Pyrenean Tarpan for sale

All domesticated horses may be having a tale of their own and a wild horse a real wild tale. And a Pyrenean Tarpan has a tale too and that is one of slow extinction of its specie by the ever expanding human population. The Pyrenean Tarpan is known by several names and they vary form region to region. In France they are called Navarre Pony while in Poland they are the Konik breed type. Again, in Spain they are called Asturian and in Portugal it is Garrano. This prehistoric creature was predominantly found all over Europe during the last ice age some 2000 years back. The Tarpans too changed their coloring with the changes in climate and thus became brown black. Experts believe that this was due to predators and for absorbing sunlight. It is believed that the younger Tarpans retained the original coloring of their erstwhile ancestral Pyrenean Tarpan for the first 6 months of their life.

The study of wall cave drawings in parts of Europe and the conclusion drawn by experts showed that the Pyrenean Tarpan was direct descendants of the Magdalenien Tarpans. The Pyrenean Tarpans featured heavily in the various folklores of Germany and those few surviving specie was given good protection during the time of Nazis. Thus the Pyrenean Tarpan remained a prehistoric horse and efforts were made by equine enthusiasts and associations for the well fare of horses to recreate the original Tarpan variety. The result of the experiment yielded a somewhat similar in appearance breed of horses which also had Tarpan characteristics. Among the most noticeable variety was the Konic breed. These animals had the structure and grazing habits similar to the Pyrenean Tarpan. In fact, the Pyrenean Tarpan’s former habitat was marshy land. These grazing habits helped to create ideal habitats for other wildlife too such as the geese, spoonbills, bitterns and other smaller creatures. The konik variety had a similar grazing ground when let off in the wild. No wonder they make up most of what Pyrenean Tarpan lost to mankind.