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.

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