What SSP's does your Local Zoo Participate In?

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BeardsleyZooFan

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What SSP's (Species Survival Plans) do you know your local zoo/aquarium participate in?
Beardsley Zoo:
Red Wolf SSP
Maned Wolf SSP
Andean Bear SSP
Amur Tiger SSP
Brazilian Ocelot SSP
Golden-Lion Tamarin SSP
I also think they participate in the Chacoan Peccary SSP and Goeldi's Monkey SSP.
Mystic Aquarium:
I only know that they participate in the African Penguin SSP, and are pretty successful in it.
 
John Ball Zoo:

- Aruba Island Rattlesnakes
- Bongo
- Chimpanzees
- Goeldi's Monkeys
- Komodo Dragon
- Snow Leopards
- Maned Wolves
- Spider Monkey
- Cotton Top Tamarin
- Black Footed Cats
- Magellanic Penguin
- Chilean Flamingo
*We also are becoming an amur tiger breeding center

Binder Park Zoo SSP's
Cheetah
Mexican wolf
Snow leopard
White-handed gibbon
Ring-tailed lemur
Cotton-topped tamarin
Mongolian wild horse
Red panda
African wild dog
Black and white colobus monkey
Red-capped mangabey
Black mangabey
Cinereous Vulture

Conservation Priority Species

Aldabra tortoise
Trumpeter swan
Bontebok
Reticulated giraffe
 
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Lowry Park Zoo (Not a local zoo but a zoo I enjoyed visiting and hope to see it next year again)
African Elephant
Chimpanzee
Bornean Orangutan
Mandrill
Siamang
Angolan Black and White Colobus
Babirusa
Clouded Leopard
Sri Lankan Sloth Bear
Red Wolf
Golden Lion Tamarin
Ring-Tailed Lemur
Indian Rhinoceros
Bali Mynah
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Palm Cockatoo
Komodo Dragon
Great Indian Hornbill
 
I copied this from Brookfield Zoo's website:

SSP Animals at Brookfield Zoo

Addax (Addax nasomaculatus)
African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus)
African Lion (Panthera leo krugeri)
Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)
Bali Mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi)
Black-footed Cat (Felis nigripes)
Black-and-white Colobus (Colobus guereza)
Black Lemur (Eulemur macaco macaco)
Black Rhinoceros(Diceros bicornis michaeli)
Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus)
Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
Congo Peafowl (Afropavo congensis)
Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)
Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda)
Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
Geoffroy’s Marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi)
Goeldi's Monkey (Callimico goeldii))
Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)
Guinea Baboon (Papio papio)
Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi)
Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
Lesser (Pygmy) Slow Loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus)
Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)
Mexican Gray Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi)
Micronesian Kingfisher (Halcyon cinnamomina cinnamomina)
Mongoose Lemur (Eulemur mongoz)
Northern Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus sulfuratus)
Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)
Oriental (Asian) Small-Clawed Otter (Aonyx cinereus)
Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus zeteki)
Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)
Pygmy Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis)
Red-Capped Mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus)
Red-tailed Guenon (Cercopithecus ascanius)
Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)
Rodrigues Flying Fox (Pteropus rodricensis)
Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus)
Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia)
Sooty Mangabey (Cercocebus atys atys)
Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
White-cheeked Gibbon (Hylobates leucogenys)
 
From Seneca Park Zoo's Website:

African penguin
African elephant
Amur tiger
Bali mynah
Beaded lizard
Black-and-white ruffed lemur
Black-naped fruit dove
Black-handed spider monkey
Bornean orangutan
Brazilian agouti
California sea lion
Cougar
Eastern Massassauga rattlesnake
Golden lion tamarin
King vulture
Kinkajou
Meerkat
Mexican gray wolf
Nicobar Pigeon
North American river otter
Ocelot
Panamanian golden frog
Pied Tamarin
Polar Bear
Radiated Tortoise
Roseate Spoonbill
Scarlet Ibis
Snow Leopard
Southern three-banded armadillo
Spotted dikkop
Spotted Hyena
Two-toed sloth
White rhino
White-handed gibbon
 
Minnesota Zoo

Amur leopard
Amur tiger
Asian small-clawed otter
Black & White Colobus Monkey
Bali mynah
Cotton-top tamarin
DeBrazza’s monkey
Golden lion tamarin
Japanese macaque
Keel-billed toucan
Komodo monitor
Malayan tapir
Matschie's tree kangaroo
Przewalski's horse
Pygmy loris
Radiated tortoise
Red panda
Red ruffed lemur
Rhinoceros hornbill
Ring-tailed lemur
Visayan warty pig
White-cheeked gibbon
 
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium:

Asian Elephant
Asian Small Clawed Otter
Clouded Leopard
Lowland Anoa
Malayan Tapir
Polar Bear
Red Wolf
Ring Tailed Lemur
Siamang
Sumatran Tiger
White Cheeked Gibbon
 
Pittsburgh zoo-
Amur Tiger
African Wild Dog
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
African Elephant
Polar Bear
Northern Sea Otter
Coral
Black Rhinoceros
California Sea Lion
Amur Leopard
Komodo Dragon
Western Lowland Gorilla
Mandrill
Bornean Orangutan
 
According to a lab source at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo,staff is focusing on improving its SSP for Andean Bears,Sloth Bears and Giant Anteaters.

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BeardsleyZooFan said:
What SSP's (Species Survival Plans) do you know your local zoo/aquarium participate in?
Beardsley Zoo:
Red Wolf SSP
Maned Wolf SSP
Andean Bear SSP
Amur Tiger SSP
Brazilian Ocelot SSP
Golden-Lion Tamarin SSP
I also think they participate in the Chacoan Peccary SSP and Goeldi's Monkey SSP.
Mystic Aquarium:
I only know that they participate in the African Penguin SSP, and are pretty successful in it.
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UPDATE: Beardsley no longer has the Andean Bears but will soon, or so I expect, will begin participating in the Amur Leopard (since a female will soon replace the bear) SSP. The zoo will also soon participate in the Mexican Wolf SSP and I don't think they currently are participating in the Red Wolf SSP as they have all females (mother and two daughters) and their genetics are pretty well represented.

EDIT: Does Mystic not also participate in the Steller Sea Lion and Grand Cayman Iguana SSPs?

I'm sure they participate in others but I know Bronx is currently participating in the Malayan Tapir, Bali Mynah, Indian Rhinoceros, Western Lowland Gorilla, Okapi, Pinstripe Damba, Coquerel's Sifaka, Amur Tiger, Malayan Tiger, Northern Bald Ibis, Mandrill, African Wild Dog, Baringo Giraffe, Northern White-Cheeked Gibbon, Rodrigues Flying Fox, and Przewalski's Wild Horse SSPs.
 
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