• Home
  • Weblinks
  • Impressum and Contact

Horseback Riding worldwide

The World of Horses - Worldwide horseback riding vacations, riding stables and riding lessons

You are here: Home / Archives for Wild Horses

The Mustang – American Symbol of Liberty!

03/05/2011 by Elke

Brutally hunted, killed, soon nothing but history? Having grown up with Winnetou and his loyal horse Iltschi, the Mustang has always been a symbol of liberty to me, mentioned in the same breath as USA. Unfortunately we live in a materialistic world that doesn’t stop at the wild horses. Without mercy the wild horses are being rounded up by helicopters (click here). … [Read more...]

The Wild Horses of Namibia – Namib Desert Horses

02/22/2011 by Elke

Unbelievable how these horses have learned to adapt: These very adjustable horses have managed to survive for more than 100 years in the heat of the Namib Desert where there is no shade and temperatures reach 45 degrees C (113 degrees F). In the small town of Garub*, 20 km west of Aus these wild horses can be observed even today. How did these wild horses get there? … [Read more...]

Horse Quotes and Sayings: I believe, …

01/11/2011 by Elke

I believe, as do so many of my fellow Americans, that the wild horse is an irreplaceable national treasure. It would be a tragic mistake to allow this noble creature to disappear from our western landscape. (Robert Redford) … [Read more...]

Did you know, that all horses are actually American?

01/10/2011 by Elke

..., that all horses are actually American? All our horses date back to the original Pliohippus. This ancestor lived during the Pleistocene, about one to two million years ago, in today’s United States and Canada (North America)! The ancient horses immigrated to Asia and Europe via a land bridge that existed at that time and adapted according to the environment they found … [Read more...]

American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign: Report from the Horse Slaughter Summit

01/08/2011 by Elke

(January 7, 2011 - By Suzanne Roy & Deniz Bolbol) Las Vegas, NV (January 3-6, 2011) . . . This week, a group of horse breeders and livestock industry representatives gathered in Las Vegas to network and organize a plan to reopen commercial horse slaughter plants in the United States. Realizing that horse slaughter is an unpalatable subject for most Americans, they cloaked … [Read more...]

« Previous Page
Next Page »

Categories

  • Breed of Horse
  • Corona Crisis
  • Did you know, …
  • Equipment for Horse and Rider
  • General
  • Hard to believe ….
  • Horse Care and Feeding
  • Horse deseases – First Aid – Healthiness
  • Horse Movies
  • Horse Quotes and Sayings
  • Horse Training and Manners
  • Horse Trekking
  • Horses and Dogs
  • Not Without My Horse
  • Poisonous and Medicinal Plants for horses
  • Ranch Vacations
  • Ranches for sale
  • Riding Lessons and Training
  • Riding Vacations on Horseback
  • top
  • Travel Stories – Riding Vacations
  • Videos
  • Wild Horses

Recent Comments

  • Essential vitamins for horses - Horseback Riding worldwide on Equine exertional rhabdomyolysis (Tying UP) in horses – the horse immediately needs to stop moving
  • Apples, carrots, sugar beets- useful tips for the right feeding - Horseback Riding worldwide on Essential vitamins for horses
  • The most important minerals for horses - Horseback Riding worldwide on Horses with Liver Disease – Origins and Treatment
  • Did you know, that hoof horn only freezes at ... - Horseback Riding worldwide on Road traffic security for horses – how riders can prepare their horses for the streets
  • Did you know, that horses can smell water? - Horseback Riding worldwide on Road traffic security for horses – how riders can prepare their horses for the streets

Copyright © 2022 — Horseback Riding worldwide • All rights reserved.