Of course, it is mainly breeders who expect fame and income from keeping a stallion. Magnificent specimens of their breed then also ensure that breeding is maintained. But there are also those private horse owners who see castration of a stallion as a bad thing. In this country, the owners' environment plays a role in their attitude towards castration. If they are against castration, then they also accept that their stallions become lonely. In stable boxes or in small paddocks, if at all. A cruel price to pay for the preservation of testicles that are no longer used. And yet it is quite simple. If horses lived in the wild, they would have to engage in merciless rank battles so that only the best and strongest would inherit. This is a sophisticated system that has evolved over millions of years and is vital for the survival of horses living in the wild. These conditions hardly exist any more and it is therefore only logical that stallions that are not needed for breeding are castrated. Then they can live in large herds in a species-appropriate way.