Grevy’s zebra normally has a significant striped asses and mesmerizing narrow stripes that are intertwining within a concentric pattern. The stripes are bisected and there is a large black stripe on the spine. A Grevy’s zebra could grow up and be as big as nine feet long and is usually standing up to five and a half feet. The Grevy’s zebra typically weighs over 409.1 kg, and a male Grevy’s zebra generally has an overall size that is ten percent bigger compared to the female Grevy’s zebra. Most of the Grevy’s zebras can be found in eastern and southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya.

The World Conservation Union (IUCN) had already listed the Grevy’s zebras under its Red List of Threatened Animals. The Grevy’s zebra’s typical habitats include semi-desert areas such as dusty acacias savannas and arid grasslands with sufficient water supply all year round. The endangered animal normally eats leaves and tough grasses which are its staple. The Grevy’s zebras would normally mate during the peak mating seasons in August, September, and October as these are the rainy seasons. A female Grevy’s zebra will usually give birth to a foal within 13 months after the mating took place.

If a Grevy’s zebra is kept in zoos and is being properly taken care of, it will be able to live up to 20 years, but if a Grevy’s zebra is living in the wild, it has a shorter life span as it’s vulnerably exposed to other carnivores such as the lions and the cheetahs.

The Visayan Warty Pig likes to live in small groups consisting of four to six pigs. They like to eat foods like fruits, roots, and tubers, which are all, found in the forest. The local farmers in the area have cut down about all the forests leaving the Pig Visayan Warty to scrounge for cultivated crops. Now those farmers have the problem of keeping the pigs out of their gardens. Naturally, the farmer tries to keep the pig out of their crop and this adds to the fact the Pig Visayan Warty would become distinct if the Zoo’s was not protecting them.

You can see the pig at one of the zoo’s that are keeping them and breeding them to help keep them in existence. When it comes to visiting them in their natural habitat, they are usually seen on the Visayan Island during the dry season. The baby piglets are usually born during the months of January, February, and March. There are usually about three to four piglets in a litter. Most people prefer to visit the little piglets at one of the Zoo’s or at some of the conservation programs that keep them.

The Pig Visayan Warty often found on the Visayan Island located in the Philippines but those pigs are wild and not easily seen. The farmers have problems with the pigs and their piglets eating the crops and destroying the farmland. Today they are captured and sent off to a conservatory for their protection and safekeeping.

Reference: Illustrated Encyclopedia of endangered animals.