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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