100 kilometers west of Ulaanbaatar is Khustai Mountain National Park. The Park was established twenty years ago just for one type of horse: The Takhi, Mongolia's native wild horse. Takhi means "worship worthy" in Mongolian. The Takhi's scientific name is Przewalski's Horse- the man who first described the horse for science during his late 19th century research in Mongolia.

The Taki went extinct in Mongolia in the 1960s, but survived in European zoos. When the park started its operation, only a few horses were brought back from a Netherlands zoo. Now Mongolia has over 300 Takhi thanks to the National Park. And the park's protected wildlife is constantly increasing. Wolves, red deer (elk), fox, marmot, lynx and many other native species animals and birds found a safe home in Khustai National Park when development in Ulaanbaatar expanded into wild areas.

This is one of the key areas where local herders have to peacefully share their pasture, with wild animals. Another such area is in the Altai Mountains where local herders may not kill snow leopards even though the big cats occasionally take a herd animal. It is understood as a cost of herding nearby.