Equus

Why Horses Die of Cold and Hunger in the Mountains?

Dozens of horses were left to die of cold and hunger high in the Osogovo Mountain. A campaign of environmentalists was held on Sunday. A whole herd of animals has been abandoned by their owner at random over the past few months.

The horses were blocked by the snow and there was nothing to eat at all. They are owned by businessman Petar Pishtalov from Kyustendil, NOVA reports.

New-born zebra becomes mascot of zoo in Turkey's İzmir

A new-born zebra has become the mascot of a zoo in the Aegean province of İzmir, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on May 24.

The baby zebra, given the name "Zeliş," was born in the İzmir Natural Life Park in the Sasalı district on May 18. 

Zeliş's parents were originally taken from Israel's Ran Gamat Zoo in 2012, and she has five brothers and sisters.

South Africa revives 'extinct' zebra subspecies

In a spectacular valley less than two hours' drive north of Cape Town, a small herd of animals provides the chance to travel back in time over more than a century.
 
The animals roaming over a wide plain encased by jagged mountain ranges look like quaggas, a subspecies of the plains zebra -- but quaggas are extinct.
 

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