Przewalski's Horse
一、普氏野马 1、Wild horses were considered to be extinct more than a hundred years ago. 2、Later in the year 1878, a Russian Military Officer named Przewalski found a kind of mustang in Xingjiang. 3、The horse was named as Przewalski's Horse by a Russian scholar in the year 1881.
二、最后的猎取 4、The discovery made the whole world excited for it was considered to be the last kind of mustang. 5、British, American and German nationalities all rushed into Xinjiang to hunt for mustangs and took them back to their own country to keep. 6、By the middle of 20th century, the mustang had disappeared in Xingjiang.
三、野马复活 7、So in the year 1986, the Chinese government bought 36 Xingjiang mustangs from the United States, Germany and Britain. 8、Now, the number has grown to more than 300 horses. 9、These mustangs have been freed into the wild and the fourth generation can now be seen running in the vast desert.
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