This is the sort of thing I love to see I hope my country Scotland can rejoin the EU and be more apart of this sort of thing and for many other reasons which I don't feel like getting into at the moment
@Autor: These horses are neither the oldest horses nor wild horses, they were domesticated 3000 years ago and released as the cimarrón horses in the USA some time later. The oldest breed of domestic horse in the world is Spanish, the Retuertas horse, and the two most primitive wild breeds are also Spanish, the Asturcón and the Galician "besta", which is actually the same but for nationalist reasons it is called another name, even presents anatomical differences with common horses. Releasing Przewalski horses in Spain is a notable threat to ancient Spanish breeds, as are three European bison to fulfill the role that the fighting bull has traditionally played in Spain and that formed its landscape, also protecting the rest of the fauna. This is the typical business to collect European aid carried out by people, as can be seen, with little training and less awareness. All decorated in a children's and hollow video with an ecowoke effect.
@@jorgeo4483 Wrong. 1. The wisent doesn't "replace" or threathen the spanish fighting bull, which is also not a wild or even native species but a domestic one. 2. The P. Horse are not a threat to the feral horse...it's even the opposite Really. And it doesn't even matter as they're a domestic race not a true species OR subspecies. 3. Przewalski horse were never truly domesticated. 4. Ecowoke ? Seriously ? How dumb are you to nog only use that as an insult but do it first degree.
The Iberian range is East, not west from Madrid. I live at Gredos, west of Madrid. Mountains and huge forests. Here both kinds of vultures can be easily watched.😊
Like the Scottish highlands being over run with feral deer. Expensive anti deer fencing has to be used where reforestation with native species is practised as without it the deer eat the sapplings. Hunting with guns has proved to be ineffective in reducing numbers.
Rewilding Spain is wonderful, but why not recovering the "recent" extinct species , animals and vegetation and trees ..instead of focusing in this "peculiar" horse..re-introducing Wild bovines and others should be done also with their " natural" predators, isn't?
Well, wolves, the prime natural predator here, are fastly recovering their former territories by themselves. Most people moved to towns or seashores leaving the countrysides. Vast empty spaces, we call the Void Spain is being recovered by Nature.
I have seen another video where they have reintroduced cattle. To expect non wild horses to survive well in the wild is not fair on the horses. Domestic horses suffer all sorts of health problems as a result of our breeding them to suit what we want according to a podcast on equine evolution I listened to recently. It would be the same as a abandoning domestic dogs and cats.
Also different animals eat different foods. Some browse others graze. In England the National Trust stopped cattle and sheep grazing on some chalk downs they owned. Not sure why. Maybe pressure from vegan members? This resulted in vigourous growth of grasses which out competed with more delicate wild plants many of which had become adapted to growing in the cropped grasslands over centuries, even millenia, of the land with its shallow soils being used as grazing. Sheep and cows also crop the grasses to different heights. I forget which but think cows leave longer grass while sheep can come along after as they crop it shorter. The lack of specialised wild plants meant that the insects and moths that had co evolved also disappeared. So you need wild horses where once there were wild horses and as there are none left in Spain introducing these is the best solution.
@@reneburger4317 This leave nature alone idea is hippy wishy washy. We broke the system so we are obligated to help restore it. Humans and humanoids have be part of nature for millions of years we are not separate.
Its not natural . It is missing Apex predators . It needs Lynx , wolves and coyotes . The Government , public and farmers will not allow large predator re introduction . It just seems to be a ' feel good project ' ....spending lots of EU funds to create a Disneyland experience for tourists .
Spain still has natural predators in the forms of Wolves and Bears so should do. Unless this area isn’t close to their current range which if that is the case then probably Humans, if either of the two are still present then you’ll likely see Bears snatching up young or small Horses.
