ALBC works with owners and others to conserve the critically endangered Marsh Tacky horse.(The horse barn) Countryside & Small Stock Journal | January 1, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Countryside Publications Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Critically endangered Marsh Tacky horses get a second chance for survival. For most of their history, Marsh Tackies were the most common horse in the swampy and marshy Lowcountry region of coastal South Carolina and Georgia. The breed's numbers dwindled as the automobile slowly replaced the horse in the last century. Until recently, the breed was thought to have become extinct during the 1980s and 1990s, but has managed to hold on in the hands of a small group of people committed to their long held family traditions of keeping Marsh Tackies.

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