News – Status Wild

28 Sep

Visiting the Koniks in the Eastern Rhodopes

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ARK, ARK Foundation, Eastern Rhodopes, konik

On 24 September, the Netherlands Ambassador, Bea ten Tusscher travelled through the Eastern Rhodopes to gain first-hand experience about Status WILD Initiative, the Dutch-funded project of foundations ARK Nature and Friends of the Rhodopi...

22 Jun

News, Новини

16 newly born Konik horses this spring in the Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria

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Eastern Rhodopes, Konik, wildlife

Good news about the wildlife in the Rhodopes Mountain, Bulgaria! 16 newly born foals increased the herds of the freely living in the wild herds of the Konik horses in the Eastern Rhodopes up to...

05 Jun

Publications

A Journey in the Wild Horse Mountains

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Eastern Rhodopes, Status WILD, wild living horses

The wild horse is like a mythical creature. Liminal, vanishing; in the world I grew up in – Europe – extinct. There was a species of wild horse there once, known as the Tarpan. Many...

07 Mar

Publications

Status Wild – Bulgarian-Dutch project tries to rewild Eastern Rhodopes

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ARK, Eastern Rhodopes, Frank Zanderink, koniks, wild horses

In the past few years dozens of horses gallop freely in the Eastern Rhodopes. The beautiful animals are of the Konik breed and are the modern copy of the ancient Tarpan horse known as...

15 Feb

Events

Status WILD for the wild horses in the Rhodopes

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ARK Foundation, Faculty of Biology, Frank Zanderink, konik, public lecture, Sofia University, Status WILD, wild horses

Status WILD for the wild horses in the Rhodopes Public lecture of Frank Zanderink, ecological expert (The Netherlands) February 28th 2018, 18.30 hrs. Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “St.Kliment Ohridski” (8, Dragan Tsankov Blvd.) Organizers: ARK Nature Foundation (The...

25 Nov

Konik, Publications

“TARPAN: Repainting An Ancient Picture” awarded at the Equus Film Festival in New York

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konik, tarpan

“TARPAN: Repainting An Ancient Picture” won last night the Best Short Documentary at the Equus Film Festival in New York! The Tarpan, an extinct type of the Eurasian wild horse, features in this unique...

23 Jun

Konik, News

Девет кончета Тарпани се родиха в Източните Родопи

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С девет тарпанчета са се увеличили стадата на дивите коне тарпани в Източните Родопи през тази пролет. Това съобщиха от комуникационния екип на българско-холандския проект "Новото тракийско злато", цитирани от БТА. Специалистите очакват раждането...

30 Apr

Konik, Publications

First Tarpan Days Attracted Many Locals and Tourists

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Karel and Ana - these are the names of the first two little tarpans born in Bulgaria. Godmothers of the two newly born horses became Deputy Ambassador of the Netherlands Riny Bus and Krumovgrad...

30 Apr

Konik, Publications

First Tarpan Days Attracted Many Locals and Tourists

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Karel and Ana - these are the names of the first two little tarpans born in Bulgaria. Godmothers of the two newly born horses became Deputy Ambassador of the Netherlands Riny Bus and Krumovgrad...

05 Sep

Publications

First wild horses arrived in Bulgaria

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horse, konik, wild

First 12 Koniks (wild horses) arrived today in Bulgaria from the Netherlands. They are planned to be reintroduced first time in Bulgaria in the region of the Eastern Rhodopes. This unique introduction is part...

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