International Zebra Day is on 31 January 2022
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The 31st January is International Zebra Day and a great chance to find out more about zebras! There are three species of zebra, and apart from their distinctive black and white markings which make them easily recognisable, you may not know a lot about them, so the day is a good chance to find out more about them. There's the Grevy Zebra, the Plains Zebra and the Mountain Zebra. ZSL has 10 things you didn’t know about Zebras on their website – take a look and see how many of the 10 things you knew! Grevy's Zebra Trust aims "to conserve and grow the Grevy's zebra population in Kenya". Find out more The African Wildlife Foundation work to help both the Plains Zebra and the Grevy Zebra. Marwell Zoo are also helps the Grevy Zebra Trust help zebras and you can find out how the zoo is helping Grevy zebras here. They also manage the stud book for the Hartmann's mountain zebra. Did you know that zebras can snooze standing up?
27 Jan 2022: Why conservationists are reading between the lines to protect zebras from Sowetan Live. |
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