Keepers at the Smithsonian Zoo closely watched female Przewalski’s horse Brandy for the past
several weeks as they realized a birth was imminent. The foal was seen
nursing soon after its July 9th birth. The mother and offspring are
bonding well.

Przewalski’s horses are critically endangered—only a few hundred
reintroduced animals live in protected areas in their native China and
Mongolia. The National Zoo is at the forefront of Przewalski’s horse
conservation, which includes detailed reproductive studies of the herd
at CRC, leading the Przewalski’s Horse North American Species Survival
Plan and using GIS technology to study their movements in the wild. Many more pics after the jump…

Photo Credit: Mehgan Murphy/Smithsonian's National Zoo