Wild Carneddau ponies at the RSPB Conwy
The horses were saved from a mass cull by Henry VIII 400 years ago after he declared they must be destroyed, as they couldn’t carry a knight in full armour.
Today they remain part of the landscape in North Wales.
In 2013 the ponies were declared completely unique after researchers from Aberystwyth University discovered they were a genetically exclusive population, after being protected by generations of hill farmers.
Free to roam Snowdonia National Park they are a protected species with no more than 200 thought to exist.
Wild Carneddau ponies at the RSPB Conwy
The horses were saved from a mass cull by Henry VIII 400 years ago after he declared they must be destroyed, as they couldn’t carry a knight in full armour.
Today they remain part of the landscape in North Wales.
In 2013 the ponies were declared completely unique after researchers from Aberystwyth University discovered they were a genetically exclusive population, after being protected by generations of hill farmers.
Free to roam Snowdonia National Park they are a protected species with no more than 200 thought to exist.