Los caballos salvajes vuelven a las estepas kazajas infographic
El gráfico muestra datos del caballo Przewalski y ubica el área de su reintroducción.
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Los caballos salvajes vuelven a las estepas kazajas luego de 200 años

By Jordi Bou

June 13, 2024 - Los caballos Przewalski han vuelto a las estepas de Kazajistán después de casi 200 años, gracias a un esquema ambicioso para reintroducirlos en su hogar ancestral.

The 18-hour airlifts of seven Przewalski's Horses from Europe to the Central Asian country took place across two operations in early June by the Prague Zoo. Around another 40 are planned for the next five years.

The wild horses, named after Russian explorer Nikolai Przewalski, once roamed the vast steppe grasslands of central Asia, where horses are believed to have been first domesticated about 5,500 years ago.

Przewalski’s horses had disappeared from the wild by the end of the 1960s, but remained in captivity. They have already been reintroduced in China and western Mongolia, where the population now numbers around 1,000.

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PUBLISHED: 13/06/2024; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Newscom
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