Animallover360
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Franklin Park Zoo:
Bongo
Mandrill
Amur Leopard
Mastchie’s Tree Kangaroo
Bongo
Mandrill
Amur Leopard
Mastchie’s Tree Kangaroo
Species you wish your local zoo(s) still have.
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Adelaide Zoo's Chilean flamingos are sorely missed. Will never be replaced due to our strict biosecurity laws.
I loved Taronga Zoo's leopard seal they held for a while too - was very impressive, I believe it was the only one in captivity anywhere in the world?
I loved Taronga Zoo's leopard seal they held for a while too - was very impressive, I believe it was the only one in captivity anywhere in the world?
Indeed - that's one I definitely wish was still present at Taronga (and hence able to be seen were I ever to visit Australia) considering the fact that leopard seals are one of *the* most ubiquitous species in any natural history documentaries set in and around Antarctica
odds are that if I ever get to Taronga, the long-beaked echidna will fall into the same category by then.
Hi, Simon. The Niterói zoo (Brazil) also kept a leopard seal little in 2007 (probably off-show, but I'd say it still counts), obtained from a rescue in Angra dos Reis. The institution closed its doors back in 2010.
The leopard seal at Taronga was euthanased in 2014, so I guess between 2010 when Niterói zoo closed and 2014, the Taronga leopard seal was the only one in captivity?
Do you know what happened to the leopard seal when they shut down? Was it released?
Yes. After the Niterói zoo released the leopard seal back into the wild, the Taronga zoo became the only one to keep one of those. I believe the Brazilian institution released the animal shortly after it arrived there.
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Pretoria Zoo:
Malayan Tapir (died 2018)
Colobus Monkey (left for Joburg Zoo in 2015)
Red Panda (left in 2014)
Kodiak Bear (Died 2020)
Hamadryas Baboon (Died 2017)
Queensland Koala (Died 2019)
Black Rhino (Died 2018)
Joburg Zoo:
Grizzly Bear (Died 2017)
Polar Bear (Died 2014)
Sun Bear (Displayed them in 1939)
Snow Leopard (Unknown)
Kangaroos (left in the 90s)
Spotted-Necked Otter (left 2017)
South African fur Seal (Unknown)
Mona Monkey (Unknown)
Bat-eared Fox (Unknown)
Sumatran Orangutan (Died 2015)
Secretary Bird (Unknown)
Malayan Tapir (died 2018)
Colobus Monkey (left for Joburg Zoo in 2015)
Red Panda (left in 2014)
Kodiak Bear (Died 2020)
Hamadryas Baboon (Died 2017)
Queensland Koala (Died 2019)
Black Rhino (Died 2018)
Joburg Zoo:
Grizzly Bear (Died 2017)
Polar Bear (Died 2014)
Sun Bear (Displayed them in 1939)
Snow Leopard (Unknown)
Kangaroos (left in the 90s)
Spotted-Necked Otter (left 2017)
South African fur Seal (Unknown)
Mona Monkey (Unknown)
Bat-eared Fox (Unknown)
Sumatran Orangutan (Died 2015)
Secretary Bird (Unknown)
Do you mean false gharial?
Gavial and gharial are synonyms and both accepted spellings I believe.
I haven't heard if the first spelling
It's not as used in English, but it is technically correct. It's the norm in Spanish and other latin languages, however.
I don't know why I used it, easier to speller me I suppose.
Luckily both species are kept at US facilities (Galagos are up here in Omaha as well). So don't worry too much!
That's a relief! I actually live only a two and a half hour drive from Omaha, and I'm planning to go to there soon so I hope I get to see them!
Roger Williams never had vampire bats- are you thinking of the jamaican fruit bats?
Personally for Roger Williams I'd like to see returning-
Polar Bear
Arctic Fox
Humboldt Penguin
Chinese Alligator
African Wild Dog
Jamaican Fruit Bat
Grey Kangaroo
Green Aracari
Northern Tree Shrew
Dexter Cattle