Spotted Zebra 🦓

It is a very striking color variation

There is a lot of variation, naturally in zebra genetics. Not all mutations help--they either make a new foal stick out (making it more likely to be targetted by a predator) or there is a link between color variation and eyesight (again, making them more suceptible to predation). A herd of zebras looking like this one would be stunning.  

This Forbes article suggests that inbreeding (do to habitat fragmentation) may play a roll with this.  This particular foal was born in the Maasi Mara (which while it certainly has big human impacts remains a fairly large wildlife habitat). Still, habitat fragmentation is a big issue with maintaining wildlife around the world, especially with larger, slow breeding species such as elephants, rhinos, and predators (in my opinion a far bigger issue than hysteria over global warming). 

There are many examples of how habitat fragmentation endangers wildlife. There have been significant problems with Flordia panther inbreeding. Cheetahs are endangered by habitat fragmentation and the pet trade.  

Forbes: Rare Zebra Foal with Polka Dots

EBL: Quagga: Did they go extinct or are they still with us?

Yahoo: Zebra shot dead in Germany