A Scottish zoo has announced the arrival of an endangered zebra.
Edinburgh Zoo welcomed Oberon – a Grevy’s zebra stallion from Chessington World of Adventures – over the weekend.
Oberon (below, right) has arrived at the Scottish capital as part of a breeding programme for the at-risk species.
After this, he is expected to return to Chessington in England at the end of the year. With the arrival of Oberon, Edinburgh Zoo is currently home to four zebras. He joins Azizi and Grace, as well as Daniella.
What's black and white and new? 🦓
— Edinburgh Zoo (@EdinburghZoo) October 7, 2024
Grevy's zebra stallion Oberon has joined us from @CWOA as part of the breeding programme for the endangered species. We're hopeful he'll mate with Azizi and Grace before returning to Chessington later this year. Keep your hooves crossed ✨ pic.twitter.com/hv2M7JaP8A
According to the Edinburgh Zoo website, Daniella was born in 2002 and arrived at the attraction in 2008. Meanwhile, Grace is six years old and joined the zoo in 2021, while Azizi was born in 2019 and arrived in 2022.
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Visitors to Edinburgh Zoo can see Oberon alongside the rest of the zebra herd at the zoo’s hilltop habitat.
Grevy's zebras are the largest wild equid and are the most threatened of the three species of zebra.
They reside in semi-arid savannas in Kenya and Ethiopia and can survive for up to five days without water.
The species is currently classed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and is particularly threatened by predators and poachers due to their size.
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