China Reintroduced Extinct Wild Horses Into the Desert — 5 Years Later Everything Changed

Sometimes trees aren't enough to re-green the desert.

Most domestic livestock graze by pulling at the grass which destroys roots. Horses, however, nip it off and leave the roots behind so grasses re-stablish more easily.

Join us as we take a fascinating journey into China’s ambitious conservation effort to reintroduce extinct wild horses back into their natural desert habitat. Five years after their return, the landscape, ecosystem, and the horses themselves have undergone remarkable changes.

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China's Xinjiang reintroduces rare horse subspecies to the wild in Inner Mongolia

Mongolia itself has done the same thing, though they were on it a bit earlier than China.