.Officials said the birth was important because there were fewer than 200 left in the wild.
A Hampshire zoo is celebrating the birth of a critically-endangered African wild ass, which is one of the rarest mammals on the planet.
Darren Ives, the zoo’s senior animal keeper for hoofstock, said the birth was important because there were fewer than 200 left in the wild. The African wild ass is native to Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somali, but are preyed on by African lions and Ethiopian wolves, and have also been hunted by humans for food, causing their numbers to decline in the wild.
“Nadifa was born here in 2007 so the arrival of her foal is a continuation of Marwell’s commitment to conserving this critically-endangered species, which we’ve had at Marwell since 1993.
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