A herd of feral horses roaming the old Fundy Gypsum property near Windsor, Nova N.S. have been saved from an uncertain future after an overwhelming community response to save them.
Ralph Morash admits he isn’t familiar with social media, or the firestorm of attention both he and his herd of horses have received since their story aired on CTV News earlier this month.
“It kind of touches ya, don’t it?” says Morash.
The herd started as two domesticated rescue horses and eventually grew into a herd too large for Morash to handle.
"To think, when you're alone and ready to give up and people stand up for you, it does touch your heart, don't it,” says Morash.
The horses have been roaming the Fundy Gypsum property for years but the company has repeatedly requested they be removed.
Amid mounting pressure from the company and public safety concerns, Morash has struggled for a solution and reached out for help, admitting his passion was beyond his control.
After a report about the horses aired on CTV News, a group called Save the Wild Horses of Nova Scotia began working with the company and is now planning to move the horses to a nearby property, owned by Morash.
Debbie Francis is a horse lover who lives in a hamlet of homes that has struggled with Morash’s rogue horses - stallions kicked out from the main herd.
She says she has offered to help Morash over the years, but to no avail. Now, she has growing concern for the well-being of all of the horses and hopes they can finally get the help they need.
“It is a safety issue, not just for us, but the horses themselves,” says Francis.
The goal is to have the horses relocated by March.
With files from CTV Atlantic's Marie Adsett
