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🐮 📱 Wild return to Spain’s Iberian highlands after 10,000 years.

For the first time in more than 10,000 years, wild horses once again roam Spain’s northwestern highlands. The 35 horses introduced by are bringing renewed resilience to the land.

In 2023, an initial 16 Przewalski’s horses (Equus ferus przewalskii), the world’s last fully wild horse, were introduced to the municipality of Villanueva de Alcorón in , a sparsely populated province two hours from

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/09/wild-horses-return-to-spains-iberian-highlands-after-10000-years/

I posted in previous years about these Dartmoor ponies that are brought in to a local nature reserve at this time of year to graze a hillside too steep for mowing machinery.
I only had my cheap mobile with me this evening, but I couldn't resist this shot of them waiting to be moved to the next section of the hill, with the sinking sun behind them.

Three ponies, two grey and one bay, standing peacefully by a fence, with the low sun behind them. The ground beyond them slopes away sharply, and houses and wooded hills fill the area to the horizon.

Have a great weekend, everyone! Enjoy this beautiful autumn pic from my horseback ride last month in the Colorado Rockies.

Photo of trail in dense colorful forest as viewed while I was riding on a horse. Leaves produce an illusion of a "sea" of yellow from the many aspens whose leaves have already turned color. The brown neck and ears of the horse are in the foreground. A dirt trail is seen immediately in front of the horse with other horses (with riders) further down the trail. Blue sky overhead seen between some trees. I took this pic while riding down from the summit of Bellyache Mountain.

Silver Charm by M.J. Evans is not just a biography of this famous horse’s life and career. It also takes readers behind the scenes of an extraordinary mission to save racing's greatest athletes from a fate worse than losing.

https://www.amazon.com/Silver-Charm-Friends-Save-Thoroughbreds-ebook/dp/B0FN1XGFHS/

book cover. jockey in green and yellow riding a silver horse on a track