No longer kept/rarely kept species in North American zoos?

I visited Gladys Porter Zoo in December 2006 to see the Jentink's Duiker. Yes the Greater Adjutant stork was there at the time. And they still had two Jentink's Duikers. One of them was very old. It probably died soon after. But the other one looks shiny and healthy.
 
This summer the Rio Grande Zoo in New Mexico is getting a dozen tasmanian devils to begin a breeding program according to a local news article!!!!!!
 
Meaghan Edwards said:
Yup. I'm Googling to check to see what other types of animals that are "extinct" or really rare in North American collections. I believe Kiwi are rarely exhibited.

I think jackals can be added to the list of rarely kept animals. ISIS lists only Caldwell Zoo, San Diego (having only one listed) and Kansas City as having Black-backed Jackal, and no Golden or Side-striped Jackals.
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San Diego says that they do not have any Jackals anymore. :(
 
Sad :(

Some years ago, Toronto Zoo's vet was on a chat for the Zoo Diaries show that ran for a few years ago. He mentioned they did have jackals, and that they were active animals, but they got sent back because there was no place for them. What a shame . . .
 
Potto said:
This summer the Rio Grande Zoo in New Mexico is getting a dozen tasmanian devils to begin a breeding program according to a local news article!!!!!!
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Does anyone have any further news on this exciting development?
 
Thanks snowleopard seems to a very exciting project, i don't think so many Tasmanian devils have ever left Australia in one shipment, quite a risk being taken by Albuquerque, considering the sporadic breeding results outside Australia, i can only think of Duisburg?, Toronto and Cincinnati and maybe Basel? (someone please confirm) that have bred them in the past.
Copenhagen have had theirs for 2 years now and no sign of breeding yet, time is the key element here.
Hopefully we will see more of these exports to North America and Europe.
 
I am really glad to here about these plans. Hopefully somewhere in Europe will follow suit and can team up with Copenhagen.
 
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Thanks snowleopard seems to a very exciting project, i don't think so many Tasmanian devils have ever left Australia in one shipment, quite a risk being taken by Albuquerque, considering the sporadic breeding results outside Australia
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But that the beauty of the large shipment. If one pairing doesnt quite work, you can re-pair the animals with different mates. 12 will be a nice beginning founder base if all goes well.
 
kiang said:
Hopefully we will see more of these exports to North America and Europe.
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Actually, Albuquerque probably will be giving some devils to other American zoos, because at the end of last year at least 2 Los Angeles Zoo zookeepers traveled to Australia to learn how to keep Tasmania Devils. Probably some of those devils will be also going to LA. LA is known for having good breeding programs for Australian animals like the Yellow-footed rock wallaby, and lately Koalas (5 in two years from 2 females), echidnas, and Tammar wallabies. The zoo was also talking about redoing the koala house, but to use it for other marsupials not koalas, the zoo wouldn't say which marsupials though.
 
Some rare animals kept at the LA Zoo are the red uakari monkeys and the peninsular pronghorn. The LA zoo is the only zoo to have peninsular pronghorn in the world.
 
Actually, the very nice, modern San Juan de Aragon Zoo in a suburb of Mexico City has an exhibit with Peninsular Pronghorn. We met with the Curator of the Zoo in January and he said that they are part of a consortium trying to save the species.

The red uakari monkeys, as far as I know, are still kept off exhibit at the LA Zoo. LA does have the very rare crested capuchins on exhibit though.

A couple of species receiving attention in US zoos are giant salamanders. The St. Louis Zoo just moved their off exhibit pair of Chinese giants into a public exhibit in the Living World. The San Antonio Zoo opened a much larger exhibit for the Japanese giants, maybe a year or so ago. Fort Worth is planning on including giants in their spectacular new reptile/amphibian complex (if you haven't checked out the info on their website it's quite impressive ), and when I was at the National Zoo last year they were trying to secure the importation of 4 Japanese giants ( ultimately hoping to renovate a portion of the Reptile Discovery Center building as a breeding facility).
 
Have giant salamandeers been bred outside their home range? Do you know how many are kept in China and Japan and what the breeding success is? Thanks
 
Yapok ( water opossum )

Hello again

This is exciting news. Wanted to add the the Dallas World Aquarium is constructing a new exhibit to house yapoks or water opossums. This information is in their quarterly newsletter which is posted online. This will add to an already exceptional collection including giant river otter, Amazon manatee, red howler monkey, fairy penguins, jabiru, shoebill ( whale billed ) stork, and more.
 
ericnielsenpdx said:
A couple of species receiving attention in US zoos are giant salamanders. The St. Louis Zoo just moved their off exhibit pair of Chinese giants into a public exhibit in the Living World. The San Antonio Zoo opened a much larger exhibit for the Japanese giants, maybe a year or so ago. Fort Worth is planning on including giants in their spectacular new reptile/amphibian complex (if you haven't checked out the info on their website it's quite impressive ), and when I was at the National Zoo last year they were trying to secure the importation of 4 Japanese giants ( ultimately hoping to renovate a portion of the Reptile Discovery Center building as a breeding facility).
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For many years, the then-Director of the Cincinnati Zoo Ed Maruska had an incredible off-exhibit collection of giant salamanders. I'm sorry but I don't recall whether he had breeding success with them. I don't know what he did with them when he retired.
 
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