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Legendary rare Carpathian horses called Hucul will be bred in Vinnytsia region
24.10.2016 19:13 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Hucul originated in the Carpathian Mountains and is considered to be descended from wild steppe horses and Arabians, Ukrinform says referring to the
the Ukrainian Newspaper report.
It is to be admitted, these horses are adapted to life in the mountains. Huculs are small (1.5 meters height), have strong limbs, neck and back. Hoofs are so solid that usually do not require horseshoes. The breed can walk difficult mountain paths, stepping stones, fallen trees and other obstacles. Huculs are able to cross 5060 kilometers per day, carrying up to 150 kilograms of cargo.
As to the report, a few decades ago, the breed was about extinction. However, within recent years due to enthusiasts’ work Huculs are back and their population is boosting in Ukraine. Thus, Olexander Ignatenko, Head of the Polonynske Gospodarstvo farm, says that his farm currently owns 65 Huculs. There is a hundred of them in Ukraine in total.
The number of Huculs is gradually rising in Ukraine even outside the Carpathians. Thus, the entrepreneur Ghennady Romanenko, a native of Vinnytsia, who is now running a number of rural development projects, has recently started a farm to breed these special horses. He has already acquired the first Huculs from the Polonynske Gospodarstvo and brought them to the Vinnytsia region.
«Hucul is a national heritage. All Ukrainians, and not just those who happen to live in the mountains, should be able to know them and communicate with them. How can we deprive our future generations of the joy of seeing these extraordinary creatures? We bear the responsibility for their fate. I can not imagine a person who would ride a Hucul, feel its gentleness, and then wouldn’t want to make all the efforts to preserve these horses,» Romanenko says.
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