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21-09-2009, 07:58 PM
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| | | Feral Equines
Is there now a sizable population of feral equines in Britain? What about Scotland? Where can you see them? Does a feral population ever become so naturalized that it can be considered wild? |
21-09-2009, 08:36 PM
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This might help... Wild Horses- Horse Breeds & Info - HorseShowCentral
the trouble with looking up wild horses at the moment is that you get Susan Boyle 
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21-09-2009, 09:08 PM
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Difficult question regarding the nature of the word 'feral' since the moorland pony species are actually genuine native species rather than domestic species that have 'escaped'. However, they are not truly wild in that although 'free ranging', most will have registered ownership and living on protected nature reserves such as the Exmoor Ponies or upland farmland. Moorland ponies will be rounded up annually, branded and given any veterinary treatment required
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21-09-2009, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Picidae  Difficult question regarding the nature of the word 'feral' since the moorland pony species are actually genuine native species rather than domestic species that have 'escaped'. However, they are not truly wild in that although 'free ranging', most will have registered ownership and living on protected nature reserves such as the Exmoor Ponies or upland farmland. Moorland ponies will be rounded up annually, branded and given any veterinary treatment required
This link may help Powered by Google Docs Magazine / Geographical | Not different species but different breeds e.g. Exmoor and Dartmoor ponies are different breeds of the same (sub)species of horse. |
21-09-2009, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Johnny Redgate Not different species but different breeds e.g. Exmoor and Dartmoor ponies are different breeds of the same (sub)species of horse. | you're quite right Johnny - comes of flitting backwards and forwards between the bird forums! |
21-09-2009, 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Picidae Difficult question regarding the nature of the word 'feral' since the moorland pony species are actually genuine native species rather than domestic species that have 'escaped'.
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The 'nativeness' of moorland ponies is not accepted by everyone. The latest edition of the Handbook of Mammals suggests all the 'wild' ponies are descended from domestic stock introduced possibly around 4000 years ago, probably more recently.
Hard evidence on such matter is difficult to come by. 
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Henrya is right here - there don't seem to be any British wild ponies that fit into the nine criteria that make a species native. When I was looking at this I was wondering just how many species etc really are native! As for the Scottish ones think there might still be a herd of Eriksay ponies left but not sure as all my info on this is on my home pc. Your best bet would be Exmoor, New Forest or Bodmin Moor - all of which have large herds of ponies |
22-09-2009, 10:08 AM
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Isn't the difference here between native species and native breeds? Exmoor/Dartmoor ponies etc are domesticated horses (horses having been brought in by man in prehistory) but the breeds as they have been developed are native to Britain. They are now free range on the mountains, moorlands and the New Forest rather than wild or even feral? | | |
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