Buckeye092
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Does anybody have any information on the dholes of Taronga? I was interested in specific information about the current adult pair and their litter that, I think, was born in 2006. Thanks!
Taronga Zoo Dholes at Taronga Zoo
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torie
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the current animals are the mother and her son from the last litter. Unfortunately the last pregnancy was really hard on her and she had her womb totally removed so no more breeding could occur. the father and the daughter from the previous litter have gone to another zoo.
sorry just read over that at the english is shocking ive had 4 hours sleep! ill come back later with more
sorry just read over that at the english is shocking ive had 4 hours sleep! ill come back later with more
well thats that then. taronga reacquiring dhole was a complete waste of among other things - dhole. i always said it was a perfect illustration of zoos making the same mistakes over and over again - and there you have it.
its not only their fault. from memory two of australia's other major zoos (that also should have known better) promised to get on board and backed out.
next phase-out prediction - francois' langurs.
I'm frustrated by the way that zoos in our region expect to keep only a pair of any species and rely on other zoos to also keep a pair. That's NOT the way to save any species.
No-one expects a zoo to keep big numbers of large animals - the "charismatic megafauna" which bring the public in and which are kept primarily for display, but any zoo worth the name should be prepared to maintain whole colonies and not just a pair of any smaller and endangered species such as dholes, tree kangaroos, fishing cats, Francois' langurs etc. which they adopt. It shouldn't break the bank, particularly if most were kept off-display.
In the face of strident Animal Rights criticism, zoos stress their commitment to conservation breeding. Its time that they follow through!
No-one expects a zoo to keep big numbers of large animals - the "charismatic megafauna" which bring the public in and which are kept primarily for display, but any zoo worth the name should be prepared to maintain whole colonies and not just a pair of any smaller and endangered species such as dholes, tree kangaroos, fishing cats, Francois' langurs etc. which they adopt. It shouldn't break the bank, particularly if most were kept off-display.
In the face of strident Animal Rights criticism, zoos stress their commitment to conservation breeding. Its time that they follow through!
I second this and if they are kept off dislay then they don't need the mega bucks exhibits. So long as their enclosures provide them with what they need then it should be a lot cheaper to house them. Dholes don't care about expensive fake rock walls or other itemsd that makes an exhibit look good but provide no actual benefit to the animal. All that stuff is just for show for the public.
Do you recall which institution the two dholes were moved to?
