Know U.S. Zoo Cheers as Rare Horse Foal Makes a Comeback from ExtinctionConservationists at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance are celebrating the arrival of a new addition
This is the first Przewalski’s horse to be born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park since 2014 and one of only four born in North America over the past year.
The new foal was born as part of a breeding program overseen by conservationists across the country through the Przewalski’s horse Species Survival Plan.
This program ensures genetic diversity is maintained within the Przewalski’s horse populations. Despite being extinct in the wild for the past 40 years
the species has survived mainly in zoos around the world, and the majority of surviving horses are related to only 12 individuals born in their native habitats.