Quaggas

During the 1830s, quaggas were used as harness animals for carriages in London, the males probably being gelded to mitigate their volatile nature. citation Local farmers used them as guards for their livestock, as they were likely to attack intruders.

Individual quaggas were also captured and shipped to Europe, where they were displayed in zoos.

Moving slowly across the profile of the ocean-like horizon, uttering a shrill, barking neigh, of which its name forms a correct imitation, long files of quaggas continually remind the early traveller of a rival caravan on its march.

Quaggas were said to be lively and highly strung, especially the stallions.

Quaggas were said to be wild and lively, yet were also considered more docile than Burchell's zebra.

Quaggas, wildebeest, and ostriches, which occurred together during historical times in a mutually beneficial association, could be kept together in areas where the indigenous vegetation has to be maintained by grazing.

The practice is controversial, since the resulting zebras will resemble the quaggas only in external appearance, but will be genetically different.

Today, some stuffed specimens of quaggas and southern Burchell's zebra are so similar that they are impossible to definitely identify as either, since no location data was recorded.

To differentiate between the quagga and the zebras of the project, they refer to it as "Rau quaggas".