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Original polo ponies an endangered species
nzherald.co.nz | 11:44 AM Saturday Dec 10, 2011:
Distinctive polo ponies peculiar to India's northeastern Manipur province, where the game associated with aristocrats and royalty originated thousands of years ago, are fast becoming endangered.
The 1.5m tall, agile and enduring Manipuri polo ponies are beset by loss of habitat and grazing grounds due to an expanding human population, inadequate breeding and veterinarian facilities and a resource crunch that's lead to a shortage of nutritious fodder.
According to Manipur's 17 surviving polo clubs - down from around 25 a few years ago - there are some 500 ponies in the Valley and just half that number in the adjoining hill regions compared to around 1100 in 2007.
But polo ponies are hardly a priority in Manipur which remains one of India's most backward and insurgency-ridden provinces.
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