WhenanEnglisharistocratrodethroughLondonin a zebra-drawncarriage, heembodied a dreamdecadesinthemaking, bornfromEuropeaneffortstodominatetheAfricancontinent.
Thesepestscouldextracthalf a literofhorseblooddailywhiletransmittingfataldiseasesthatdevastateddomestichorses, leavingcolonialpowersreliantonthousandsofhumanstotransportgoods. Zebras, however, appearedimmunetothesamepitfallsashorses.
WhenanEnglisharistocratrodethroughLondonin a zebra-drawncarriage, heembodied a dreamdecadesinthemaking, bornfromEuropeaneffortstodominatetheAfricancontinent.