絶滅危惧のソマリノロバ、赤ちゃん誕生　チリ動物園

【ブイン（チリ）ＡＦＰ＝時事】南米チリの私設動物園でこのほど、絶滅が危惧されるソマリノロバの赤ちゃんが誕生した。同国でのソマリノロバの誕生は４頭目となる。（写真はチリ・サンティアゴ近郊のブイン動物園で誕生したソマリノロバの赤ちゃんと母親）
　首都サンティアゴ近郊にあるブイン動物園の創設者で獣医師のイグナシオ・イダルソアーガ氏によると、６月１９日に生まれた赤ちゃんは、フリエタと名付けられた。
　ソマリノロバは、シマウマのようなしま模様の脚をしており、東アフリカに生息する。個体数は野生で２００頭以下、飼育下でも同程度とみられる。国際自然保護連合によると、南米で飼育されている７頭はすべてブイン動物園で飼われている。
　イダルソアーガ氏は、ソマリノロバの骨を使ったスープはリウマチや結核に効果があると信じられているが、科学的根拠は皆無だと指摘した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/07/19-17:14）

A rare Somali wild ass has been born in a zoo in Chile, the fourth specimen of the critically endangered species to be born in the South American country, the zoo owner said.
The foal, named Julieta, was born in a private zoo on June 19, said Ignacio Idalsoaga, a veterinarian and founder of the zoo.
With white, striped legs similar to those of a zebra, the Somali wild ass is critically endangered in its native East Africa.
There are less than 200 left in the wild, and a similar number in captivity. Seven of the latter are in South America, all at the Buin Zoo in Santiago, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Hunting and crossbreeding with the common domestic donkey have reduced the populations of this animal to the point of placing it at a critical level of extinction, the last category on the IUCN register before extinction.
In non-traditional medicine, their bones are used for soup that is said to improve rheumatism, tuberculosis, despite the fact that it has not been scientifically proven, said Idalsoaga, the zoo founder.
Females can only have young approximately every two years, and the ass can live for about 30 years and weigh about 250 kilos (550 lbs).