The Takhi Reintroduction Project in the Djungarian Gobi attempts to re-establish the extinct Asiatic Wild Horse at the same site where this species' last free individual was seen alive 30 years ago.
More details are available in the population history table .
But re-establishing a viable takhi population in the Gobi B desert is expensive . Project managers constantly need to evaluate how many more takhi need to be imported to ensure that a viable population is built as fast but also as economical as possible. The more takhi are added to the population through birth or import and the fewer are taken away through death or capture, the faster the population will grow. Reproductive success is increasing as more animals reach prime reproductive age and a treatment for piroplasmosis , a possibly major cause of adult and foal mortality has been implemented. But the the effect of natural catastrophes, for which there is always a chance in the harsh Gobi desert , remains unknown.