Quite a few species in the domesticated range that I think would be really out of place for a Fazenda. I noted a lone Mazama deer versus 45 red deer (what is the point of so many red deer of no conservation value to zoo nor country). Tapir, I assume all lowland (there is this lingering doubt over another taxon within the lowland grouping), but with 4.1 a huge sex imbalance. Work with the in situ program to capture / radio collaring and recovery of the tapir in Mata Atlantica. Et cetera ...
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This is where education should come in! The very fact that they have to somewhat disqualifies a good part ..., all the same we need to get them up in the world to see the error of their ways and their peers and how they could really improve the city environment and the surrounding natural world (which is under threat from that very same expanding city with all its development ills).
I have never seen Rio zoo's farm, once never visited the institution, but I particularly dislike this idea of petting zoos or little farmies inside zoos at all...
They seem to be trying to solve these population problems with their new and elaborated population plan. They have been phasing out many species, for what I know, and puting in place other species, like giant otter, for example. Hope they can actually solve all these situations.
Their new bird facility looks pretty nice, and I hope it meets the needs of the species they keep. The new reptile sector looks great too, but they haven't shown too much of it yet. As I mentioned before, they're bringing back giant otters, and are going to build a nice looking "archipelago" for the various monkey species. I'm really hopeful they are going to hand over a greatly structured institution.
There aren't any red deer being kept at the zoo in Rio de Janeiro, only Javan sambars and gray brockets. They have been kept before, but not anymore. And yes, all of the tapirs are from the lowland species, as they're probably the only species currently held at Brazilian zoos. IIrc, the only other species of tapir kept at a Brazilian zoo would be the Malayan tapir, since an individual was kept in São Paulo during the 1990's.
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Since 2015, the Rio de Janeiro zoo's collection has drastically changed. Many animals, like Bill, a domestic water buffalo; Abu, a yellow-breasted capuchin and Cauê, a crested capuchin have been born. Others, such as Carla, an Asian elephant; the only nyala living in Brazil (an elderly male); Kate, a bengal tigress and Simba, a lion which has already been replaced by another with the same name, have died.
Then, others have been moved to other zoos, many times in order to make room for the works that are happening at the biopark. Some examples include the ostriches and the three domestic water buffalo (Nino, Juju and Bill). I believe that most animals will be brought back. Other animals have been added to the collection due to aprehensions, rescues, donations and trades with other zoos. Finally, we have the ones which have had an unknown fate, such as two yellow, the olive and all of the sacred baboons, the rhesus, Japanese, southern pig-tailed and crab-eating macaques, the vervet monkeys, some of the pheasants and others. I believe most of those have been moved as well, since there is an olive baboon, a Japanese macaque and two vervet monkeys living at the Volta Redonda zoo and some sacred baboons and crab-eating macaques being kept at the Natal aquarium.
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So, we've got more news from the biopark: a simple video posted in the last few days on their instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CIOtIuqnYdQ/
The images probably show the new primate islands. Not the greatest looking exhibits of all time for now, but for the simulation pictures below, there will be enough amount of naturalistic items to bring satisfactive animal welfare when it's ready.
Published by Bioparque do Rio - Cataratas group.
Besides that, I'm quite sure this is all located in the old ape exhibits and baboon cages area, so it's great to see that all that crap is being totally demolished and refurbished, as well as the old andean bear pit.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CIOtIuqnYdQ/
The images probably show the new primate islands. Not the greatest looking exhibits of all time for now, but for the simulation pictures below, there will be enough amount of naturalistic items to bring satisfactive animal welfare when it's ready.
Published by Bioparque do Rio - Cataratas group.
Besides that, I'm quite sure this is all located in the old ape exhibits and baboon cages area, so it's great to see that all that crap is being totally demolished and refurbished, as well as the old andean bear pit.
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Onychorhynchus coronatus
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How did you find out about that Malayan tapir at São Paulo ?
It appears in the same video that shows the brown hyena, for what I remember. That explains the double tapir exhibit at the zoo...
The malayan tapir appears in the minute 27:56 of this old YT video:
@David Matos Mendes This may seem a little way out there question but could you ever see any of the South American zoos ever going to try and catch any wild feral Hippos in Colombia?
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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It looks like the Malayan tapir was kept in the enclosure that currently houses the Lowland tapir (not keen on this one as it has way too much water and needs far more land / terrestrial area).
I wonder what the story of this animal was and how it camed to be in the zoo...
It is really curious because I actually haven't heard of the Malayan tapir being kept at any other Latin American zoo.
In fact the only mention of it in that context that I can think of would be at Zoo Leon in Mexico where they are hoping to keep this species in the future.
It looks like the Malayan tapir was kept in the enclosure that currently houses the Lowland tapir (not keen on this one as it has way too much water and needs far more land / terrestrial area).
I wonder what the story of this animal was and how it camed to be in the zoo...
It is really curious because I actually haven't heard of the Malayan tapir being kept at any other Latin American zoo.
In fact the only mention of it in that context that I can think of would be at Zoo Leon in Mexico where they are hoping to keep this species in the future.
According to CITES, two individuals of tapirus indicus arrived in Brazil in 1993 (from Germany) and one in 1994 (from the USA).
Before I saw this video some time ago, I also didn't imagine this animal had ever been kept in any zoo in the continent indeed. It was such a surprise.
As we know, zoo SP has two tapir exhibits in the regular visitation area, so I tend to think they were built for the purpose of keeping both the species; besides capybaras in the south american side.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Hmmm that is interesting, I wonder why they arrived and what the motives for having these animals were or whether they were part of an exchange.
Yes, I think they were definitely originally constructed for either tapir or capybara but I actually feel that they are far more suitable for capybara than lowland tapir.
They aren't bad at all but I do feel that they would benefit by having far more land for the tapir to roam.
Hmmm, honestly, I never did. These hippos in Colombia are quite neglected for what I know, and the fact that they might have acquired some diseases make goint to zoos or reintroduction in Africa not very suitable alternatives...
I imagine they were built to hold malayan tapir in one side, and lowland tapirs and capybaras in the other side. I couldn't see in this nor in the other videos wich side each species was located, but it would be great if at least the capybaras were kept in the one with more water space. Anyway, these enclosures are a little small for tapirs indeed.
I think they only arrived for the purpose of being one more species for the collection. Not sure if SP zoo (and the rest of the zoos in BR) already had enough conservation thoughts at the time...
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Yes, I think that SP zoo has had a bit of a stamp book collection mentality in terms of keeping different species from around the world.
I suppose each to their own regarding that point, but I'd rather that they focused on the Lowland tapir and if they really must keep an exotic species of tapir then why not the Baird's tapir ?
Afterall the Baird's is an endangered species native to Latin America and would make more sense from an educational point of view.
Yeah, indeed...
I don't think the zoo will bring any other exotic species of tapir soon... At least I hope so.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Yes, I don't think so either but I think if they were going to it would probably be the Malayan tapir again rather than the Baird's.