A few weeks ago there was the mayor's announcement. Today the Municipality of Laconi published the notice. So now it's official: the Sarcidano horses are for sale . But there is also the possibility of taking them into foster care.
Breeders, business owners but also sports associations can submit expressions of interest. It is also possible to submit an offer for the purchase of multiple horses. We start from a starting price of 600 euros .
The Municipality announced that a commission of experts on the subject will be established to examine the requests. And that these will be processed in the order of arrival until the available items are exhausted due to excess numbers assessed by the Municipality of Laconi and the Forestas Agency. Interested parties must send their applications to the Protocol Office either by post or by hand delivery.
The horses sold may be subject to checks for study purposes. Those who will be placed in foster care will have to participate in various sporting events. A ban on slaughter has then been imposed and mating will also not be able to be free: whoever buys the horse will have to mate it with a Sarcidano mare or with a species that according to veterinarians would not compromise the breed.
The Municipality of Laconi has decided to sell the horses it owns, a native species at risk of extinction, because there are too many of them for the area they occupy, the Funtanamela state forest . The agreement stipulated some time ago between the Municipality, owner of the horses, the Forestas Agency and the Department of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Sassari provides for the presence of a maximum of fifty animals. Now, however, there are over sixty. The animals will be available after health checks and microchipping.
