Viewing entries tagged with 'horses'
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Running wild, Przewalski’s horses in Hungary
Hungary’s Przewalski’s horse population is the ideal training ground for the long-term reintroduction of this rare equid to the wild. An article in Zooquaria, the quarterly magazine of EAZA, by Waltraut Zimmermann, Przewalski’s horse EEP coordinator, Cologne Zoo, Germany and Kristin Brabender, biologist, National Park Hortobágy, Hungary about the Pentezug area, belonging to the core zone of the Hortobágy National Park in Hungary, seeming to be an ideal experimental field for monitoring Przewalski’s horses under natural conditions.
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ICMO Advice on the Oostvaardersplassen published!
On the 22th of November 2010 the International Committee Management Oostvaardersplassen published its second advice. Below the summary of this advice, and how it can be downloaded.
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Carcasses of large grazers in nature reserves almost no risk
Carcasses large grazers in nature is hardly a risk to public and animal health
Leaving carcasses of large grazers such as cattle and horses in nature is hardly a risk to public and animal health. In the Netherlands, carcasses of large herbivores (cattle, horses) in the wild have to be removed. Carcasses in nature are a part of the "circle of life, therefore Dutch nature conservationists want to leave carcasses of large grazers in the large nature areas Oostvaardersplassen and the Veluwezoom. This would contribute substantially to the public debate about nature values.