Horses habitat

                                               The wild ponies are natural heritage of Delft Island. They are mostly found in the East, and Western part of the Island. It is said that these ponies were introduced to the island originally by the Portuguese. In 1672, Philip Baldeus visited Delft Island, and observed that “these horses that were brought into the Delft, which, multiplying in time. US Ambassador Crowe (1954) observed “the stallions appeared to be better types than the mares, and no new blood has been introduced since the British period by Lt. Nolan in 1824.These horses are forbidden by law to leave the island. It is said that come from a breeding stock maintained from Chola and Portuguese times. The Dutch and the English who are reported to have been breeding them quite successfully on the island. These horses are the only wild horses found in South Asia