Why can we domesticate wild Horses but not Zebras?

In many ways, zebra appear very like horses (or ponies, given their size). Yet underlying differences in behaviour have meant that while horses and donkeys have been successfully domesticated, the zebra remains predominantly wild. read more

A wild horse is a more appropriately called a feral horse. It is a domestic horse that has been released or escaped from captivity and has bred without human guidance.The "wild" horse still retains the behavorial "tractability" that the several zebra species do not have. read more

Zebras were already abundant in many of the regions colonialists were penetrating; domesticating the herds would save them the expense and difficulty of importing horses. More importantly, zebras were resistant to the diseases carried by tsetse flies, diseases that were highly fatal to horses. read more

Yes, zebras can be domesticated and trained, but it is not necessarily practical or humane to do so. When I was a child, my father used to take me to visit the Brereton family who farmed in a place called Tengwe in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia). read more