This Day In History: Last Quagga Dies, Aug. 12, 1883
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
On this day in 1883, the last quagga died in captivity at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam. Read more about attempts to re-engineer/re-create this creature genetically, from the Nature episode “Horse Tigers“, about the plains zebra, a close relative of the Quagga.
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