Four Przewalski horses from Prague Zoo transported to Kazakhstan

A Czech military plane transported four Przewalski horses to Kazakhstan on Monday, as part of Prague Zoo’s long-standing programme to save the endangered species. Another four animals will be delivered from Berlin Zoo.

Over the next five years around 40 Przewalski horses will be transported to the Altyn Dala steppe as part of an effort to restore a population of the animals in the wild.

The Przewalski horse is a rare subspecies native to Mongolia, which became extinct in the wild in the 1960s. Prague Zoo has played a major role in saving the horse, breeding it and gradually returning it to its natural environment.