The tale of the Przewalski's horse
Subtitle: coming home to Mongolia
By: Piet Wit & Inge Bouman ; [drawings, Inge Bouman]
Contributors: Bouman, Inge; Foundation for the Preservation and Protection of the Przewalski Horse
Publisher: KNNV Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Utrecht
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9789050112369
Subjects: Przewalski's horse; Reintroduction; Einbürgerung (Biologie); Wildpferd
Other titles: Takh terug naar Mongolië =; Takh back to Mongolia
Description: 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 &#x2018;Przewalski&#x2019;s horse&#x2019;, 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&#x2019;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&#x2019;s horse or &#x2018;Takh&#x2019;, 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.
Notes: DVD in pocket.

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

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-234).
Table of contents: title: DVD-Video; title: <<De>> Takh terug naar Mongolië-- a film by Micaela van Rijckevorsel