Province plans to inject 90 mares with a contraceptive to prevent fertility for up to three years

Wild horse advocates rallied Wednesday in downtown Calgary to oppose government plans which they say threaten the survival of Alberta’s free-roaming herds.

The Help Alberta Wildies Society (HAWS) organized the rally in response to provincial plans to remove horses from the foothills and inject 90 mares with a contraceptive that would prevent them from giving birth for one to three years.

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Darrell Glover, president of HAWS, warned the policy could lead to what he called an “equine genocide.” He argued that reducing foals through contraception would cause predators like bears, cougars and wolves to target older horses instead, accelerating the overall population decline w

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