4. Population Decline
Turkmen Yurt
All of this cross-breeding resulted in horses that weren’t as swift or hearty as the breeders hoped. It also caused a major decline in the Akhal-Teke population. Geldy Kyarizov,Turkmenistan’s minister of horses, was trying to make a studbook for the breed when he discovered evidence of cross-breeding. He was highly angered but he couldn’t do anything about it…