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My name is Michael Burmeister. I have always been passionate about conservation and zoos in particular! I have long believed Zoos are critical to the survival of species as it is the only way many humans will ever experience our wonderful and diverse wildlife.

I started a business Syringa Wildlife with the aim of working with zoos to supply display animals and this allowed me the opportunity to work with some amazing animals and grow my small private collection too.

I am glad this platform exists where we can meet and share knowledge as like minded individuals.

Nice to meet all of you

Michael
 
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Hello to ZooChat ! Great to have a member from South Africa, the country with the most and the best zoological collections ( both public and privat ) of the whole African continent !
Hope you can find a lot of intresting information on 'our' site and also that you can provide us with lots of news and facts from South African collections !
 
Syringa Wildlife said:
Hi all

My name is Michael Burmeister. I have always been passionate about conservation and zoos in particular! I have long believed Zoos are critical to the survival of species as it is the only way many humans will ever experience our wonderful and diverse wildlife.

I started a business Syringa Wildlife with the aim of working with zoos to supply display animals and this allowed me the opportunity to work with some amazing animals and grow my small private collection too.

I am glad this platform exists where we can meet and share knowledge as like minded individuals.

Nice to meet all of you

Michael
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Hallelujah! Finally a fellow South African! Guess I'll not be the only one any more.

I presume you've worked in some way with both major collections in South Africa?
How well are you educated on the collections in Private hands?
 
A small Private Collection you say? Are we talking just a Game Collection as many South Africans have or full-Zoo collection?
 
Syringa Wildlife said:
Hi all

My name is Michael Burmeister. I have always been passionate about conservation and zoos in particular! I have long believed Zoos are critical to the survival of species as it is the only way many humans will ever experience our wonderful and diverse wildlife.

I started a business Syringa Wildlife with the aim of working with zoos to supply display animals and this allowed me the opportunity to work with some amazing animals and grow my small private collection too.

I am glad this platform exists where we can meet and share knowledge as like minded individuals.

Nice to meet all of you

Michael
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Fascinated to know what species you keep
 
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Nix said:
Hallelujah! Finally a fellow South African! Guess I'll not be the only one any more.

I presume you've worked in some way with both major collections in South Africa?
How well are you educated on the collections in Private hands?
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Hi there

I have worked with quite a few of the private keepers, in SA but still have a lot to meet!! My private collection consists of Caracal, brown Hyena, aardwolf ,bat ear foxes, radiated tortoises as well as a few game species , so yes slowly getting there
 
vogelcommando said:
Hello to ZooChat ! Great to have a member from South Africa, the country with the most and the best zoological collections ( both public and privat ) of the whole African continent !
Hope you can find a lot of intresting information on 'our' site and also that you can provide us with lots of news and facts from South African collections !
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Thank you so much, I am certain I will find plenty interesting information, and I hope I can add value too
 
Syringa Wildlife said:
Hi there

I have worked with quite a few of the private keepers, in SA but still have a lot to meet!! My private collection consists of Caracal, brown Hyena, aardwolf ,bat ear foxes, radiated tortoises as well as a few game species , so yes slowly getting there
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In which Province are you situated? I know allot of the Private Zoos in South Africa and have never heard of you.
 
Syringa Wildlife said:
Hi there I have Proteles cristata from South Africa. I only have 1 female currently so I'm trying to get a male. I hope to breed them one day
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Thanks for the reply!
How hard are they to get in South Africa (not trying to get them or anything, but just wondering given the very small population in European and American zoos)?
Any other species you are hoping to get one day?
 
JurassicMax said:
Thanks for the reply!
How hard are they to get in South Africa (not trying to get them or anything, but just wondering given the very small population in European and American zoos)?
Any other species you are hoping to get one day?
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Pleasure, they are common in the wild in South Africa, however we may not take any animal from the wild and any species kept in captivity must come from a captive source. So to answer your question they are quite difficult to getvas very few are kept in captivity here and only a few manage to breed them.

I am hoping to add a pair of Eurasian lynx later this year, next year I want to get zorilla and spotted hyena.

Eventually I'd like to have a small zoo, I believe that education is critical for conservation and people only care about what they see and interact with.
 
Syringa Wildlife said:
Pleasure, they are common in the wild in South Africa, however we may not take any animal from the wild and any species kept in captivity must come from a captive source. So to answer your question they are quite difficult to getvas very few are kept in captivity here and only a few manage to breed them.

I am hoping to add a pair of Eurasian lynx later this year, next year I want to get zorilla and spotted hyena.

Eventually I'd like to have a small zoo, I believe that education is critical for conservation and people only care about what they see and interact with.
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I agree, we may only take animals from the wild as a last resort (incase only a handfull remain and captive breeding is the only way to safe this species). Aren't aardwolfs also difficult to take care off, because of their diet?
What about aardvarks?

While there are other ways to educate people about animals, I also believe that seeing animals in person is a powerfull way of showing people the importance of conservation.
 
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