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Racine's baby zebra is the second-youngest talk of the lakeshore

FOX6 News Milwaukee reports the foal is a Hartmann's mountain zebra, a rare species; the zoo has not released anything else, and neither has the zebra.

On air: Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger on BBN Overnight
Published 1:32 AM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Photo: Yathin S Krishnappa · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Watch it as it aired: Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger on this story, from BBN Overnight at 1:32 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are FOX6 News Milwaukee's, the jokes are ours.

Photo: Hartmann's mountain zebra — Photo: Yathin S Krishnappa · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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First reported by FOX6 News Milwaukee: “Racine Zoo welcomes newborn Hartmann’s mountain zebra”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 1:32 AM ET on BBN Overnight, by Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger; aired 2 times.

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FOX6 News MilwaukeeRacine Zoo welcomes newborn Hartmann’s mountain zebra

What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFolks, the situation in Racine has not changed, and I want you to feel how significant that is, because the newborn Hartmann's mountain zebra is still there, still a zebra, and still very new, FOX6 News Milwaukee reports.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the development is that nothing has developed.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHank, in this business we call that a sustained presence.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOur live map still shows the whole Racine lakeshore glowing, and the zoo says the zebra is a Hartmann's mountain zebra, which is a rare kind.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRare. Good. I was worried it was a common one.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTeam coverage continues, and I am told the zebra has not asked for a single thing from this network.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt is the only guest we have had tonight who understands the hour. I am also checking whether a calm, pleasant lakeshore counts as evidence in the Thermostat War, and I have decided it does.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorConsistent, at least. Unlike the thermostat.

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