Any Bearded Pigs Left In Captivity In North America???

[Sarus Crane]

I know that this topic has been covered before 11 years ago, but does anyone know how many Bearded Pigs (Sus barbatus) are left in captivity in all of North America? I heard they've been phased out of the AZA. I'm putting down a list of the facilities I know that formerly held the species.

Zoos
-Philadelphia
-Southwicks
-Capital of Texas Zoo
-Gladys Porter Zoo
-Lowry Park
-San Diego

Safari Parks & Ranches
-Tennesee Safari Park
-Ox Ranch

Are there any private facilities still keeping and breeding the species? I found out that the Ox Ranch acquired a pair in 2016 but I can't find out any further info as to whether they were successful with a breeding program. It's hard to track down information on the species since they were phased out of the AZA as I would really like to see some again. It's a shame they're so hard to find because with their long legs and not so much hair on their bodies they kinda look like miniature Entelodonts. Last time I saw some was in London in 2009. according to the earlier report I linked to @Tennessee said in 2009 that they "[had] a pretty nice collection and [were] growing strong!" If anyone knows where you can still see them please comment below.

 

[Valentinoamor]

Bearded Pigs are my favorite species of pigs. I'll buy some and repopulate the United States with them

 

[Sarus Crane]

Bearded Pigs are my favorite species of pigs. I'll buy some and repopulate the United States with them

Please do if you can! In all seriousness with COVID-19, Swine Flu etc... can a private facility actually import wild swine (captive or not) into the US from different countries if they don't test positive for any zoonotic diseases? What government agency regulates this?

Bearded Pigs are my favorites too. A trip to Bako National Park in Borneo would be an awesome temporary substitute though! The beaches look picturesque and you can see Proboscis Monkeys there as well. Giant Forest Hogs (H.m.meinertzhageni) are my second favorite followed by Warthogs as my third.

 

[Sarus Crane]

Just found out as of July 2018 the Ox Ranch is creating Bearded/Russian Boar hybrids. I hope they're also creating new generations of pure Bearded Pigs as well.

 

[red river hog]

Bearded Pigs are definitely my favorite pigs too! Red River Hogs take second place and third would be Visayan Warty Pigs and Common Warthogs.

 

[red river hog]

Just found out as of July 2018 the Ox Ranch is creating Bearded/Russian Boar hybrids. I hope they're also creating new generations of pure Bearded Pigs as well.

If they're not, that would be irresponsible on their part.

 

[Sarus Crane]

If they're not, that would be irresponsible on their part.

I know!

 

[red river hog]

After reading this, I feel like they only got them to create hybrids, but I'm not sure.
Ox Hunting Ranch

 

[Sarus Crane]

After reading this, I feel like they only got them to create hybrids, but I'm not sure.
Ox Hunting Ranch

Yeah I posted that earlier. Que the Indo-Boar song!!! Isn't it a weird coincidence JW2 came out the same year these pigs were created?

 

[Valentinoamor]

Please do if you can! In all seriousness with COVID-19, Swine Flu etc... can a private facility actually import wild swine (captive or not) into the US from different countries if they don't test positive for any zoonotic diseases? What government agency regulates this?

Bearded Pigs are my favorites too. A trip to Bako National Park in Borneo would be an awesome temporary substitute though! The beaches look picturesque and you can see Proboscis Monkeys there as well. Giant Forest Hogs (H.m.meinertzhageni) are my second favorite followed by Warthogs as my third.

I'll keep them in my basement. Ryan's Bearded Pig Fam.

 

[SwampDonkey]

Man, I miss those things at LPZ/Zoo Tampa. They actually have/had a pretty good collection of wild pigs at one time, still not bad now.

 

[Dyl0526]

Wild World of Animals

This facility in Pa seems to have a bearded pig

 

[German Zoo World]

i would like to see some in europe.

There is only one left at berlin zoo which i would like to see at some point.

 

[Sphenisciologist]

Babirusas are my favorite pig. I had always been fascinated by their secretive lifestyle on Sulawesi, and they also look pretty cool. Red River Hogs are my second favorite.

 

[JVM]

Is Capital of Texas Zoo the final holder for this species in the Western world?

 

[cornu aspersum]

Is Capital of Texas Zoo the final holder for this species in the Western world?

According to ZTL yes and I'm inclined to believe so too.

 

[biggest_dreamer]

Is Capital of Texas Zoo the final holder for this species in the Western world?

I reached out to this zoo a few months ago because I was hoping to add it to my upcoming Texas trip for this explicit reason. The thread devoted to this zoo on the US forum here seemed to collectively agree that he'd passed away some years ago, but I'd also found recent footage of the bearded pig on YouTube prior to even reaching out to the zoo. They responded pretty quickly via Facebook and confirmed that their pig was alive and well but elderly, and that they also believed he was the last one in the US (which we can reasonably extrapolate to include the rest of the western hemisphere).

I just hope he can hang on for just over another month so that I can see what will almost certainly be a once in a lifetime species.

 

[Dhole dude]

I believe there’s a private outreach facility in Pennsylvania that has a Bearded Pig, but even if the pig is still alive, it’s not held on public display so it’s not like anyone would be able to see it.

 

[birdsandbats]

I would be pretty surprised if there isn't a handful of elderly Bornean Bearded Pigs left out there in private collections.

 

[JVM]

I reached out to this zoo a few months ago because I was hoping to add it to my upcoming Texas trip for this explicit reason. The thread devoted to this zoo on the US forum here seemed to collectively agree that he'd passed away some years ago, but I'd also found recent footage of the bearded pig on YouTube prior to even reaching out to the zoo. They responded pretty quickly via Facebook and confirmed that their pig was alive and well but elderly, and that they also believed he was the last one in the US (which we can reasonably extrapolate to include the rest of the western hemisphere).

I just hope he can hang on for just over another month so that I can see what will almost certainly be a once in a lifetime species.

I hope you have the chance to see the species and if you get the opportunity to take some photos, would love to see them.

I started looking into the history of London Zoo after my visit a couple months back and was shocked to find out they had some of the least Bearded pigs until only a couple short years ago, and that they'd just after left Berlin, so this specimen seems like the end of the line.

I believe there’s a private outreach facility in Pennsylvania that has a Bearded Pig, but even if the pig is still alive, it’s not held on public display so it’s not like anyone would be able to see it.

Very good point. It seems to be a species that has had a private trade presence in the past. Makes me wonder if it could return to public collections someday based on that - but of course, that depends on one of those private individuals being a breeder, which we have no evidence for at this time.