Endangered Carpathian ponies are making a comeback in Poland At the foot of the rugged Carpathian mountains near the Polish-Ukrainian border, ranchers and scientists are trying to protect the Carpathian pony, known as the Hucul in Polish. The hardy breed was once widespread in the Carpathian range, stretching from the Czech Republic, through southwestern Ukraine to Romania, but was later threatened with extinction. A natural sound version of an AFPTV report.