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Saudi Arabia reintroduces celebrated creature for first time in a century: 'A transformative step for their conservation'The Persian onager, sometimes known as the Asiatic wild ass or Persian ass, is a subspecies of wild donkey native to the desert of Iran. However, the species has been extinct in Saudi Arabia for ...
The Cheshire attraction said the Persian onager was born to mum Azita after a year-long pregnancy. Onagers hail from the semi-desert regions of Iran, and are related to domestic donkeys.
Historically celebrated by Arabic poets, these strong, untamable and elusive creatures are classified as Endangered by the IUCN, with fewer than 600 Persian onager remaining in the wild globally.
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