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Garranos horses, descendants of a prehistoric breed, clear vegetation and help limit the spread of fires in Portugal.
Aboard his pick-up, a Portuguese enthusiast shows us his breeding of Garranos horses. The latter are the descendants of a prehistoric race. Used for agricultural work until the middle of the 20th century, these animals are now firefighters. “The clearer the vegetation, the more easily I control the spread of fires. By dint of passing through the same place, these paths also serve as firebreaks, thus preventing the fire from passing from one side of the road to the other. mountain”explains Joao Paulo Ribeiro, president of an association of Garranos horse breeders.
In Spain, same concept… with bison
A boon for the municipality of Vieira do Minho (Portugal), which has signed a contract with the manager of the electricity network. The objective is to attract the horses under the electricity pylons so that they clear the vegetation, which can ignite in the event of discharge. In Spain, it is a herd of about fifteen bison which contributes to preventing the outbreak of fire. These ecological solutions to prevent fires were already used by our ancestors.