"Rare mix of donkey, zebra born in Ga. park" by Associated Press | July 29, 2010
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — A zedonk, an unusual cross between a donkey and a zebra, is attracting attention at Chestatee Wildlife Preserve in north Georgia after being born there about a week ago.
The animal, which has a zebra father and a donkey mother, has black stripes prominently displayed on her legs and face....
With her mother’s ears and father’s stripes, this zedonk is the first such mix born in Chestatee Wildlife Preserve in decades. (Tom Reed/ The Times via Associated Press)
Donkeys and zebras don’t usually mate, but zedonks turn up occasionally. In 2005, a zebra gave birth to a zedonk in Barbados, according to the news website Science Daily. And in the 1970s, three zedonks were born at a European zoo to a donkey mother, according to the website of Britain’s Colchester Zoo.
I applaud life at any time, what with so much of it being snuffed out by wars and other things.
C.W. Wathen, the Dahlonega preserve’s founder and general manager, said, once the zedonk gets a little older she’ll be able to go on off-site visits like some of the other animals on the preserve.
Other animals on the 25-acre nonprofit preserve include giant tortoises, macaws, white tigers, black leopards, and a 2-month-old wolf.At least they have room to move around.
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