Feral Horse - Modern Feral Horses

Modern Feral Horses

Modern types of feral horses that have a significant percentage of their number living in a feral state, even though there may be some domesticated representatives, include the following types, landraces, and breeds:

• Banker horse, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina
• Brumby, the feral horse of Australia
• Chincoteague Pony, on Assateague Island off the coasts of Virginia and Maryland
• Cumberland Island Horse, on Cumberland Island off the coast of southern Georgia
• Danube Delta horse, in and around Letea Forest, between the Sulina and Chilia branches of Danube
• Elegesi Qiyus Wild Horse (Cayuse), Canada; lives in the Nemaiah Valley, British Columbia
• Garrano, a feral horse native to northern Portugal
• Kaimanawa horse, New Zealand
• Kondudo horse, in the Kondudo region, Ethiopia; threatened with extinction
• Marismeño, present in the Doñana National Park in Huelva, Spain
• Misaki Pony, Japan
• Mustang, legally protected by the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 in the western United States
• Namib desert horse, Namibia
• Nokota horse
• Sorraia, a feral horse native to southern Portugal
• Sable Island Pony found in Nova Scotia
• Welsh Pony, mostly domesticated, but a feral population of about 180 animals roams the Carneddau hills of North Wales. Other populations roam the eastern parts of the Brecon Beacons National Park.