The difference between wild and feral. There are many feral populations around the world, but all were once domestic. Przewalskij is considered the only remaining wild species of horse. It is not uncontested, but there is reasonable scientific consensus. (for a while even the przewalskij was considered once domesticated and gone feral 6000 years ago, but that has since been debunked and they are once more considered a true wild species)
@@statsguy1446 out of curiosity what would predate on horses in Spain? How are their numbers controlled? It's just that hooved animals degrade landscapes quickly. For instance Africa have plains and their hooved animals like wildebeest etc have to constantly migrate due to how they turn the plains into dust.
@@cthorno2991 wolfs, bears and iberian lynx are all native to Spain and can predate on both juvenile and adult megafauna like horses and European bisons. Also the climate in Europe is not as extreme as in Africa or Australia so the vegetation disturbed by big grazers can recover fairly quickly.
@@cthorno2991 1. The big difference is. That spain isn't an isolated desert where no hooved mammal ever lived. Horse are native to that ecosystem. 2. Wolves 3. You'll need DECADES before horse population grow a bit enough to sustain carnivore. 4. The comparison wih wildebeest is absurd. They're millions and it's mostly because of dry season.
Para limpiar el monte, el principal animal a reintroducir es el ser humano que se dedica a tareas agroganaderas. Pero está bien, hay que gastar en algo la cascada de subvenciones de la UE, que sólo se pueden usar en actividades no productivas, no vaya a ser que renazca la industria de las cenizas y haga sombra de nuevo a las alemana y francesa. España fuera de la UE, ya!!!.
En todo el norte de la península hay caballos salvajes. Afortunadamente la naturaleza no es tan cerrada de mente como nosotros y agradece la renovación genética por la introducción, natural o tutelada, de otras líneas de la misma especie.
how comes she is insisting so much on the uniqueness of schewalski horses, they are wildly living in different places among Germany. No crees todo lo que te cuenta Paco! Still an amazing project, also I would have prefered different races to be reintroduced then Schewalskis horses. Glad to see Spain being rewilded nonetheless, but the research is wrong! Shame on you DW
Spain don't need rewilding, look at this people. We have the three ancient breeds of Europe here and the fight bull who made this function and protects the rest of the fauna of visitors. Now they are introducing the European Bison to compete. These experiments with exotic breeds can end in one year due to plague with native breeds.
No you're wrong actually. Prewalski horse aren't found in Germany. And they're the last remaining wild horse, do they are part of a unique genetic clade. They're indeed unique. And no they're native of central asian steppe, so they're also adapted to thr similar dry and open landscape of the iberian peninsula and adapted very well to it It's not a race it's a subspecies. So no shame on you Shame on your family Shame on your cow.
@@Yo_Nathan They were extinct in the wild and are native to central asian steppe. So if you Saw a herd either you're wrong or it was also used as proxy there for ecological purpose
In the other side of the border in Portugal Rewilding Portugal is doing kind of the same at Coa Valley !
Great POSITIVE CONTENT ❣️❣️❣️ PLEASE PRODUCE MORE OF THAT❣️❣️❣️
This is the sort of thing I love to see I hope my country Scotland can rejoin the EU and be more apart of this sort of thing and for many other reasons which I don't feel like getting into at the moment
@Autor: These horses are neither the oldest horses nor wild horses, they were domesticated 3000 years ago and released as the cimarrón horses in the USA some time later. The oldest breed of domestic horse in the world is Spanish, the Retuertas horse, and the two most primitive wild breeds are also Spanish, the Asturcón and the Galician "besta", which is actually the same but for nationalist reasons it is called another name, even presents anatomical differences with common horses.
Releasing Przewalski horses in Spain is a notable threat to ancient Spanish breeds, as are three European bison to fulfill the role that the fighting bull has traditionally played in Spain and that formed its landscape, also protecting the rest of the fauna.
This is the typical business to collect European aid carried out by people, as can be seen, with little training and less awareness.
All decorated in a children's and hollow video with an ecowoke effect.
Scotland is already re wilding, why do people always have to make politics over the environment. Just get behind it.
But Scotland isn't a country right?
@@bypyros1933 The UK is a state made up of a number of countries
@@jorgeo4483
Wrong.
