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Preserving wildlife DNA for the future: Interview with the Frozen Zoo’s Katie Heineman
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MongabayEN
September 28, 2026

Preserving wildlife DNA for the future: Interview with the Frozen Zoo’s Katie Heineman

Kurt, a Przewalski’s horse, was born at San Diego Zoo in the U.S. in August 2020. Less than three years later, Ollie followed. Out in the wild, their species had gone extinct in the 1960s. Both individuals, born of a surrogate mother — a domestic horse — were the first Przewalski’s horses (Equus ferus przewalskii) […]

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