CONSERVATION PROJECT
Hortobágy National Park, which currently has a herd of 380 Przewalski horses on a protected area of 2,400 hectares, they are slowly being reintroduced into the Orenburg nature reserve.
Named after the Russian explorer and geographer Nikolay Przhevalsky (1831- 1888), the Przewalski horse is included in the Red Book of the Russian Federation, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Alexey Grebinyak, Lead Load Planning Specialist at AirBridgeCargo Airlines, said: “This is our second flight on behalf of this programme so we have a lot of experience in terms of the conditions required onboard the aircraft and how to prepare the stables for the flight as well as the horses’ behaviour during the flight. It is a great honour for us to be able to use our expertise in transporting live animals to support this important and historic programme to reintroduce Przewalski horses in the Ural steppes. The horses we delivered last year have now been released
into the nature reserve and the same will be true of the latest 14 horses once their complete their quarantine period. We hope to be part of more flights to help protect the future of the Przewalski horse for generations to come.”
Svetlana Berezina, General Director of Fly Concord, thanked Volga-Dnepr Group for the reliable and safe delivery of the ‘priceless cargo’, and the professionalism and care shown by the Group’s personnel.
The latest shipment of Przewalski horses being safely loaded onboard one of Atran Airlines’ Boeing 737-400 freighters.
Rafilya Bakirova, Director of the Orenburg Reserve, added: “Volga- Dnepr Group has made a significant contribution to the implementation of
a project to return Przewalski horses to the Orenburg steppe. It is a project of federal and international importance. Volga-Dnepr’s specialists have helped us solve one of the key issues for our programme – how to deliver such a valuable cargo safely to Russia.”
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