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Year of the Fire Horse

Celebrate the Year of the Fire Horse

and support Przewalski’s Horse conservation!

 

Support the Fire Horse of 2026!

Lunar New Year falls on 17 February 2026, marking the first new moon of the lunar calendar and the Year of the Fire Horse!

The fire horse is a symbol of strength, resilience, independence, and transformation, all qualities shared by one of Monarto Safari Park’s incredible residents, the Przewalski’s Horse.

Join us in supporting the future of the world’s only remaining wild horse by symbolically adopting the Przewalski’s Horse with a tax-deductible donation. 

Adopt now

Once extinct in the wild!

Przewalski’s Horses were once classified as extinct in the wild.
However, in 1995, Monarto Safari Park helped reintroduce seven horses to Takhi Tal Nature Reserve in Mongolia, allowing them to form breeding herds. By 2008, their status was downgraded from extinct to critically endangered.

The Przewalski’s Horse is an ancient breed that survived the last ice age alongside Woolly Mammoths and Sabre-tooth Tigers. They’ve managed to survive massive climate change which has wiped out other species

Over time, the pure Przewalski’s bloodline can be bred out of wild populations through interbreeding with feral horses, making the pure population at Monarto Safari Park crucial to the global conservation of the species.

Photographed by Adrian Mann

 

 

Help us safeguard a future for this ancient horse

The Przewalski’s Horse is classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, primarily due to habitat loss and the impacts of climate change.

 

3 ways you can be an ally for conservation

Adopt a Przewalski’s Horse

Special Year of the Horse certificates available for a limited time! Not only will your adoption support our Przewalski’s Horses at Monarto Safari Park, you’ll also be helping support them in the wild.

Adopt now

Donate to conservation

Celebrate the Year of the Fire Horse with a donation to ensure this amazing species and many others gallop ahead of extinction.

Donate

Unlimited visits

Celebrate the Year of the Horse with a year of Przewalski’s Horse visits!

Zoos SA members get:

  • 365 days of adventure
  • Discount at the cafes, Zoo and Safari Shops
  • First access to events

Join today

About Zoos SA

Zoos SA is a not-for-profit conservation charity that exists to connect people with nature and save species from extinction. Zoos SA acknowledges the Country on which we stand always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land and we pay our deepest respect and gratitude to Kaurna (Adelaide Zoo) and Ngarrindjeri (Monarto Safari Park) Elders, past, present and emerging. We undertake critical conservation work throughout Australia and acknowledge the traditional custodians of these lands.

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Adelaide Zoo, Frome Road,
Adelaide SA 5000
AUSTRALIA

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