A volta das bestas: bring back wild horses to the Froxán commons (Galicia)

Garranos (Equus ferus atlanticus), wild horses of the Northwestern Iberian peninsula, have been a central element of the cultural landscape of the Atlantic mountains for millennia. Today, they are essential for preserving peatland and wet heath habitats, reducing wild fires, sequestering carbon, and preventing ecosystem degradation. Support the Montescola Foundation to reintroduce wild horses to the Froxán commons and Serra da Xiroña.

Project we support

Support the first herd of wild horses in the Froxán Commons

Fundación Montescola

Froxán is the first Indigenous and Community Conserved Area (ICCA) recognized in the Iberian Peninsula by the United Nations Environment Programme (in 2017). Over the past decade, the community has restored its territory, eliminating invasive species such as eucalyptus and acacia, restoring the Campo de Lamas bog, and planting more than 20,000 native trees. Now it is taking a decisive step with the reintroduction of wild horses. Their disappearance in the 1980s contributed to the encroaching of the landscape, the intensification of fires, and the degradation of peatlands and wet heaths. Montescola is forming an initial herd with a stallion and nine young mares that will be released into the Froxán ICCA to serve as the initial nucleus for the recovery of the populations in the Serra da Xiroña. The funds will be used entirely for the acquisition (and transportation) of animals, insurance, and basic management infrastructure.

Posted on
31/07/2025

Website:
https://www.instagram.com/montescola/

Group updates

Joám Evans Pim
Teaming Manager

25/12/2025 19:37 h

[GL/PT] Martinho, Estrelada e Noa enviam-vos os seus melhores relinchos para 2016 e desde Froxán agradecemos-vos o vosso apoio continuado! Com as vossas achegas o próximo ano veremos aumentar a greia com novas bestas. Ficai atentas às notícias!

[EN] Martinho, Estrelada and Noa send you their best neighs for 2016, and from Froxán we thank you for your continued support! With your contributions, next year we will see the herd grow with new mares. Stay tuned for news!

[ES] Martinho, Estrelada y Noa os envían sus mejores relinchos para 2016 y desde Froxán os agradecemos vuestro apoyo continuado. ¡Con vuestras aportaciones el próximo año veremos aumentar la manada con nuevas yeguas! ¡Estad atentas a las noticias!

[DE] Martinho, Estrelada und Noa senden euch ihre besten Wieher für 2016, und aus Froxán danken wir euch für eure fortwährende Unterstützung! Mit euren Beiträgen werden wir im kommenden Jahr die Herde mit neuen Tieren wachsen sehen. Bleibt auf dem Laufenden!

[FR] Martinho, Estrelada et Noa vous envoient leurs meilleurs hennissements pour 2016, et depuis Froxán nous vous remercions pour votre soutien continu ! Grâce à vos contributions, l’an prochain nous verrons le troupeau s’agrandir avec de nouvelles bestas. Restez à l’écoute des nouvelles !

[IT] Martinho, Estrelada e Noa vi inviano i loro migliori nitriti per il 2016 e da Froxán vi ringraziamo per il vostro sostegno continuo! Grazie ai vostri contributi, il prossimo anno vedremo aumentare il branco con nuove bestas. Restate aggiornate sulle novità!

[CAT] Martinho, Estrelada i Noa us envien els seus millors renills per al 2016 i des de Froxán us agraïm el vostre suport continuat! Amb les vostres aportacions, l’any vinent veurem créixer la ramada amb noves bestas. Estigueu atentes a les notícies!