“I am in Skyros, Greece, a rural island in the central Aegean. It is the home of a breed of horse believed to be thousands of years old, though they currently number only a couple hundred individuals….” for the full article, view National Geographic Voices or find out more on the ABA website’s page on Greece Continue reading
Ted Taylor, from Northern KNP is knowledgeable of the background and origins of various Snowy Brumby breed types, from: Kiandra Yarrangobilly Caves. Long Plain/Currango Peppercorn, Broken Cart and Brindabella, and Coolamine Below is his account of the history of horses from this area. Short history of High Plains Wild Horses from Kiandra to Peppercorn Ted Taylor “I now describe, for those not privileged to see KNP when leased and grazed by tens of thousands of sheep and cattle for over one 100 yrs. It was a very beautiful healthy landscape; the broad-toothed rat, corroboree frog, fish and wild… Continue reading
PZP has been used in fertility control programs in the United States since 1989. Through the years, advances in PZP and other fertility control vaccines have improved delivery and efficacy making them a more viable alternative to lethal control methods. Jay Kirkpatrick was arguably the most influential person in the development of this humane method of controlling over abundant species. For the full article… Pioneer of PZP birth control in wild horses dies at 75 Continue reading
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the remarkable discovery by American woman Louise Firouz that a horse breed thought extinct for 1300 years had in fact survived in a mountainous region of Iran. Read more about Louise Firouz and the discovery of a living herd of Caspian horses. Horsetalk NZ Wikipedia Sydney Morning Herald (2008) Continue reading
Scientists have long studied the best ways to train and treat domesticated horses, but they largely ignored the behavior of free-ranging horses. Recent research has begun to fill that gap. Observations from long-term studies of wild horses show that the conventional, male-centric view of their power dynamics is wrong. In fact, females often call the shots, employing tactics such as cooperation and persistence to get their way. more… Continue reading
