Hippos in Colombia documentary

TinoPup said:
Part of the problem with bringing them to zoos is the possibility of them being severely inbred.
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Yes, thats true considering that they all originate from a founding population consisting of just two or three animals maximum.

But maybe they could be non-breeding animals / kept as such at a zoo?
 
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taun said:
You really need a mad millionaire/billionaire to decide to take them. Alas I am neither! ;)
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I suppose you are right about that.

The irony of course is that a mad animal loving billionaire put them in that situation in the first place leading to them becoming an invasive species.

Now another mad animal loving billionaire could be the potential solution in their humane removal as an invasive species.
 
Onychorhynchus coronatus said:
I suppose you are right about that.

The irony of course is that a mad animal loving billionaire put them in that situation in the first place leading to them becoming an invasive species.

Now another mad animal loving billionaire could be the potential solution in their humane removal as an invasive species.
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The irony of the potentially solution is not lost on me, hence if would have to be a mad billionaire...haha.

When I first heard about them years ago, I this was my first thought to solve the issue. Suppose the only difference you would assume they would not a drug lord and therefore unlikely to end up leaving them to fend for their own.
 
taun said:
The irony of the potentially solution is not lost on me, hence if would have to be a mad billionaire...haha.

When I first heard about them years ago, I this was my first thought to solve the issue. Suppose the only difference you would assume they would not a drug lord and therefore unlikely to end up leaving them to fend for their own.
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I don't think there are too many drug lords out there with "animal rights" sympathies , hahaha
 
Westcoastperson said:
Have you not seen the tiger king? Dude they exist, they're all over.
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Hmmm...riiiight...Well I'm not sure Joe Exotic was in the league of "El Chapo" Guzmán or Amado Carrillo Fuentes in either financial or organized crime terms and I'm not sure that the latter were members of PETA either. o_O :rolleyes:

FelipeDBKO said:
Apart from individual behaviour, inbreeding and financial viability, would the possibility of carrying local organisms make them inviable for a conservation program?
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Sorry, I don't really understand your question Felipe.
 
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Onychorhynchus coronatus said:
Hmmm...riiiight...Well I'm not sure Joe Exotic was in the league of "El Chapo" Guzmán or Amado Carrillo Fuentes in either financial or organized crime terms and I'm not sure that the latter were members of PETA either. o_O :rolleyes:
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No no if you watch the whole series you get introduced to a man who had a drug empire so he could afford good proper care for the animals that he wanted, and he eventually got those animals and had a private zoo
 
Westcoastperson said:
No no if you watch the whole series you get introduced to a man who had a drug empire so he could afford good proper care for the animals that he wanted, and he eventually got those animals and had a private zoo
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I'm not too sure I really want to watch the whole series as I probably wouldn't have the patience and Joe Exotic is cringe.

But that is interesting (to say the least) that someone would get into drug trafficking specifically to keep his exotic "pets" in an optimum condition.
 
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