Endangered zebra born at Lincoln Park Zoo

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Endangered zebra born at Chicago zoo
The Lincoln Park Zoo welcomed a baby Grevy's Zebra. They are an endangered species.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Lincoln Park Zoo has a new face roaming around.

An endangered Zebra was born on Monday.

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The new baby is a Grevy's Zebra, which are endangered, with fewer than 2,000 of the species in the wild due to habitat loss and hunting.

The yet-to-be-named zebra baby has reddish-brown stripes.

Those will turn black once she is older, and she'll weigh around 850 pounds.

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