…to make a documentary about the pioneering efforts of the Rewilding Rhodopes team, who together with partners are working hard to have the area’s growing herd of Konik horses legally…

…can help to create beautiful and biodiverse mosaic landscapes. Located on the North Sea coast, the reserve is currently home to 60 Konik horses, 14 European bison and 20 other…

…Europe! ‘Konik’ is the Polish word for small horse, as they originate from Poland. The Koniks, are uniform and have beautiful gray colours with a dorsal stripe and most of…

…back a look-a-like Tarpan through selective breeding with domestic races which allegedly retained much Tarpan DNA in their genome. This look-a-like Tarpan is also known as the Konik (Polish for…

…floodplain near home – with a group of friends. In 1989 our first rewilding project took off – a 2.5-hectare site with three Konik horses – soon followed by the…

…is needed at a European and national level.   Moving forward Konik horses and Rhodope shorthorn cattle grazing side by side on a pasture in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. Member…

…motivation for introducing Konik horses (Equus caballus) to reserves in the Netherlands, the success in terms of habitat management, but also the challenges that accompany this introduction. In the second…

…Tarpan through selective breeding with domestic races which allegedly retained much Tarpan DNA in their genome. This look-a-like Tarpan is also known as the Konik (Polish for ‘little horse’) Polski….

…both animals and plants. Species such as beavers and black poplar have recolonised the area, while the introduction of free-roaming herds of Konik horses and Galloway cattle has enhanced natural…

…Konik stallions have been bred in exclusively. Ecotype therefore equals Konik, but with small differences and more variation. Exmoor pony: population lives wild in Exmoor national park and in other…