# Can Zebras Be Domesticated?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-zebras-be-domesticated/286887>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 27, 2005, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-zebras-be-domesticated/286887 "2005-01-27T06:27:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-zebras-be-domesticated/286887/21 "2005-01-27T20:18:15Z")

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> [@stuyguy](#):
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> Umm, GargoyleWB, did you read the OP closely? It seems you’ve helped to answer his/her question, but do not realize you did so.

The OP also misspelled the name - Rothschild. The correct spelling easily allows you to find references / pictures:

[http://www.groveroad.herts.sch.uk/kids/dynamic\_index.html?h=misshead.html&c=http://www.groveroad.herts.sch.uk/kids/glistring.html](http://www.groveroad.herts.sch.uk/kids/dynamic_index.html?h=misshead.html&c=http://www.groveroad.herts.sch.uk/kids/glistring.html)

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**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-zebras-be-domesticated/286887/22 "2005-01-27T21:38:34Z")

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> [@ralph124c](#):
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> I’ve always been fascinated by dogs…I wonder (as in THE CALL OF THE WILD) if the wolf lurking inside my friendly springer spaniel, is just under the surface, waiting to re-emerge.

Chihuahuas have that disposition because, on some level, they know that their ancestors were wolves and **humans did this to them** …

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