European WILDLIFE

The story of two female aurochs with their young that got stuck in quarantine in the Netherlands has a happy ending. Conservationists have released them into the large ungulate reserve in the Gratzen Mountains. Instead of bars and artificial lighting, they are now enjoying sun-lit pastures near the Czech border with Austria.

The fund-raising campaign organised by the European Wildlife conservation group through its local organisation for the purchase and speedy transport of the animals …

The herd of wild horses on the Czech border with Austria is now complete. Conservationists brought there the remaining mares from the European Serengeti nature reserve in the former military area of Milovice near Prague.

“We have taken advantage of the cooler weather. Still, we had to start working on capturing them at 5 am to prevent the animals from overheating,” said Dalibor Dostal, director of the conservationist organisation European Wildlife, which founded the Milovice …

First wild horse mares were transported today by conservationists to the mountains on the Czech border with Austria. The animals, captured in the European Serengeti reserve in the former military training area of Milovice near Prague, joined the back-bred aurochs that have been inhabiting the site since the turn of this year.

The new reserve was established on private plots of land and is used for research purposes and for restoring the local ecosystem. “We …

Another notable award has been given to the reserve for wild horses and other large herbivores located in the former military training area of Milovice, not far from Prague. Its founder, Dalibor Dostal, collected the Sustainability Star 2024 award today. This award is granted by the scientific council of the prestigious Sustainability Summit conference that was held in Prague.

“I would like to express my great thanks for this award. For the first time, our …

A group of seven young stallions, born last year on the European Serengeti close to the city of Milovice, near Prague, were released several days ago into the wetland reserve known as the Josefov Meadows Bird Reserve, established by the Czech branch of Birdlife International near the city of Jaromer. 

“We have expanded pastures significantly at Josefovské louky (“Josefov Meadows”), and that’s why we needed a new group of horses as their grazing is crucial …