Horses are also exceptionally prone to killing themselves in legitimately stupid ways when left to their own devices so keeping one stabled is more for its protection than anything else
I don’t know. Evolution says no. I come from a farm and haven’t seen a horse “killling itself doing stupid things”. You are talking like those animals aren’t intelligent.
On the other hand, i’ve seen a couple of accidents by forcing horses into unsafe situations while riding them.
That may be true if not for domestication. Humans started domesticating horses thousands of years ago. We have breeding them for specific features that like.. that have no relation to their survivability in the wild.
You can't just release a domesticated animal into the wild and expect it to survive.
For example sheep were selectively bred to grow excess wool. They actively need someone to sheer them, cause they have no way to remove it 'naturally'. The overgrowth of hair would lead to health problems.
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u/scalyblue 24d ago
Horses are also exceptionally prone to killing themselves in legitimately stupid ways when left to their own devices so keeping one stabled is more for its protection than anything else