The Look of the Sorraia

A Sorraia stallion with characteristic convex facial profile.

 

Quoted from Wikipedia

"A Sorraia stallion with characteristic convex facial profile. The Sorraia breed stands between 14.1 and 14.3 hands (57 and 59 inches, 145 and 150 cm) high, although some individuals are as small as 12.3 hands (51 inches, 130 cm) The head tends to be large, the profile convex, and the ears long. The neck is slender and long, the withers high, and the croup slightly sloping. The legs are strong, with long pasterns and well-proportioned hooves. These horses have good endurance and are easy keepers, thriving on relatively little fodder. They have a reputation for being independent of temperament, but tractable. On adult horses, the lay of the hair can create the appearance of stripes or "barring" on the neck and chest. Also due to the lay of the hair, newborn foals can appear to have stripes all over, reminiscent of zebra stripes. The breed standard refers to this as "hair stroke"

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Endangered Sorraia horse

Have you ever heard of the endangered Sorraia horse? This breed is critically endangered breed 200 remain wild. This breed is endangered for so many reasons There is many people that hunt this breed until they were endangered and now people are protecting breed from that happening. This breed may be wild but is still easy to catch. Sorraia horses are the easiest horse to tame so everyone was using Soraia horses. Also this breed is also used in activities such as dressage and carriage driving. Finally this breed is endangered because of losing it's ground. The Sorraia horse has a lack of land because people are kicking them out and they can't just adapted to a new ecosystem, that is like chameleon living in the North Pole. We can help them by..... We can find grassy land and have them settle there and have them grow their population. We can breed them to help make more for the population so one day people can say "the Sorraia horse was ever endangered?" We can spread awareness for them to help save them and anything you can think of. Remember you can make a difference.

What is the Sorraia Horse?

What is the Sorraia (Soar-I-A) Horse?

• They are a nearly extinct feral horse that live in the southwestern Iberian peninsula, today present mainly in Portugal and Germany.
• There are only about 200 left in the wild.
• They were hunted for meat so much, they were nearly brought to extinction.
• Horses who have a great disposition and can be tamed to become children's ponies. (Or adult's!)
• Horses who need our help!

How can we help?

• Spread awareness! They are not a well known breed!
• It may sound crazy, but, try to buy one of these horses and breed them! We can keep this breed alive!

Are they useful? Well, just watch this video!