Species Never Successfully Bred In Zoos

most european species arent bred in zoos but can be find in private collections. haven't seen nightjars yet but i've seen wrynecks and nightingales in private collections. If you look b.e. at Hoopoos almost none are found in zoos but in captivity anyway quite a common species.
 
the pangolins in taipei were they really inseminated, born and raised till adulthood in the zoo or were they pregnant females caught and gave birth in the zoo, because that's what i heard although maybe someone can correct me.


Narwals used to be kept but the horn of the male is causing troubles as it bumps into the edges of the pool all the time and this way it gets damaged and is a source for other health issues.
 
I know that they're extinct, but that's probably in part because they never bred successfully or at all :p

Quagga
Syrian Ass
Thylacine

Passenger Pigeons might also deserve to go on that list, since I've no idea if Martha was wild caught or born in captivity.
 
Jacobea said:
I know that they're extinct, but that's probably in part because they never bred successfully or at all :p

Quagga
Syrian Ass
Thylacine

Passenger Pigeons might also deserve to go on that list, since I've no idea if Martha was wild caught or born in captivity.
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Martha, the last ever passenger pigeon, was hatched at Cincinnati Zoo.

Passenger pigeons bred so well at Knowsley, the private menagerie of Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby, that he periodically released his surplus stock........
 
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Jurek7 said:
But I remember seeing some non-native shrew species in London's Clore in late 1990s. What was it? And did it bred?
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London Zoo has bred white-toothed shrew (Crocidura leucodon) and grey musk shrew (Suncus murinus).
 
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Meaghan Edwards said:
I don't believe Great White Sharks or Ocean Sunfish have bred in captivity.
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As Sun Wukong hinted earlier, from what I understand, neither have many pelagic sharks (including tiger, oceanic whitetip, blue and both mako species - of which, only the tiger shark has any significant history of survival in captivity), the whale shark or even the Common Lionfish.
 
Sun Wukong said:
There is one zoo/aquarium in Japan that breeds sea turtles-just like several sea turtle farms, like in the one on the Cayman Islands.
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Interesting. I always thought that still was out of reach. Via Google I found something about the Cayman facility and they are successful with green sea turtle. Anyone know if other species of sea turtles have been bred in captivity? Hawksbill, flatback, loggerhead or one of the ridley's perhaps? I think even keeping the leatherback alive in captivity for longer period still cause problems so captive breeding of that must be entirely out of reach for now.
 
My friend and I are actually in the process of rearing our second batch of lionfish fry.
 
Blackduiker

condor said:
Interesting. I always thought that still was out of reach. Via Google I found something about the Cayman facility and they are successful with green sea turtle. Anyone know if other species of sea turtles have been bred in captivity? Hawksbill, flatback, loggerhead or one of the ridley's perhaps? I think even keeping the leatherback alive in captivity for longer period still cause problems so captive breeding of that must be entirely out of reach for now.
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I visited this facility on Grand Cayman back in 1985 while on vacation with my wife. We got to take photos holding Sea Turtles, and they were breeding them quite readily. But not all for conservation's sake. You could buy canned Turtle Soup right on the premises. Soup made from Turtles bred there. Of course, U.S. restrictions forbade the import of Sea Turtle products. And it would not have been to my liking.:(
 
Quartz92 said:
My friend and I are actually in the process of rearing our second batch of lionfish fry.
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That's good news - I heard during an aquarium talk that no-one had managed it yet; I was surprised judging by their abundance in the wild and in captivity. I'm happy that they were wrong. Looks like you're pioneering in breeding captive fish though! :p
 
From our first batch only 2 have survived and they are about and inch in length. I know my friend has been trying to breed them for six years. He came to me because his male died and I had one, so I let him breed them and I get 50% of the fry. We are also breeding cichlids. I just set up a new cichlid tank with juvies.
 
Quartz92 said:
From our first batch only 2 have survived and they are about and inch in length. I know my friend has been trying to breed them for six years. He came to me because his male died and I had one, so I let him breed them and I get 50% of the fry. We are also breeding cichlids. I just set up a new cichlid tank with juvies.
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Well done! Are they the 'ordinary' Pterois volitans or one of the smaller species?

Alan
 
I know this an old thread. But just to clarify, the thylacine was sucessfully bred once at Melbourne zoo in 1899.
 
I have seen photos of the Hobart Zoo thylacines with 3 young and I think Adelaide Zoo may have breed them too.
 
The photo of the three pups and mother from Hobart were all caught by Walter Mullins in 1924. And sold to the zoo for £55.
 
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