Rare Specimens of extinct Quagga seen in Mokala National Park
The last quagga in the world died in a zoo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 12 August 1883. The QUAGGA PROJECT started in 1987 in an attempt by a group of dedicated people in South Africa to bring back an animal from extinction and reintroduce it into reserves in its former habitat.
The quagga had once roamed the pastures of the Karoo and the southern Free State. It differed in appearance from other zebra in that it was striped on the front half of its body only. The upper part of its body was a creamy, light brown, while its belly and legs were whitish. The last wild quagga was probably shot in the late 1870s. The name is derived from a Khoi-Khoi word for zebra and is being said to resemble the quagga’s call.
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