Overview
- Tierpark Hellabrunn announced on Friday that a Przewalski foal, a small stallion, was born to mare Belle and that both are healthy and developing well.
- The foal is the zoo’s first Przewalski birth in about ten years and the first sired by a stallion imported from Edinburgh in summer 2025.
- Zoo staff said a second foal is expected in the coming days and that visitors might be able to observe the birth.
- Hellabrunn participates in the European Endangered Species Programme and has worked with the Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt on releases to Kazakhstan and other parts of the species’ range.
- Veterinarians say each foal matters for genetic diversity and future reintroductions, because Przewalski horses survive today only through managed zoo breeding and coordinated release programs.