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Galician wild horses
A herd of Galician wild horses gallop on the mountains around the village of Sabucedo, Spain. [Nacho Doce/Reuters]
Galician wild horses
A wild horse grazes in the Serra da Groba near Baiona. [Nacho Doce/Reuters]
Galician wild horses
Every summer, locals round up the region's roughly 10,000 wild horses for their annual health check-ups. [Nacho Doce/Reuters]
Galician wild horses
Carlos Janeiro, 52; Pablo Silva, 22; and Angel Picallo, 52, grab the head and tail of a wild horse to knock it down before deworming it and shearing its mane. [Nacho Doce/Reuters]
Galician wild horses
The mane of a wild horse is cut. "We are guardians doing it as a hobby. Our only aim is to preserve this animal that we believe is an ecological jewel," horse owner Javier Alvarez-Blazquez said. [Nacho Doce/Reuters]
Galician wild horses
Ainara Fernandez Grela, 24, places her hand on a wild horse inside the enclosure. [Nacho Doce/Reuters]
Galician wild horses
Modesto Dominguez Rodas, 48, trims the hoof of a wild horse. [Nacho Doce/Reuters]
Galician wild horses
Wild horses are held inside an enclosure in the village of Sabucedo. [Nacho Doce/Reuters]
Galician wild horses
Laura Lagos, a researcher at the University of A Coruna, shows a map displaying how the herds of Galician wild horses divide the territory and establish grazing areas in the mountain heathlands in the Serra da Groba. [Nacho Doce/Reuters]
Galician wild horses
A 2021 study found that the grazing of heathlands by wild horses was the best method for preventing wildfires when compared with other land uses and also promotes plant biodiversity and captures carbon. [Nacho Doce/Reuters]
Galician wild horses
Wild horses and cattle share grazing space in the Serra da Groba. [Nacho Doce/Reuters]
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