page_title: Somali wild ass
section_title: Zoo Basel
hierarchical_section_title: Somali wild ass / Captivity / Zoo Basel
caption_attribution_description: English: Somali Wild Ass
context_page_description: The Somali wild ass is a subspecies of the African wild ass.
  It is found in Somalia, the Southern Red Sea region of Eritrea, and the Afar Region of Ethiopia. The legs of the Somali wild ass are striped, resembling those of its relative, the zebra.
context_section_description: The leading zoo for breeding this rare ass is Zoo Basel, Switzerland. Its breeding program manages the European studbook for the Somali wild ass and coordinates the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) – as well as the global species committee of the Somali Wild Ass since 2004.
  Zoo Basel started keeping Somali wild asses in 1970 and had its first birth in 1972.  Since then, 11 stallions and 24 females (as of 2009) were born and survived childhood. Today, all Somali wild donkeys in captivity are related to the original group at Zoo Basel.
  As of January 18, 2012, there are four Somali wild donkeys in Basel: The stallion "Gigolo" (3) and three females (among them "Yogala"-14).
caption: Somali Wild Ass at Zoo Basel
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