Wild Przewalski's Horses Born in Kazakhstan After 200 Years

Two Przewalski's horse foals were born in a reintroduction center in Kazakhstan's central grasslands in late August. The foals are reportedly the first wild horses born on Kazakh soil in over 200 years. The first foal, a male, was born on August 22 to a 7-year-old mare named Tessa, while the second male foal was born on August 31 to a mare named Umbra. Both foals share the same father, a stallion named Zorro who has since died. The births are being celebrated as a milestone of the Kazakhi reintroduction effort. Conservation director Alyona Krivosheyeva stated that the births demonstrate the horses' adaptation to the local climate and territory. The foals were born inside a 56-hectare enclosure at the Alibi Wild Ungulates Reintroduction Center, part of Kazakhstan's Altyn Dala State Nature Reserve. The reserve has also been a recovery site for saiga antelopes and Asiatic wild asses.