Horses dig wells in deserts with environmental benefits, study finds
Wild equids in the North American desert have been found to dig wells up to six feet deep to access fresh water
Wild horses
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Delight as foal of one of world’s rarest species is born in the UK
‘There are estimated to be fewer than 600 in the wild so they are incredibly rare and they sadly face an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild’
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Once extinct wild horses flown to Russian steppes
Six Przewalski’s horses have been transported to a protected reserve
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Contraception programme to tackle equine crisis in Wales
The Society for the Welfare of Horses and Ponies introduced the scheme in April due to welfare concerns
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Feral horses find new homes
Horses abandoned on a Welsh common have been rehomed thanks to various charities
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Wild ponies moved from scrubland in Wales to Bransby Home of Rest
In a six-month operation, 25 semi-feral ponies have been removed from 2,000 acres of common land near Blaenavon in South Wales
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Konik foal born in Kent is welcome sign of spring
The first foal of the year has been born to a group of wild ponies in Kent
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America plans to adminster birth control to wild horses
An American land management programme is planning to capture 575 wild horses this month and administer contraceptives in order to control population growth
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Wild horses moved to city centre
A herd of wild Konik horses has been moved onto grazing marshes in the centre of Canterbury, in an effort to restore the area
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Przewalski’s horse back from the brink
A working group from London Zoo has recommended that the Mongolian Przewalski’s horse should be reclassified from “extinct” to “endangered”
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Wild horses return to Kazakhstan
A German zoo is reintroducing the Przewalski horse into the wild, in the hope that the breed will once again become self-sustaining
