Retuertas Explained

Retuertas
Country:	Spain
Note:	feral population

The Retuertas or Spanish; Castilian: '''Caballo de las Retuertas'''|italic=no is a Spanish breed of horse indigenous to Andalusia.^[1] It is found only in the Doñana National Park in the provinces of Huelva and Sevilla, with a conservation herd in the Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve in Espeja (Salamanca Province) a part of which is the research reserve of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, the Spanish National Research Council.

In 2016 it was added to the list of domestic animal breeds with national government recognition.

Notes and References

1. J.V. Delgado, J.L. Vega-Plá, J. Calderón, C. Rico, A. Martínez, A. Cabello, J.M. León, M.E. Camacho, A. Vallecillo, D. López (2009). Informe Justificativo para el Reconocimiento del Caballo de las Retuertas como Raza Autóctona de Protección Especial (in Spanish). Sociedad Española para los Recursos Genéticos Animales. Accessed January 2015.