Quagga Project

[4] After the DNA examination results appeared in publications from 1984 onward, gradually a more positive attitude was taken towards the quagga re-breeding proposal.

On 24 April 1987, these zebras were brought to the specially constructed breeding camp complex at the Nature Conservation farm "Vrolijkheid" near Robertson, South Africa.

Some of the zebras of the project that failed to develop the more quagga-like physical traits were released into the Addo Elephant National Park.

On 29 June 2000, the Quagga Project Association, represented by its chairman Mike Cluver and South African National Parks by its then CEO Mavuso Msimang, signed a co-operation agreement.

The current individuals with a stripe pattern resembling the quagga are named Henry, Freddy, DJ14, Nina J, FD15, and Khumba.

Zebras of the project in the animal camp on the slopes of Devil’s Peak, above Groote Schuur Hospital , Cape Town, South Africa
VOA report about the project
A photograph of a quagga mare from 1870
Regular zebras and zebras of the Quagga Project in Mokala National Park