Dülmener
Also known as Dülmen Pony
The Dülmener or Dülmen is a German breed of small feral horse. It was formerly known as the Merfelderbrücher. A herd of approximately 300 head lives in feral conditions in an area of about 3.5 km2 in the Merfelder Bruch, near the town of Dülmen in the Kreis of Coesfeld in north-western Nordrhein-Westfalen, in north-western Germany.
Key facts
- Horse breed.name
- Dülmener
- Horse breed.image
- Merfeld,_Merfelder_Bruch,_Dülmener_Wildpferde_--_2021_--_9344.jpg
- Horse breed.country
- Germany
- Horse breed.distribution
- Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Horse breed.colour
- usually striped dun
- Horse breed.height
- 122–132 cm
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- Image
- Merfeld, Wildpferdefang -- 2014 -- 0639.jpg
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The Dülmener or Dülmen is a German breed of small feral horse. It was formerly known as the Merfelderbrücher. A herd of approximately 300 head lives in feral conditions in an area of about 3.5 km2 in the Merfelder Bruch, near the town of Dülmen in the Kreis of Coesfeld in north-western Nordrhein-Westfalen, in north-western Germany.
It is gravely endangered; in 2014 it was the "endangered breed of the year" of the Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen, and in 2021 was classified in category I, extrem gefährdet (extremely endangered) on the Rote Liste of that association.
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