It'll be a shame for Stone Zoo when this species is gone. It's one of their few notable rarities, and they have a rather new exhibit that I'm not sure is suitable for much else that thematically fits the area. Hopefully they come up with something good.
North American Bush Dog Population
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The North American Bush Dog Population
This document keeps a record of all births, deaths, locations, and transfers of all Bush Dogs in North America. This document will be constantly updated to make sure that the information provided is as accurate as possible. Feel free to leave any new information in the comments of this thread.
The facilities are organized by country, then in alphabetical order by the name of the facility. The individuals were organized by age.
Total Facilities with Bush Dogs: 4
Total Amount of Individuals: 9 (5.4.0)
1.0, Milo - November 25, 2018 - Mato x Valentia
United States
Little Rock Zoo - Little Rock Arkansas - 1.1.0
0.1, Selva - 2013
1.0, Obi
San Antonio Zoo - San Antonio, Texas - 2.0.0
1.0, Chewy
1.0, Vadar
Sequoia Park Zoo - Eureka, California - 1.1.0
1.0, Perrito - January 5, 2013
0.1, Nowak
Stone Zoo - Stoneham, Massachusetts - 1.2.0
1.0, Mato - ~2013
0.1, Valentia
0.1, Izzy - November 25, 2018 - Mato x Valentia
While updating this list, I discovered that Nowak is actually a female. I believe that the pair is much too old to produce offspring, though.
Milo, a male that was born at the Stone Zoo, is at an unknown location or has passed away. I have not been able to find his current location for a while now.
I can confirm that Milo sadly passed away at the Stone Zoo on December 28th, 2020.
That's a shame. He was very young.
biggest_dreamer
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Does anyone have a ballpark guess for how old the San Antonio brothers are? I might have the opportunity to visit that zoo next summer, but that's quite a ways off and the US population in general seems to be quite old so I'm somewhat worried about whether they'll even be around by then.
If nothing else, I'll always have my memories from the several Atlanta visits that made me fall in love with this species.
If nothing else, I'll always have my memories from the several Atlanta visits that made me fall in love with this species.
They should've been born in 2012.
A family member e-mailed the zoo recently about this and have not received a response.
Recently reported that the South America exhibit will open on June 23, but the press release and promotional images do not include the bush dogs.
I thought I'd heard recently that one of the former holders has interest in reacquiring the species, so between that and Miller Park, perhaps there will be interest in an import from Europe?
I believe the biggest reason that the AZA does not import new bush dogs is due to them having a robust and large population in Europe, that way they can focus on different species within the AZA. However, outside of Mexican gray wolves and red wolves, I don't believe there are any other species that the AZA has that are doing much better here than in Europe.
Import more bush dogs!!
If that is the case that is the case! From what I had heard at least three zoos have an interest in bush dogs in the near future, and I don't know of any domestic breeding, so they will certainly need to get them from somewhere.
Thank you for some info. We were wondering about this in the Miller Park Zoo thread. I really hope something works out, as they're a rarity that would really put Miller Park on the map but also at Miller Park would not have to compete with ABC animals for attention.
I didn't feel this worth a new thread, but Atlanta, Detroit and Saint Louis have all gone out of this species in recent times -- does anyone know the circumstances of their loss from these institutions, or any other former holders? Is there a lack of interest in this species, poor breeding, or space needed for other animals? I've heard Detroit may be interested in re-acquiring them?
biggest_dreamer
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As of the August USDA report, San Antonio only appears to have one bush dog left. This wouldn't be surprising, but can anyone confirm?
King of Komodo Dragons
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when I visited in July there was only 1 on display
Completely understood, but to clarify, are these general statements as to why bush dogs are not exhibited or doing well here or has any of these come up in regards to the individual institutions in specific? I'm still unclear on if they were phased out intentionally.