An edition of The tale of the Przewalski's horse (2006)

The tale of the Przewalski's horse

coming home to Mongolia

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An edition of The tale of the Przewalski's horse (2006)

The tale of the Przewalski's horse

coming home to Mongolia

For tens of thousands of years wild horses roamed over the grasslands of Europe and Asia.

Their endurance and agility made them the perfect partner for man during his conquest of the world.

The loss of importance of the domesticated horses for the cavalries of the world coincided with the disappearance of the last horses from the wild.

Around 1900 some wealthy collectors rushed to the edge of the Gobi desert to catch a few specimen from the last marginalised groups of the proud horse that scientists baptised the ‘Przewalski’s horse’, after the Polish explorer who has discovered them.

Only twelve of these captured wild horses live on in their present offspring.

In the 1970s the Dutch couple Jan and Inge Bouman, on their honeymoon, visited the zoo in Prague.

Seeing the wild horse petering away behind bars and fences, they decided to dedicate their life to the ideal of bringing the Przewalski’s horse back to the wild.

This book tells their success story.

It marks a breakthrough in the way we look at reintroduction projects of endangered species.

The Przewalski’s horse or ‘Takh’, as the Mongolians call it, has played a catalytic role for the protection of the mountain steppe ecosystem of Hustai National Park and its surroundings.

It paved the way for the development of integrated pasture management and livelihood improvement of the local herdsmen.

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Publisher
KNNV Pub.
Language
English
Pages
251

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Table of Contents

DVD-Video
<<De>> Takh terug naar Mongolië-- a film by Micaela van Rijckevorsel

Edition Notes

DVD in pocket.

"Foundation for the Preservation and Protection of the Przewalski Horse"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-234).

Published in
Utrecht
Other Titles
Takh terug naar Mongolië =, Takh back to Mongolia

Classifications

Library of Congress
QL737.U62 W58 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
251 pages
Number of pages
251

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL35594099M
Internet Archive
taleofprzewalski0000witp
ISBN 10
9050112366
ISBN 13
9789050112369
OCLC/WorldCat
150421203

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