1. The wisent doesn't "replace" or threathen the spanish fighting bull, which is also not a wild or even native species but a domestic one.
2. The P. Horse are not a threat to the feral horse...it's even the opposite Really.
And it doesn't even matter as they're a domestic race not a true species OR subspecies.
3. Przewalski horse were never truly domesticated.
4. Ecowoke ? Seriously ?
How dumb are you to nog only use that as an insult but do it first degree.
The Iberian range is East, not west from Madrid.
I live at Gredos, west of Madrid. Mountains and huge forests. Here both kinds of vultures can be easily watched.😊
ha ha, even as a native English person that had me a little confused . So, to conclude from Madrid head towards Zaragoza :) Gracias
Qué gusto ver hablar de esto en español.
Bacano escuchar a la reportera hablar con su acento rolo (bogotano). Ojalá siga apareciendo en otros videos con DW.
Well done. 👍
There are also "wild" horses 🐎 in Bulgarian mountains Rodopi, Pirin etc.
Well done ❤
Great project. Will predators be introduced at a later stage? Otherwise, the herds will grow to unsustainable numbers.
Predators are long time ago...so, don't be afraid about this. Lol. Salutes frm Spain.
As I said before in another post, wolves are recovering their former territories faster than the rewilding project.
Like the Scottish highlands being over run with feral deer. Expensive anti deer fencing has to be used where reforestation with native species is practised as without it the deer eat the sapplings.
Hunting with guns has proved to be ineffective in reducing numbers.
Wolves are already moving across the region
@@user-se9uk2py5k Good to hear.🐺
Intro Song?
3:38 that's not a griffon vulture, that's a lammergeier! Congratulations- a much rarer bird!
Hay que crear más proyectos así en vez de tanto consumismo...
🐮
Rewilding Spain is wonderful, but why not recovering the "recent" extinct species , animals and vegetation and trees ..instead of focusing in this "peculiar" horse..re-introducing Wild bovines and others should be done also with their " natural" predators, isn't?
Well, wolves, the prime natural predator here, are fastly recovering their former territories by themselves.
Most people moved to towns or seashores leaving the countrysides. Vast empty spaces, we call the Void Spain is being recovered by Nature.
I have seen another video where they have reintroduced cattle. To expect non wild horses to survive well in the wild is not fair on the horses. Domestic horses suffer all sorts of health problems as a result of our breeding them to suit what we want according to a podcast on equine evolution I listened to recently. It would be the same as a abandoning domestic dogs and cats.
Also different animals eat different foods. Some browse others graze. In England the National Trust stopped cattle and sheep grazing on some chalk downs they owned. Not sure why. Maybe pressure from vegan members?
This resulted in vigourous growth of grasses which out competed with more delicate wild plants many of which had become adapted to growing in the cropped grasslands over centuries, even millenia, of the land with its shallow soils being used as grazing. Sheep and cows also crop the grasses to different heights. I forget which but think cows leave longer grass while sheep can come along after as they crop it shorter.
The lack of specialised wild plants meant that the insects and moths that had co evolved also disappeared. So you need wild horses where once there were wild horses and as there are none left in Spain introducing these is the best solution.
Climate hobbyism. Leave nature alone.
@@reneburger4317 This leave nature alone idea is hippy wishy washy. We broke the system so we are obligated to help restore it. Humans and humanoids have be part of nature for millions of years we are not separate.
Its not natural . It is missing Apex predators . It needs Lynx , wolves and coyotes .
The Government , public and farmers will not allow large predator re introduction .
It just seems to be a ' feel good project ' ....spending lots of EU funds to create a Disneyland experience for tourists .
Coyotes? In Spain?
@@harryhaller1111 European Jackals
Bro. There are more than 2.000 wolves in the Iberian peninsula.
@@dinkohrvat344european jackals hace never lived in the Iberian peninsula.
@@pozu1312 not in this so called ' Re Wilding Park '
Do these horses have natural predators or are they being hunt by humans ? So that they don’t exceed the carrying capacity…
Spain still has natural predators in the forms of Wolves and Bears so should do.
