China Sends Forage to their Wild Horses this Winter

 

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As the cold front pounds Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 700 tons of forage have been sent to the Kala Maili Natural Reserve, home to the rare and endangered Przewalski’s horses.

“The horses have difficulties foraging with the thick snow on the grass. We’ve prepared more than 600 tons of forage, and nearly 700 tons of corn, barley and carrots for the wild horses here,” Zhang Yanbao, a specialist at the Xinjiang Wild Horse Breeding and Research Center of the natural reserve, told Xinhua News Agency.

Przewalski’s horse is a rare and endangered wild horse named after a Russian colonel who believed he had discovered this breed of wild horse in 1878. Its population is even slightly smaller than that of giant pandas.

At present, there are 954 Przewalski’s horses living in the wild at the natural reserve.