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How two of the rarest horses on Earth got lost

The entire world’s population of Przewalski’s horses once dwindled to a mere dozen.

(Emile Ducke | The New York Times) Przewalski’s horses in the Tierpark zoo in Berlin, June 19, 2024. The Przewalski's, or Takhi, was once endemic to the grasslands of Central Asia — until the herds were entirely wiped out, including by Victorian-era hunters and people seeking an exotic foal, or baby horse, as a souvenir.