Zebra+Period+6

Laura Wymer
 * Group Members:** Emma Smith


 * Google Earth Tour**


 * Research:**

1. **Where does your animal live, and what are its characteristics?** • Africa • Largest amount live in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia • Habitat stretches from Ethiopia to the Cape of Good Hope • Keen sense of hearing • Enormous ears • Narrow and closely spaced black and white stripes • White belly • Stands 47 to 55 inches tall at the shoulders • 572-814 lbs. • Member of the horse family


 * 2. Where and why is your animal endangered?**
 * • Africa
 * • Poachers
 * • Predators such as: lion and hyena
 * • South Africa
 * • Anthropogenic
 * • Zebras are killed for their meat and their hides
 * • Only mountain zebra and Grevy’s zebras are endangered, the common zebra is still numerous
 * • Must compete with ranchers and farmers for grazing land and scarce water resources
 * Mt. Kilimonjaro (The Hifadhi Anti-Poaching Network)
 * Nairobi, Kenya(Amara Conservation)
 * Isiolo, Kenya


 * 3. Where is your animal in captivity and/or conserved?**
 * Atlanta zoo
 * Wamba, Kenya
 * St. Louis zoo
 * Ethiopia
 * Kenya
 * San Diego Zoo
 * Smtihsonian National Zoological Park


 * 4. What is being done to restore your animal’s populations? Where is it being done?**
 * There are becoming many conservation centers on the horn of Africa.
 * In countries such as, Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia.
 * St. Louis zoo is working in the countries of the Horn of Africa to make conservation centers.


 * Photos**

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Smithsonian National Zoological Park






 * Bibliography (All Resources Used)

http://school.eb.com http://www.ultimateungulate.com http://www.worldbookonline.com http://www.stlzoo.org http://www.waza.org http://nationalzoo.si.edu http://www.nrt-kenya.org/west%20gate.html http://www.amaraconservation.org/index.html http://www.awf.org/content/solution/detail/3583 http://www.sandiegozoo.org**