India, Jan. 29 -- While zebra populations are generally declining across Africa, recent conservation efforts offer hope, particularly for the Cape mountain zebra subspecies, whose numbers are on the rise. Meanwhile, the Grevy's zebra population remains stable. These observations are highlighted in a press statement issued by Wild Africa - a Cape Town-based non-governmental organisation.

Endemic to Africa, the plains zebra is found across much of eastern and southern Africa. The mountain zebra, however, is restricted to the dry upland plains of Namibia and South Africa, while the rarest, the Grevy's zebra, is found only in the sparsely wooded areas of Kenya and Ethiopia. Each of these species has multiple subspecies.

The plains zebra is ...