Somali Ass Shown Publicly In Chile

[RiceMuncher]

SANTIAGO, July 6 (Reuters) - A rare Somali Wild Ass foal was born in a Chilean zoo, sparking hope for a critically endangered species with less than 200 mature individuals left worldwide.

The Buin Zoo in the southern outskirts of Santiago is taking part in an international effort to help restore the Somali Wild Ass population that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has classified as critically endangered.

Chile zoo celebrates birth of critically endangered Somali Wild Ass

A rare Somali Wild Ass foal was born in a Chilean zoo, sparking hope for a critically endangered species with less than 200 mature individuals left worldwide.

www.reuters.com

 

[Johnathan Smith]

I’m definitely not the only one who clicked on this thread thinking something completely different

 

[celidheere]

"The bones are used in soups that supposedly have medicinal characteristics that hasn't been scientifically proven, but it's practically brought on the extinction of a beautiful species," Idalsoaga said.

This is def bs