The Persian onager, also called the Persian wild ass or Persian zebra, is a subspecies of onager native to Iran. Their numbers in the wild were once in the thousands now it is around 600. They are listed as endangered.
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Had never seen one. I thought they were already extinct… (What are we doing to our planet…?)
What are we doing to our planet and ourselves…
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Thanks for leading me here. I seemed to have missed reading this. Indeed these look like donkeys☺. I hope your relevant government agencies will look into perpetuating the breed.
You’re welcome 🙂 This is a conservation facility and other countries have come here to study and learn about preserving species so YAY!
Oh very good! Yaay indeed!!😎