Species on the brink of disappearing from U.K Collections

What about wolves? I know the UK holds several species but I've never heard of there being many in the UK. especially maned wolves! Could someone disclose this info for me thanks?!
 
Charlie Simmomds said:
What about wolves? I know the UK holds several species but I've never heard of there being many in the UK. especially maned wolves! Could someone disclose this info for me thanks?!
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Suggest you check zootierliste. Although Maned Wolf aren't as common as they were a few years ago (Edinburgh, rscc, Port Lympne & others no longer having them Colchester & a few others longer ago), 10 UK holders are still listed.
 
pipaluk said:
Suggest you check zootierliste. Although Maned Wolf aren't as common as they were a few years ago (Edinburgh, rscc, Port Lympne & others no longer having them Colchester & a few others longer ago), 10 UK holders are still listed.
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Thank you Pip!
 
Pretty confident I've seen maned wolves recently at Exmoor, Paignton, Hamerton and Banham. Edinburghs were the first maned wolves I'd ever seen... I remember it well.
 
Zia said:
Pretty confident I've seen maned wolves recently at Exmoor, Paignton, Hamerton and Banham. Edinburghs were the first maned wolves I'd ever seen... I remember it well.
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Sadly gone from Edinburgh a few years ago, along with many other carnivores that disappeared from there between my first visit in 2009 and 2nd in 2015.
 
pipaluk said:
Sadly gone from Edinburgh a few years ago, along with many other carnivores that disappeared from there between my first visit in 2009 and 2nd in 2015.
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Yes I know - I was just saying they were the first I'd seen - and I think that was in about 2007. I don't know how many other collections held them at the time.
 
Zia said:
Yes I know - I was just saying they were the first I'd seen - and I think that was in about 2007. I don't know how many other collections held them at the time.
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I think all 4 you list had them in 2007, Port Lympne lost there's soon after.They had gone from Colchester, Chester, London and Dudley by then, all since 2000. Shepreth got theirs around 2010.
 
To summarise, barring wholesale disaster it is very unlikely that the Maned Wolf will entirely disappear from UK collections any time soon :) the only canid species which is liable to suffer this fate in the coming years is the Black-backed Jackal; the population is extremely elderly and effectively off-display at both collections holding the species - although if one is lucky it is possible to spot the remaining individuals in their enclosure at Hamerton - and I think the odds of any other collections going into the species are low.
 
As I was discussing this thread elsewhere, I thought I'd give it a little update:

gentle lemur said:
A species that TLD missed from his list of ones that might disappear soon is the St Vincent amazon. I went to Hayle this week with the principal aim of photographing this old male: I think he's the last one in the UK. He's also one of the largest and, in my opinion, the most beautiful parrots in the country.
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We've now lost this species.....

TeaLovingDave said:
Inca is still alive, last I heard - but is extremely geriatric. Can't be long now, surely......
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...but Inca the Asiatic Black Bear is still alive at the time of writing......

TeaLovingDave said:
Due to the closure of RSCC, we are now once again down to a single Echidna in the UK - the old fellow at Paignton is still chugging along and when I last saw him in December 2016 seemed as active as ever
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.....and the last Short-beaked Echidna at Paignton is - last I heard - as hale and hearty as ever!

TeaLovingDave said:
Not too long after I posted this, Chester Zoo went into the Northern Luzon species, which eventually went on-display in autumn 2016.
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Chester has since gone out of the species again - temporarily, I believe - but several other collections now hold Northern Luzon Cloudrat, including Wingham and Battersea Park.

TeaLovingDave said:
Taking into consideration the ages of the individuals concerned, breeding successes and other changes in the collections holding the species I listed, and being a little *less* pessimistic than I was previously, I would guess that the likeliest species of those mentioned above to be lost from the UK in the coming year would be the following:

Mona Monkey - only a single geriatric individual held at the Welsh Ape/Monkey Sanctuary, and by all accounts too infirm to display. May already be deceased.

Bolivian Night Monkey - as noted above, Tropical World holds only a single geriatric individual.

Southern Aardwolf - the last individual in Europe is getting pretty old; I believe he was born in 1999 and as such is approaching the lifespan record for the species - I think the only two individuals to have reached a higher age were his mother, and the last geriatric male at Twycross.

Ethiopian Eagle Owl - the last individual in Europe - held at Rodbaston since the closure of the WOT - is now off-display, extremely old and increasingly infirm.

Mitred Surili - a small handful of individuals are still held at Howletts; however, given the age of the individuals and the tendency of the collection to shed oddities lately, I think they are reasonably likely to disappear from the UK and thus Europe.
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Of the predicted species, only one - the Mitred Surili - has been lost for certain; however given the extreme age of the individuals in question I cannot rule out the loss of the last Mona and Bolivian Night Monkey at their respective homes. The last Southern Aardwolf and Ethiopian Eagle Owl are both still living, at the time of writing.

Any other suggestions for species on the brink?
 
The Ethiopian eagle owl, as I understand it from a member of staff in the Owl Talk the Owl trust was in talks with the Ethiopian government about bringing over a female for breeding purposes and the talks were in an advanced stage.
 
AdrianW1963 said:
The Ethiopian eagle owl, as I understand it from a member of staff in the Owl Talk the Owl trust was in talks with the Ethiopian government about bringing over a female for breeding purposes and the talks were in an advanced stage.
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Seriously doubt this is the case for three reasons:

1) The existing owl is so elderly that it is certainly long-beyond being able to breed.
2) The existing owl is also somewhat disabled, which would impede breeding even in a young bird.
3) Most importantly, the existing bird is female :p
 
Only saying what was told to me but they did say a female for breeding species and that the Ethiopian owl wasn't that old as I had heard it was an old bird.
I also asked if there was any problems with the current bird as again I had heard there was but was told there definitely was nothing wrong with the bird.
If this is incorrect then again we have another collection giving incorrect information to visitors.
 
Axe Valley Wildlife Park have a trio of Northern Luzon Cloud Rats. (seen in August) , and obviously "Bruce" the echidna is still going strong at Paignton.
 
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