Fighting for Wildlife in a Time of War Hakai Magazine
"...Once common in eastern Europe and central Asia, kulan (Equus hemionus kulan) have been on the International Union for Conservation of Natures Red List of Threatened Species since 1994, with their population now classed as endangered and severely fragmented. The 20 donkeys released onto the steppe in late December 2021 were the second such reintroductionthe first was in May of the previous yearas part of an effort to rewild the larger Danube Delta region in Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania. Here, a constellation of organizations, supported by Rewilding Europe, has been working to restore a landscape scarred by industrialization and diminished by overhunting..."
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