An agile zebra foal born at Whipsnade Zoo is giving her fellow stripey friends a run for their money with her sprints around the paddock at just six days old.Keepers were pleased to see proof of the birth – in vivid black and white – of the first zebra foal born in more than five years, after what seemed like a long pregnancy for mother Sabina.

Itching to get going, the leggy youngster, the 26th foal born at the zoo, was up and about straight away and can be seen gambolling around the lush green paddock which is home to the nine Grevy’s zebra at Whipsnade.

Africa section leader Mark Holden said: “She’s really looking after the foal very well and is a seasoned mother. It’s also good news for the species as a whole, as Grevy’s zebra are much endangered in the wild.”