El Paso Zoo

🐴🎉 On World Horse Day, the El Paso Zoo celebrates our family of Przewalski’s (pronounced: shuh-VAHL-skee) horses: Mom Brianna, Dad Vitaly, and their 11-month-old c**t Khamzat.
- In the 1960’s, P. Horses went extinct in the wild, but because of dedicated zoo breeding programs and reintroductions into the wild, they now number in the 2000s.
- Come learn about these beautiful animals and the conservation efforts behind their comeback, while playing our horseshoe lawn game and enjoying our coloring station!

📆 Saturday, July 11
⏰ 10 am - 12 pm

❤️ FACTS:
- These critically endangered species of wild horses is named after the Russian geographer and explorer Nikolay Przhevalsky but are native to Mongolia, China.
- Locally known as “Takhi” in Mongolia which means “Worthy of worship and spirit”.
- Contain 66 chromosomes as opposed to domesticated horses that have 64 and humans which ONLY have 46!
- Ranged throughout Europe and Asia. Currently being introduced in Spain.
- Przewalski’s horses may live up to 36 years in the wild. Under human care, they can live much longer.
- This species often lives in groups that contain several mares, a dominant stallion, and their offspring.
- All living individuals descend from just 12–15 wild-caught founder horses captured in the early 20th century.
⚽️❤️ Also, Spain, represented by the P. Horse, just won against Belgium!

✅ Learn more about the introduction of these “ecosystem engineers” into Spain, where they are helping restore lost ecological processes in “Empty Spain”- vast, sparsely populated areas degraded by abandoned agriculture and overgrowth:
1️⃣ Good News Network: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/worlds-last-wild-horse-thriving-after-3-years-in-spains-gallop-towards-rewilding/
2️⃣ Green Matters: https://www.greenmatters.com/pn/biologists-reintroduce-endangered-wild-horses-into-spains-highlands-the-results-amazed-everyone

❤️ The El Paso Zoo celebrates the value of animals and natural resources. It creates opportunities for people to rediscover their connection to nature.

🇺🇸💦❤️Cool off at the El Paso Zoo’s Splash Pad this Fourth of July weekend! Bring the entire family for a day of splashes, smiles, and encounters with your favorite zoo animals.
- Games and Coloring Station by Penguins from 11am - 2pm.
✅ Also, if you’re celebrating and plan to drink, don’t drive. Plan your ride home before you head out.
- Thanks to the City of El Paso’s Decide to Ride initiative, adults can claim a $10 Uber voucher for rides during the Fourth of July weekend.
- Use the voucher, call a rideshare, or ask a friend but whatever you do, Do Not Drive Impaired!
- Claim Voucher (🔗 in Bio): https://www.vouchers.uber.com/c/RMRDWZJTYUS

😍 Let’s keep our roads safe and make sure everyone gets home to the people who love them. Have a safe and happy Fourth of July!

❤️ The El Paso Zoo celebrates the value of animals and natural resources. It creates opportunities for people to rediscover their connection to nature.

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