Zoo’s diet plan helps improve zebras’ health, captive breeding

In what is said to be a record of sorts for the Mysuru zoo, zebras have given birth to three foals in a short span of four months. This is perhaps for the first time in recent yearsthat multiple births of zebra foals have occurred in a brief period, making it a success story of captive breeding of zebras in Indian zoos.

One of the key reasons cited by the zoo management for successful captive breeding is the introduction of a split diet for the zebras, which, according to officials, helped in improving their health.

The Mysuru zoo has 10 zebras which is said to be the largest collection in recent decades.