Unless this area isn’t close to their current range which if that is the case then probably Humans, if either of the two are still present then you’ll likely see Bears snatching up young or small Horses.
Do some research before making a video. There are also wild horses in other countries of Europe, Poland for example has Konik horses.
They’re domestic though
The difference between wild and feral. There are many feral populations around the world, but all were once domestic. Przewalskij is considered the only remaining wild species of horse. It is not uncontested, but there is reasonable scientific consensus.
(for a while even the przewalskij was considered once domesticated and gone feral 6000 years ago, but that has since been debunked and they are once more considered a true wild species)
Konik horse are not wold horse they're a domestic breed of polish horse..
Do your own research before speaking.
As someone from Australia the advice is just be careful reintroducing horses. They are a serious problem in our national parks
Maybe due to the fact horses aren't native to Australia at all?
@@statsguy1446 out of curiosity what would predate on horses in Spain? How are their numbers controlled? It's just that hooved animals degrade landscapes quickly. For instance Africa have plains and their hooved animals like wildebeest etc have to constantly migrate due to how they turn the plains into dust.
@@cthorno2991 wolfs, bears and iberian lynx are all native to Spain and can predate on both juvenile and adult megafauna like horses and European bisons. Also the climate in Europe is not as extreme as in Africa or Australia so the vegetation disturbed by big grazers can recover fairly quickly.
Europe's eco systems are hooved animal adapted, not the same situation.
@@cthorno2991
1. The big difference is. That spain isn't an isolated desert where no hooved mammal ever lived.
Horse are native to that ecosystem.
2. Wolves
3. You'll need DECADES before horse population grow a bit enough to sustain carnivore.
4. The comparison wih wildebeest is absurd.
They're millions and it's mostly because of dry season.
Esos caballos no son de aquí. Por qué narices se introducen?
Para limpiar el monte, el principal animal a reintroducir es el ser humano que se dedica a tareas agroganaderas. Pero está bien, hay que gastar en algo la cascada de subvenciones de la UE, que sólo se pueden usar en actividades no productivas, no vaya a ser que renazca la industria de las cenizas y haga sombra de nuevo a las alemana y francesa. España fuera de la UE, ya!!!.
Antes había caballos salvajes .
En todo el norte de la península hay caballos salvajes. Afortunadamente la naturaleza no es tan cerrada de mente como nosotros y agradece la renovación genética por la introducción, natural o tutelada, de otras líneas de la misma especie.
@@s.c.9107 Sí, asturcones, pero no estos.
@@s.c.9107 ¡Pero no era ese especie!; que por cierto es un caballo.... ¡feral! Los caballos salvajes se extinguieron en época prehistórica
how comes she is insisting so much on the uniqueness of schewalski horses, they are wildly living in different places among Germany. No crees todo lo que te cuenta Paco! Still an amazing project, also I would have prefered different races to be reintroduced then Schewalskis horses. Glad to see Spain being rewilded nonetheless, but the research is wrong! Shame on you DW
Spain don't need rewilding, look at this people. We have the three ancient breeds of Europe here and the fight bull who made this function and protects the rest of the fauna of visitors. Now they are introducing the European Bison to compete. These experiments with exotic breeds can end in one year due to plague with native breeds.
No you're wrong actually.
Prewalski horse aren't found in Germany.
And they're the last remaining wild horse, do they are part of a unique genetic clade.
They're indeed unique.
And no they're native of central asian steppe, so they're also adapted to thr similar dry and open landscape of the iberian peninsula and adapted very well to it
It's not a race it's a subspecies.
So no shame on you
Shame on your family
Shame on your cow.
@@deinsilverdrac8695 I am pretty sure I saw them next to Augsburg and also next to Nuremberg.
@@Yo_Nathan
They were extinct in the wild and are native to central asian steppe.
So if you Saw a herd either you're wrong or it was also used as proxy there for ecological purpose