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Meet the 'zonkey': Rare zebra-donkey hybrid draws crowds in Italy
An act of love between Martin the zebra and Giada the donkey has produced a rare "zonkey" baby that is drawing crowds to an exotic animal shelter.
Three-month-old Ippo is already a star, and the owners of the farm say they have received requests for rights over his image, including one from a soft-toy company and another from Disney to make a cartoon.
"It is very rare that a zebra and a donkey mate and reproduce," Ms Serena Aglietti, daughter of the shelter's owner, said at the site in central Florence, near the city's landmark monuments. The family-run Aglietti farm takes in animals rescued from circuses or owners who treat them badly and houses a motley array of 170 animals, including camels, lamas and Vietnamese pigs.
Ms Aglietti explained that on one balmy night last year Martin - who was taken away years ago from a zoo where he was being abused - jumped over the fence of his enclosure. The lusty Martin used his snout to lift the latch on a stable door where the donkeys were being kept. There, he consummated his love for Giada, a rare Italian Amiata donkey brought to the clinic to be bred.
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http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/world/story/meet-the-zonkey-rare-zebra-donkey-hybrid-draws-crowds-italy-20131102
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