Zebras Resting by Kaye Menner
by Kaye Menner
Title
Zebras Resting by Kaye Menner
Artist
Kaye Menner
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Photograph of two zebras captured at Taronga Western Plains Zoo (formerly known as Dubbo Zoo).
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Zebra are large animals with black and white stripes. They can be seen in the wild, but are also common attractions at zoos. Zebras are herbivores, and are sometimes hunted by predators like lions. They are relatives of the horse, and both members of the genus Equus.
There are three subspecies of Zebra in the wild – Plains Zebra, Grevy’s Zebra and Mountain Zebra. The Plains Zebra sub species which Taronga Western Plains Zoo holds is classified as near threatened. The wild population is declining due to competition with livestock for natural resources, hunting for meat and hide as well as the impacts of drought in some range states.
Taronga Western Plains Zoo’s Beads for Wildlife program helps to support the conservation of Zebra in Northern Kenya, through a partnership with Biliqo-Bulesa Conservancy, a branch of the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT), selling beadwork made by over 600 women in Northern Kenya. With every bead work product sold in the Zoo Shop it is helping to provide an alternate income to livestock for these communities, which would compete with wildlife for natural resources such as water and vegetation in this region. Put simply, more beads sold = less livestock = more wildlife.
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July 16th, 2021
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