Stock Photo - firo animals Dulmen Merfelder Bruch Wildpferdefang 26.05.2018 Fanger in the herd This year, 32 year-old stallion were caught. In order to preserve the wild horses, it is necessary to catch the stallions, which are maturing at the age of one year, from the herd in order to avoid rivalry among the stallions. This Wildpferdefang takes place every year since 1907 on the last Saturday in May in Merfelder Bruch. The one-year stallions are caught by hand and offered for sale by auction. The yearling stallions quickly lose their fear of humans and get used to their new environment. You are said to have a clever, good-natured, sufficient, but above all a relaxed character. Therefore they are very popular as riding horses for children or as carriage horses. | usage worldwide. - Muenster/NRW/Deutschland

Stock Photo: firo animals Dulmen Merfelder Bruch Wildpferdefang 26.05.2018 Fanger in the herd This year, 32 year-old stallion were caught.

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