Article: In living black and white: as a game animal, the zebra gets no respect--but it should.

It is a mystery that has always perplexed me: Why does the most recognizable African big-game animal also happen to be the one that seems to earn the least respect from the hunters who pursue it on safari? It is certainly no fault of the animal's. There is probably no other creature as visually arresting, and when it comes to stamina and sheer toughness, it has few equals. Consider, if you will, the final, exciting scene from Robert C. Ruark's best book, Horn of the Hunter:

"Throat cut, heart-shot, [he] was dead and sanctified and ready to be skinned and eaten. But somebody forgot to tell him he was dead ... He got up and threw [the tracker] twenty feet. He ...

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