Przewalski’s Horses Returned to the Steppes of Kazakhstan

Seven endangered Przewalski’s horses were released onto the steppes of Kazakhstan on June 4 and 6, Prague Zoo said, following a cooperation between zoos in the Czech Republic, Germany, and the Kazakh military.

Footage released by Prague Zoo shows one of the releases.

One stallion, Zorro, and two mares, Zeta II and Ypsilonka, were released into the acclimation pen on the Altyn Dala on June 4, the zoo said.

A further four mares, Tessa, Wespe, Umbra, and Sary, arrived from Berlin Zoo and were released on June 6.

“The seven Przewalski’s that we transported here by two CASA planes represent the first individuals of this species in central Kazakhstan in hundreds of years,” Miroslav Bobek, director of Prague Zoo, said.

“With this double transport, we have taken a major step towards returning the last wild horse to another area where it was found in the past.”

The Przewalski’s horse is the last remaining fully wild horse in the world, native to the steppes of central Asia.

It is classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List. Credit: Prague Zoo via Storyful

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