Somali wild ass White Oak Conservation
somali wild ass feeding @ white oak.
the somali wild ass 1 of 2 subspecies of african wild ass, other being nubian wild ass. domesticated more 6,000 years ago in northern africa, wild ass thought origin species donkeys. somali wild ass s remaining wild population of fewer 2,000 found in small, scattered pockets of western africa.
as part of international effort save somali wild ass extinction, white oak received herd in 2008, making 1 of 3 facilities in u.s. breed species. since then, herd has produced 18 foals, including several born in spring 2013.
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