Ah thought he wasn't referring to the US anymore
Zoos that lead in breeding certain species
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Well he said taronga then Cincinnati so it’s hard to tell. I’m only saying it’s the American one because it’s distinctly named national zoo.
Several countries have zoos called National Zoo.
With kiwis?
It's a damn shame that the massive herds of multiple giraffe species they held were all shot dead in a single day back in the 1970s for still-unclear political reasons.....
Smithsonian's are at SCBI, not the zoo.
It’s under the Smithsonian umbrella and Smithsonian does breed them. (The group not the zoo) point still stands the Smithsonian is most likely what the original poster was referring to.
Yes, it’s clearly the Smithsonian they’re referring to as they’re the most successful outside of New Zealand in breeding kiwis. One pair alone produced eight offspring within their (relatively short) 15 year lifespan.
New Zealand has a National Aquarium (in Napier) but does not have a National Zoo. Our four main zoos are Auckland Zoo, Hamilton Zoo, Wellington Zoo and Orana Wildlife Park.
Rotterdam: white-naped mangabeys, blacknose sharks (formerly, the female sadly died), black-and-rufous sengi, perhaps also king penguins and gentoos, as well as red panda's historically, though they havent been that active as of late
Wuppertal: barn swallows, no questions asked
Wuppertal: barn swallows, no questions asked
ParathePineapple
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Yes I Was Referring to The Smithsonian National Zoo. I did not realize other places were called the same thing, sorry for the confusion.
Mai Thai
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Yes you are correct my apologies. The Cincinnati Zoo has had around 80 red panda births while the Knoxville Zoo has had more than 110.
I know it’s a bit off topic, but which zoo would you guys consider to be the best when it comes to breeding any species of elephant shrew/sengi. For me it doesn’t really matter if it occurred in the past, or in the present, I was only curious to see which zoo in particular still have/had the best, breeding track record for any Macroscelidean species, in general.
Dr Bright N04
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Nashville and DC for clouded leopards
ZSL London has a pretty steady record with Okapis and Aye-Ayes, and currently have a rather prolific sloth pairing.
This is one of those forgotten O ya indeed acknowledgements. Perhaps not acknowledged because doing so would mean in eyes of the reader meant an automatic endorsement, which I'm very sure is nothing more than stating a fact! Kudo's would have to be given assuring an animals needs that they can readily breed and produce offspring.
I will say SeaWorld has lead in the breeding of many other species: bottlenose Dolphins, comersons Dolphins, belugas, walruses, Humboldt penguins, flamingo, emperor Penguin, king penguin, puffins, sea turtles, endangered frogs (supposedly).
Breeding sea turtles?