Wild and on the Go
by Jeff Swan
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Wild and on the Go
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Jeff Swan
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Wild horse on the go
Feral horses[edit]
Main articles: Feral horse and feral
See also: List of megafauna discovered in modern times § Status unclear
Semiferal horse in the Pentland Hills, Scotland:. Though popularly called "wild" horses, feral and semiferal horses are not truly wild; their ancestors were domesticated.
Horses that live in an untamed state but have ancestors that have been domesticated are not truly "wild" horses; they are feral horses. For example, when the Spanish reintroduced the horse to the Americas beginning in the late 15th century, some horses escaped and formed feral herds, the best-known being the mustang. The Australian equivalent to the Mustang is the brumby, descended from horses strayed or let loose in Australia by English settlers.[25] Isolated populations of feral horses occur in a number of places, including Portugal, Scotland, and a number of barrier islands along the Atlantic coast of North America from Sable Island off Nova Scotia, to the Cumberland Island, Georgia.[26] While these are often referred to as "wild" horses, they are not truly "wild" in the biological sense of having no domesticated ancestors.
In 1995, British and French explorers discovered a new population of horses in the Riwoche Valley of Tibet, unknown to the rest of the world, but apparently used by the local Khamba people. It was speculated that the Riwoche horse might be a relict population of wild horses,[27] but testing did not reveal genetic differences with domesticated horses,[28] which is in line with news reports indicating that they are used as pack and riding animals by the local villagers.[29] These horses only stand 12 hands (48 inches, 122 cm) tall and are said to resemble the images known as "horse no 2" depicted in cave paintings alongside images of Przewalski's horse.[28]
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