ULAN BATOR, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The number of endangered Przewalski's horses in Mongolia has exceeded 900, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism said Wednesday.
"This year marks the 30th anniversary of Takhi (Mongolian name of Przewalski's horse) reintroduction to Mongolia. Today, the population of the wild horses in the country has already exceeded 900," the ministry said.
A program to reintroduce Przewalski's horses to Mongolia dates back to 1992 when 20 Przewalski's horses were brought to the Khustai National Park and the Greater Gobi Strictly Protected Area in Mongolia from zoos in Europe and Australia, according to the ministry.
Before the program was launched, the last record of the Przewalski's horse in the wild occurred in the late 1960s in southwestern Mongolia, and thereafter no more wild horses were observed, according to a report published by the magazine of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums in 2012.
The Przewalski's horse is believed to be the last remaining wild horse species in the world. ■