Ponies on the Pyrenees..

[BevBeevers]

Having just read a thread "Crossing the Pyrenees", I read a post by a member re- the wild ponies being bred for meat.. Are the Mérens horse (Pyrenean wild pony) not now a protected species??? Please someone tell me they are!!!

 

[xin loi]

One or two of the many Camino books claim that the horses with bells are "meat horses". I don't believe it-the horses with bells appear to be the herd leader and you can hear them for kilometers. On the other hand, just why are those horses so BIG?

 

[GerryDel]

I encountered them at full gallop in the fog. Freaked me out. I didn't know what was flying by.