AKIPRESS.COM - The Prague Zoo and the Administration of the Strictly Protected Area of Numrug in Mongolia signed an agreement to reintroduce Przewalski horses (known as "takhi" in Mongolian) to their natural habitat on December 13, Montsame reported.

The agreement, signed by Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Mongolia Odontuya Saldan and Czech Ambassador to Mongolia Jan Vytopil, aims to establish a self-sustaining population of Przewalski horses in Dornod province, leveraging decades of successful captive breeding and reintroduction efforts.

The project contains key objectives, such as the construction of a reintroduction center in the Numrug Strictly Protected Area, continuous monitoring of the horses' adaptation to the environment, their reproduction patterns, and ecosystem impact, as well as the preservation of biodiversity and ecological balance in Numrug.

"For more than a decade, Prague Zoo has been involved in the successful reintroduction of Przewalski horses back into the wild in Mongolia. With the signing of this agreement, another location, this time in the east in an area called the 'Valley of Monasteries,' will be added to the existing efforts in the Khustai National Park in central Mongolia and the Khomiin Tal National Park in the west," says Czech Ambassador Jan Vytopil.