a lot of time out in the bush looking for these horses and they’re basically getting harder to find at certain times of the year.”

The province’s website records 1,478 wild horses …