Wild horses released in Western Iberia rewilding area 31 July
2012 | News story A herd of 24 Retuerta horses, coming from the
Doñana biological station in southern Spain, were released in
the Campanarios de Azaba reserve on July 27. The release was
possible thanks to the Rewilding Europe initiative and the
collaboration between the Nature and Man Foundation (FNYH) and
the Doñana Biological Station. The Nature and Man Foundation
released twenty-four Retuerta horses in the Campanarios de Azaba
reserve, in the province of Salamanca, Spain. The creation of
this new population of Retuertas will help to guarantee the
survival of this rare breed in Doñana and will strengthen the
process of natural grazing by large herbivores in the
Campanarios de Azaba reserve, part of one of the current five
rewilding areas of Rewilding Europe. Natural grazing by wild
herbivores (such as wild horses, wild cattle, bison and many
other species) disappeared from large parts of Europe when
humans occupied these areas. Wild horses and c