From the BBC: ‘Extinct’ horses back in the wild.
Posted on September 17, 2004 07:48 AM. Filed under: history & archaeology.Three rare horses classified as extinct in the wild have been set free to help protect an Iron Age settlement.
The Przewalski horses will roam around a 12-acre paddock in Clocaenog Forest near Ruthin in Denbighshire.
The horses once roamed Britain 4,000 years ago and visitors to the forest will now be able to see them in the 21st Century.
The animals were introduced by the Forestry Commission after they were bred at Colwyn Bay Mountain Zoo.
"Although they are known as the Mongolian wild horse, the Przewalski's horse roamed Britain 3,000 to 4,000 years ago, so this truly is a scene from the past," said the Forestry Commission's conservation manager Iolo Lloyd.
"Przewalski's horses appear on cave paintings, and now we've brought them back to the forest after all this time as part of a modern approach to the challenge of managing this significant site." [continue]