Animal rescue groups seize hundreds of animals from 2 northern Alberta properties

The Alberta RCMP are investigating allegations of animal cruelty after a coalition of Alberta animal rescue groups seized more than 290 animals from two properties in northern Alberta.

The Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society (AARCS) said the rescue took place near Valleyview, Alta., about 350 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, and involved the RCMP, Canadian Animal Task Force (CATF) and a coalition of more than a dozen other animal rescue organizations from across the province.

AARCS said the two properties where the animals were removed had been acting as an animal rescue, but the dogs, cats and livestock on the properties were living in extremely poor conditions and needed urgent help.

Photos of the rescue operation, provided by AARCS, show a large number of horses and mixed-breed d