ZEBRAS ...DID YOU KNOW?
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A collector of my work was weighing up whether to invest in my piece of a cheetah Mom with her cubs or to invest in some work of Zebras. (As her farm has zebras on it). Little did I know at the time, that those zebras are in fact, Hartmann’s Zebras and are a rare mountain species of Zebras.
In fact, I did not know, just how many different Zebra species and sub-species there are. So, I pose the question to you, my reader, did you know how many Zebras there are spread throughout the African continent.
I think I’ll start with the one that is no more. May the lesson of the Quagga serve to ignite in us the forethought to ensure that no more species ever go extinct due to the greed and ignorance of man.
Then, let’s look at Zebra numbers of the various species and where they are found:
Burchell’s Zebra
Equus quagga burchelli
Estimated count now 663 000
Found in Southern Africa, and a small area of Tanzania and Kenya.
Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra
Equus zebra harmannac
Estimated count now 13 000
Found only in Namibia and Southern Angola
Maneless Zebra
Equus quagga borensisi
Estimated count now 200 - 300
Found in South Sudan and Uganda
Selous Zebra
Equus quagga selousi
Estimated count now 50
Found in Mozambique
Chapman’s Zebra
Equus quagga chapmani
Estimated count now (part of the plains zebra counts)
Found in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Angola.
Grant’s Zebra
Equus quagga boehmi
Estimated count now 50 000
Found in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Crawshay’s Zebra
Equus quagga crawshayi
Estimated count now (part of the plains zebra counts)
Found in Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique
Grevy’s Zebra
Equus grevyi
Estimated Count now 3000
Found in Northern Kenya and Ethiopia
Cape Mountain Zebra
Equus zebra zebra
Estimated count now
Found in South Africa 1500
According to the information I could garner with regards to Zebras, (which may or may not be accurate, given the fickleness of the www) the Zebra we have to worry about the most is the Selous Zebra, followed by the Maneless Zebra and the Cape Mountain Zebra.
And of course, my question now to the greater world is - can we afford the hunting of Hartmann’s Zebras when there are a mere 13 000 individuals left? Methinks not!
I will leave this age old question out there…to what purpose do we hunt an animal when the only reward is a skin to hang on a wall or walk on as a carpet?
I will be producing a whole host of new work - all of these gorgeous Hartmann's Zebras in the next few weeks. If you'd like to see them first - drop me an email HERE.
And as I complete them they will be posted on my website HERE
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