Marat, a Przewalski's horse foal, rests with his adoptive mother Alice, a Pony of the Americas, at the Minnesota Zoo on June 26, 2025 in Apple Valley, Minn. Mark Vancleave / AP ...

Marat, a Przewalski's horse foal at the Minnesota Zoo, fell critically ill shortly after his birth and was rejected by his mom. He found a 'foster mom' in Alice, a domestic Pony of the Americas at ...

Rejected by his mother, a rare horse foal finds a new mom in grieving domestic mare The endangered foal's future looked grim until a pony who’d recently lost her newborn accepted him as her own.

An endangered wild horse foal, critically ill and rejected by his mother, has found an unlikely saviour in a domestic pony, in a rare interspecies adoption at the Minnesota Zoo. Marat, a ...

Most horse births happen at night, because in the wild, mares and foals need to be protected. They hide under the cover of darkness. Births are typically very quick.

Marat, a Przewalski's horse foal, rests with his adoptive mother Alice, a Pony of the Americas, at the Minnesota Zoo on June 26, 2025 in Apple Valley, Minn. Credit: AP Photo/Mark Vancleave ...

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. (AP) — An endangered wild Asian horse foal is thriving thanks to an unlikely hero. Marat, a Przewalski’s horse, fell critically ill soon after his birth at the Minnesota ...

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. (AP) — An endangered wild Asian horse foal is thriving thanks to an unlikely hero. Marat, a Przewalski’s horse, fell critically ill soon after his birth at the Minnesota ...