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Save the Desert Arabian Horse

Without imme­diate inter­ven­tion, we could lose the Desert Arabian horse within the next generation

  • The Desert Arabian horse is one of the oldest of breeds, devel­oped by the Bedouin who bred them pure for thou­sands of years.
  • The Desert Arabian horse provided the foun­da­tion stock to create almost all other light breeds of horse.
  • Fewer than 8 percent of the 400,000 modern Arabian horses regis­tered world­wide descend exclu­sively from the orig­inal Bedouin horse: these are the last Desert Arabian horses.
  • New births of Desert Arabian horses have declined over 60 percent in the past decade; fewer than 800 fillies were born world­wide in 2010 – to mares that average 18 years of age.

Once lost, this precious genetic pool can never be restored.  Only imme­diate inter­ven­tion can save this breeding popu­la­tion for the next generation.

You can help.

Read more about the Desert Arabian horse - how it is unique, and its endan­gered status - then Get Involved!

TRACK THE NUMBERS:

Total US Purebred registrations: 
2012:  826 (through March)
2011: 3936
2010: 4912
2009: 5544
Total US registered Desert Arabian foals born in:
2011: 358
2010: 602
2009: 722
The Insti­tute esti­mates that fewer than 1500 Desert Arabians are foaled world­wide each year. Most are born in North America, Egypt, Germany, Syria, and the Gulf states.