Loaded with 46 2 to 8-year-old Dutch ponies, a CV9723 cargo plane operated by Cargolux arrived at Zhengzhou airport at around 1 am on August 17 after 11 hours of flying from Luxembourg. It is the first time for Zhengzhou airport to import ponies, which is the largest batch of horses ever imported.

46 Dutch ponies arrive in Zhengzhou via Air Silk Road. [Photo provided to dahe.cn]

　　Since 2023, a total of 23 batches of 7,113 live animals, including horses, breeding sheep and alpacas, have been imported to China via Zhengzhou airport. The imports are mainly from France, Chile, the Netherlands, Australia, the United States, etc.