Semi-feral Horses
See also: Semi-feralIn the United Kingdom, herds of free-roaming ponies live in apparently wild conditions in various areas, notably Dartmoor, Exmoor, and the New Forest. Similar horse and pony populations exist elsewhere on the European continent. These animals, however, are not truly feral, as all of them are privately owned, and roam out on the moors and forests under common grazing rights belonging to their owners. A proportion of them are halter-broken, and a smaller proportion broken to ride but simply turned out for a while for any of a number of reasons (for example a break in training to allow them to grow on, a break from working to allow them to breed under natural conditions, or retirement). In other cases, the animals may be government-owned and closely managed on controlled reserves.
- Camargue horse, in marshes of the Rhone delta, southern France
- Dartmoor pony, England; predominantly domesticated, also lives in semi-feral herds
- Exmoor pony, England; predominantly domesticated, also lives in semi-feral herds
- New Forest pony, predominantly domesticated, also lives in semi-feral herds in the area of Hampshire, England
- Konik, semi-feral horse of eastern Europe.
- Delft pony, feral herds first introduced by the Portuguese during colonial times to Delft island north of Sri Lanka
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