One of the rarest animals on Earth was born in a British zoo

One of the rarest animals on the planet was born in Chester Zoo, which is the largest animal enclosure in Great Britain. The composition of the residents of the institution was replenished with a Persian onagrom, which appeared in the oldest representative of the Azita species.

Originally, the habitat of mammals, which are distant relatives of domestic donkeys, was the semi-desert regions of Iran. However, due to the negative impact of many external factors, there are less than 600 representatives left in the wild, he writes Air force.

The director of Chester Zoo, Mike Jordan, said that they decided to name the newborn Jasper, because it means "treasure" in Persian. He noted that every employee of the institution was delighted with the appearance of the new onagra.

"He's full of energy and likes to playfully kick up dust while running around his home," the man added.

The representatives of the zoo noticed that the mother of the mammal, Azita, treats the cub with special care and is engaged in its upbringing.

Conservationists working in the British zoo explained that the birth of a new representative of the Persian onager is a real miracle, because as a result of poaching, drought and disease, the number of rare animals has decreased by 50%.

"With their numbers in the wild declining so rapidly and the species teetering on the edge of existence in Iran, it is unfortunately very possible that onagers could become extinct in the wild within our lifetime," Mike Jordan shared the disappointing data.

However, Chester Zoo staff hope that they will still be able to save the unique animals from extinction.