Zebras--Behavior
Subject
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from A. Hayward, 10 January 1913
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/3
Scope and Contents
Hayward writes that he would like to capture some Burchell's zebras for his estate in South Africa and enquires whether a hybrid zebra and horse stallion would be fertile. He has heard that the Burchell's zebra mixes more freely with donkeys and mules than with horses.
Dates:
10 January 1913
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from General Sir Dighton MacNaghten Probyn, 27 December 1902
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/122
Scope and Contents
Probyn writes to confirm that Ewart is ready to take back the hybrid 'Romulus' from the King. Probyn outlines the route the hybrid will take back to Penicuik. He adds that the hybrid was quite difficult to handle and was not safe in the presence of children, being 'not actually vicious, but tricky.'
Dates:
27 December 1902