Dig into the breeding program that saved Takhi horses from extinction, and explore the role of zoos in animal conservation.
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For thousands of years, native Takhi horses roamed the steppes of Central Asia. But by the late 1960s, their extinction seemed inevitable. To prevent this, scientists and zoos started a breeding program and soon began releasing new generations of Asia’s ancient wild horse back into their native habitat. Nigel Rothfels explains the twists and turns of this complicated conservation effort.
Lesson by Nigel Rothfels, directed by Anna Benner.
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That is something that humans don’t seem to understand, the interbreeding. A species is not static but develops, among others by interbreeding.
For zoos to go in and save the animals’ natural environment might be too much asked, one thing is the funding and another thing are all the adverse interests. Politics have to take the lead.
The zoo on Lanzarote is among others breeding animals to release in the wild. They have successfully raised a herd of a certain antilope (I forgot which, with impressive horns) that is nearly extinct, and that they plan to put out into the wild again. They have really large folds for the animals, where they can “trek”, and they let all the savanna species be together in one huge area, just like they would be in the wild. The same with giraffes.
They also give shelter to mistreated animals, also from private households.
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