Ulaanbaatar
President welcomes Int'l Takhi Group leaders
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The International Takhi-Group (ITG) is supporting with financial assistance the transportation and relocation of wild horses (Takhi) from the Prague Zoo to the Mongolian Gobi. With ITG’s help, 26 horses have been transported safely from the Czech Republic to the Takhiin Tal and Zuungaryn (Dzungarian) Gobi of Mongolia.
On October 6, President Ts.Elbegdorj received the president of ITG, Swiss biologist Dr Reinhard Schnidrig, the ITG Secretary, Ms Mirjam Wuersch and the Director of the ITG Mongolian Office N.Enkhsaikhan.
Initiated by Christian Oswald and D.Ochir, and their friends, who are horse enthusiasts in 1999, the ITG Project has widened its scopes to join the Stiftung Wildnispark Zürich (CH), Zoo of Salzburg (AUT), Wildpark Bruderhaus, Winterthur (CH), The Prague Zoo (CZ), Animal Park of the town of Nürnberg (Germany) and Zoo of Karlsruhe (Germany).
Initially, the ITG brought four Takhi stallion from the breeding station at Jimsar (China) to the Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area in 2012. An additional action wast taken to reach fast population growth through transporting of four mares form Prague to the Great Gobi B. Thereby, a start was given to Mongolia-China cross-border natural conservation as well.
