{"id":9864,"date":"2025-10-01T00:39:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T00:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=9864"},"modified":"2025-10-01T00:43:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T00:43:45","slug":"livno-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/livno-wild","title":{"rendered":"Livno Wild Horses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>The feral horses of Livno come from farm animals released into the wild, today they are protected by law and part of the areas rich history.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Once indispensable to local agricultural production, these animals are the descendants of domesticated <a href=\"\/breeds\/bosnian-pony\">Bosnian Mountain Horses<\/a> who were released in lieu of slaughter when no longer needed. At one point their numbers fell to around 50 animals, however they bounced back. By 2010 when they were protected by law the herds were 200 strong. This protection has allowed them to thrive and their numbers have grown to around around 1000 animals. <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately like many feral horses, they became a nuisance, competing with livestock for resources. The decision to protect the horses was rescinded in 2017 because damage claims were unsustainable. Luckily, they seem to have found a way to earn their keep. As the local terrain is quite challenging and horses are nomadic, they require local guides for tourism. Thus providing jobs and establishing a positive economic impact on the area. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Average height  12.3 \u2013 13.5 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head has a straight profile<br \/>\nNeck is short and muscular<br \/>\nBack is short and straight<br \/>\nChest is deep and wide<br \/>\nLegs are short, with broad joints<br \/>\nHooves are well-formed and hard<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>Generally <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/brown\">brown<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">black<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a>, <a href=\"\/colors\/dilution-genes\/dun\">dun<\/a> and <a href=\"\/colors\/dilution-genes\/creme\/palomino\">palomino<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Docile and kind<br \/>\nSurefooted and hardy<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Feral animals<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/livno-wild-horse-1.webp\" alt=\"Livno Wild Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/livno-wild-horse-2.webp\" alt=\"Livno Wild Horse\" load=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b0BQHgsWLOk?si=ufhmOb3u3j65UZZQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sp1LZC135xY?si=ReYnsbMeXx50j0mq\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro The feral horses of Livno come from farm animals released into the wild, today they are protected by law and part of the areas rich history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[5,4,118,11,30,15,31],"class_list":["post-9864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bosnia","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-brown","tag-chestnut","tag-dun","tag-grey","tag-palomino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9864"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9869,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9864\/revisions\/9869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}