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Marwell Zoo in Winchester, Hampshire, UK, is celebrating the birth of a rare Przewalski’s foal - an animal extinct in the wild for nearly four decades.
| 29 Jun 2022
Marwell Zoo in Winchester, Hampshire, UK, is celebrating the birth of a rare Przewalski’s foal - an animal extinct in the wild for nearly four decades.
Born to parents Nogger and Speranzer, the male foal has been named Basil after the first Przewalski’s horse ever to live at the zoo.
“Keepers report the new youngster is staying close to its mother and the females of the herd are being protective,” said a zoo spokesperson.
“The male foal will go on to be an important part of the European ex-situ breeding programme.”
Listed as endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, Przewalski horse populations are slowly increasing thanks to zoo breeding programmes across Europe.
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