HomeSitemapWelcome to Habitat For Horses!|Sunday, November 15, 2015HomeAbout HfHHFH AdoptionsReady to RideNeeds TrainingCompanion HorseBurros and MinisPot Bellied Pigs, Cats & DogsVirtually Adopt a HfH HorseRehabilitationRescues & SeizuresThe ProblemHow Seizures WorkReport CrueltySeized HorsesHenneke Body ScoringRehabilitationAnti-Cruelty LawsNote To Law EnforcementState & National Rescue LinksHorse SlaughterHistory of Horse SlaughterCurrent State of Horse SlaughterHorse Slaughter FactsNewsStoriesIn Memory Of …EventsContact UsDonate NowSupport UsHabitat for Horses Online StoreVirtually Adopt a HfH HorseGreener Pastures Land Fund – A New Home For Rescued HorsesVolunteerPlanned GivingStore CardsSupported ByIf you love donkeys – you will fall in love, with Job. Donkeys make great herd protectors and companions for your other horses. Job is a cutie with a medium whorl on his forehead and a white belly. This makes her an easy pick for our Flower Power Adoption featured equine of the day! In the summer 2015, our trainers started working with Job on his ground manners. Watch a short video of Job being lead below! So cute! Give us a call to find out more. Everyone should have a donkey in their life!Recent News ArticlesThe world's last truly wild horse is making a comebackPrzewalski’s horse, the only true wild horses anywhere in the world are making a promising recovery.~ HfHFrom: Jane Palmer – BBCIn the majestic Mongolian landscape, where the vast grasslands meet the endless dunes, herds of horses rove. Neither tethered nor constrained by fencing, they run and graze on the arid, windswept steppes.The very sight of wild horses symbolises freedom, but these Mongol horses are not truly wild. They are descended from domesticated horses, possibly from the same ones tamed by the armies of Genghis Khan in the 13th century.
But for all the skills and passion of these “Hell’s Horsemen,” there remained one horse they never tamed: Przewalski’s horse. These horses are now the only truly wild horses anywhere in the world. After being driven to the brink of extinction, they are now making a slow recovery – but their future is far from guaranteed.
When the Russian explorer Nikolai Przewalski visited China at the end of the 19th century, he was presented with the skull and hide of a horse shot on the Chinese-Russian border. A zoological examination determined that the remains were of a wild horse, and Przewalski’s horse received its official name. It’s pronounced “sha-val-skee”.
However, Mongolians had always named the horses “takhi”, which means “spirit” or “spiritual”. They regarded Przewalski’s horses as man’s messengers to the gods.
“They are sacred and symbolic to the local people,” says Claudia Feh, director of the Association for the Przewalski’s horse (TAKH). “It is taboo to kill them.”
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