 Individual quaggas were also captured and shipped to Europe , where they were displayed in zoos . Lord Morton tried to save the animal from extinction by starting a captive breeding program . He was only able to obtain a single male which , in desperation , he bred with a female horse . This produced a female hybrid with zebra stripes on its back and legs . Lord Morton 's mare was sold and was subsequently bred with a black stallion , resulting in offspring that again had zebra stripes . An account of this was published in 1820 by the Royal Society . This led to new ideas on telegony , referred to as pan @-@ genesis by Charles Darwin . 
