Marwell Wildlife
On 21st October, we celebrated a second new arrival at the zoo, this time a Hartmann’s mountain zebra. The foal was born in the morning to first-time mother Dorotka, who is genetically very important to the species.
Marwell manages the International Studbook and the European Ex situ Programme (EEP) for the vulnerable Hartmann’s mountain zebra, which are found in Namibia, Angola & South Africa. After tragically losing a foal in 2014, the last successful breeding of this species at the zoo was back in August 1997 so the one-day-old foal is very special indeed and increases the number of Hartmann’s zebra at the zoo to four.
