US EditionRejected by his mother, a rare wild Asian horse foal finds a new mom in a grieving domestic mare
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JUN 30 – Marat, one of fewer than 2,000 Przewalski's horses worldwide, is thriving under the care of Alice, a domestic pony mare who stepped in after his mother rejected him.
- On July 4, 2025 at the Minnesota Zoo, a rejected wild horse foal found a surrogate mother in Alice, a domestic Pony of the Americas mare, forming a rare interspecies bond.
- Marat was born on May 17 with limb deformities, which led to bacterial sepsis and pneumonia; he was cared for by the University of Minnesota’s equine intensive care unit.
- After determining hand-rearing unsuitable, staff introduced Alice, a domestic mare who had recently lost her own foal, and she immediately began nurturing Marat.
- “They just bonded like that,” said Dr. Annie Rivas, and Alice is teaching Marat proper behavior while they stay together for months.
- Over the next four to six months, Marat will undergo herd integration, underscoring stakes for species conservation.
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