Germany - Lithuania - Poland
May 23, 1966 - Thousands of people can see a spectacular show at the Merfelder Bruch, 12 km west of D?lmen in M?nsterland. From this herd of wild horses, which are rare in Germany, the one year old stallions are rounded up and auctioned off. The animals live on a 200 hectare area owned by Count von Croy. When the auction time comes the horses are rounded up and herded into this arena, built specifically for this purpose. Then, it becomes a competition of man vs beast as the one year olds are rounded up. There were 25 to 30 this year. These are D?lmener horses, which are more primitive. They live longer than average. All of them have long manes and tails, and in the winter their coats are ragged. After being caught they become used to humans very quickly
