The Alabama Safari Park Welcomes
Two Zebra Foals for World Animal Day

The Alabama Safari Park is seeing double when it comes to zebra foals. The park welcomed the birth of a male Grant’s zebra foal, born to mom Diana, yesterday and a female Grevy’s zebra foal, born to mom Molly, last Wednesday.

Park Director Jean Benchimol said, “This is the first time we have had two sets of zebra foals born within a week of each other in the same year. In May, we had a male Grant’s zebra foal and a female Grevy’s zebra foal and we just duplicated that with the birth of our male, Danube, and our female, Mariakani.”

Known as the imperial zebra, Grevy's zebras are also the most threatened of the three species of zebra, the other two being the plains zebra and the mountain zebra. With fewer than 3,000 remaining in the wild and approximately 200 in human care in the United States, Grevy's zebras are in very serious danger of extinction.

“Both Grant’s and Grevy’s zebras are pregnant for 13 months so announcing the birth of foals from two zebra species for World Animal Day is extra special,” said Benchimol. Visitors can watch both foals enjoying their new habitat and herds while exploring the safari drive-thru.