Would you know the US population numbers?
San Diego Zoo Safari Park San Diego Zoo Safari Park News 2023
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Nile Hippo Expert
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Six are in North America (all in U.S), five in Europe, two each in South America and Asia, and one each in Africa and Oceania (Australia).
Spike
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Thank you. That’s cool.
Nile Hippo Expert
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You're most welcome!
Osedax
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What is the Australian one? Taronga?
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Nile Hippo Expert
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Zoo Aquarium Association is the Australian one according to this article:
Centers for Species Survival
Osedax
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So it doesn't have to be a specific zoo?
Taronga undertakes banking of cells from coral:
Safeguarding the Great Barrier Reef
Taronga is a global leader in cryopreservation technologyand operates two secure CryoDiversity Banks - one at each of its zoos. In fact, Taronga holds the largest bank of frozen coral sperm cells anywhere in the world.
The Taronga CryoDiversity Bank houses trillions of cells from 29 species of coral, representing the northern, central and southern regions of the GBR.
Osedax
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That's why I thought they might be the Australian one, but apparently it is the whole ZAA.
The young female southern white rhinoceros being held in the boma between the South Africa and Central Africa field habitats has been introduced to the Central Africa habitat and the other young rhino.
A male desert bighorn sheep has been moved into the exhibit in Condor Ridge for breeding.
A male desert bighorn sheep has been moved into the exhibit in Condor Ridge for breeding.
kevin michineau
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The new female is HAZINA born in 2020 and comes from Fresno chaffee zoo
A male Masai giraffe calf was born to dam "Mara" and sire "Gowan" on October 7th. He can be viewed with the rest of the herd (minus 0.1 "Zindzhi" who appears to have left the facility) in the South Africa field exhibit.
The male common impala from the African Forest field exhibit has been moved to the East Africa field exhibit for breeding.
Two toco toucan fledglings are now on exhibit with their parents in Condor Ridge.
The male common impala from the African Forest field exhibit has been moved to the East Africa field exhibit for breeding.
Two toco toucan fledglings are now on exhibit with their parents in Condor Ridge.
Polar bear fan
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Are you sure it’s Zindzhi? I don’t doubt you, she’s just not one I would’ve expected to move. She’s only been here a couple of years on a breeding recommendation and neither of her calves have survived. I would’ve expected Gasira or her daughter to move out before Zindzhi.
It was definitely “Zindzhi” that was moved out. I think you might have answered yourself on the reason why she was moved in your own post…
“Gasira” will most likely live out the rest of her life at the Park — it would make little sense to move an animal of her age. “Kura”, at three years old, I would expect to see moved out sooner rather than later since she is reaching sexual maturity while still living with her father, but she has not moved yet.
Do you know what happened to the Defassa waterbuck herd? I remember seeing a nice size herd around February in the East Africa field exhibit, it’s sad to see them going away
The defassa have been an active phase-out species. They’ve slowly been removed and shipped out to the private sector. These two females were just the last left. The remaining castrated male defassa and the hybrid female will likely remain in that exhibit for the rest of their lives.Do you know what happened to the Defassa waterbuck herd? I remember seeing a nice size herd around February in the East Africa field exhibit, it’s sad to see them going away
So are waterbuck gone for good or are they being replaced with the ellipsen waterbuck?
Just the defassa are being phased out. There’s still a herd of female ellipsen waterbuck in the South Africa field exhibit, with single intact males in the North Africa field exhibit and the Grevy’s zebra exhibit that are rotated in for breeding.