Until recently, there have been three Hartmann's mares, so when I noticed there is now four, I contacted Marwell to ask them about the newest arrival and this was their response:
"Libra arrived from Dvur Kralove Zoo on 26 November 2009. She was born on 16 June 2006."
Looking at the studbook, I can see that Libra is the half-sister of Hena, who was already at Marwell, and they were born only 2 months apart.
Nice shot- you have all four in the photo and nicely distributed- good composition!!
If they have now added a new mare, then surely they must be expecting a male soon as well?
For Marwell Fans, the righthand/nearside of this block is where the original Black Wildebeest were kept.
I found this studbook very interesting. Looking back to the 1960's, Whipsnade had a number of Hartmann's, mostly bred at Berlin though one I know, was born at ZSL/Whipsnade. Most of them didn't survive there very long, just a matter of weeks/months in some cases.
There was also some exchange between Marwell- Whipsnade too, until Whipsnade sent theirs to Marwell who for some time then became the only UK holder of this species.
