It is the only horse species that has never been domesticated, and it also managed to very narrowly escape a brush with extinction.By 1969, agriculture, hunting and a string of severe winters had caused the species to disappear from its last range in Mongolia....
Some horses survived in captivity, but in the 1960s, they were quickly being inbred to the point of no return....
Since 1993, conservation efforts have saved up to 48 mammal and bird species from that dark fate, according to a study p
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