Return of Red Book animals

Fourteen Przewalski’s horses have been delivered to the Orenburgsky nature reserve with the assistance of Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg.

Przewalski’s horses placed under quarantine upon arrival at new home

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The attempts to restore the population of the Przewalski’s horse, which is listed in Russia’s Red Book of Endangered Species, were initiated in Orenburg several years ago. The new batch of tarpans was brought to the region from Hungary’s Hortobagy National Park.

First batch of Przewalski’s horses feeling at home in Orenburg

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Rafilya Bakirova, Head of the Joint Directorate of the Orenburgsky and Shaitan-Tau state nature reserves, asked Vladimir Kiyaev, Director General of Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg, for assistance in transporting the animals. Three KAMAZ platform trucks (two of which were equipped with loader cranes) and a MAZ crane truck were provided for free by the company’s Service Vehicles and Special Equipment Directorate. The Przewalski’s horses were safely transported over a distance of 130 kilometers from the Orenburg Tsentralny airport to the nature reserve.

Vladimir Bystrykh, Head of Environmental Protection Division at Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg, visiting newcomers of Orenburgsky nature reserve and offering them treats

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This is not the first time that gas workers have helped bring Russia’s endangered animals back to the Orenburg Region. In the autumn of 2014, two Przewalski’s horses were moved to the Steppe Animal Breeding Center, and four yaks found a new home in Orenburg this spring. The ‘precious cargoes’ were delivered by Gazprom Dobycha Orenburg.

Feeling good: yaks living in Orenburg Region since spring of 2016

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