Modeling tool developed to help decision-makers manage wild horses
New tool allows different management options to be assessed individually or in tandem.
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Articles and comment on wild horses around the globe.
New tool allows different management options to be assessed individually or in tandem.
Read more“The evidence suggests the damage resulting from horse grazing and trampling could have negative consequences for the long-term carbon storage of affected peatlands.”
Read moreWith no roundup in 2023, the advocacy group for New Zealand’s wild Kaimanawa Horses is expecting a big muster. Applications for horses from next year’s muster are already being taken.
Read moreIt would be unreasonable to ignore the previous thousands and even millions of years during which equid ancestors played major roles in North American life, writes ecologist Craig Downer.
Read moreThe Equus Film & Arts Fest and its educational programme The Mustang Summit is heading to Colorado as part of the initiative to expand the Mustang education of the horse-loving general public.
Read moreThe problem of dead batteries in trackers, which has plagued researchers in the field, has been overcome by researchers in Denmark.
Read moreThe link between Spanish horses and the Barb horses of North Africa is strong, but the most vital link is not between today’s modern Spanish horse breeds and Barb horses but between the now-extinct Spanish Jennet and Barb horses.
Read moreGenetic analysis shows that northern Iberian Celtic horses were incorporated into all the Criollo breeds in North and South America.
Read moreSulphur Mustangs have been separated from their ancestral populations for centuries and have followed an independent evolutionary development, but similarities with other Spanish Colonial horses of North America indicate a common origin.
Read moreSulphur Mustangs have adapted over the centuries and thrived. Their origin is hotly debated, but their unique qualities are unquestioned.
Read more“Welfare assessments need to be part of all wildlife monitoring,” says animal welfare scientist Andrea Harvey.
Read moreChoosing one of the labels – wild, livestock or pets – offers the best hope for the federal government to succeed in wild horse management, say scientists.
Read moreResearchers looked at horses advertised for sale in a popular Australian equestrian magazine.
Read moreOpen-source program PopEquus is to provide realistic predictions that will help inform the use of various population-control methods.
Read moreContrary to researchers’ predictions, the number of group changes males experienced did not significantly affect their fecal cortisol metabolite concentrations.
Read more“These horses are facing near total elimination. It is of paramount importance that we call attention to the grievous injustice in hopes of stopping it.”
Read more“We Are The Wild Horses” won the Winnie Award at the recent Equus Film and Arts Festival.
Read moreResearchers analysed hair follicles from 96 Kaimanawa horses to determine their similarity to domestic horse breeds.
Read moreAuthors of a just-published review seek to determine what is normal, beyond domestic horse yards.
Read moreCurrent debates over approaches to their management, including fertility control, focus almost exclusively on practicality.
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