it always sounds terrible when an organisation, which one would presume wants to be considered seriously, describes themselves as "maverick" (from the job advert).
Rare Species Conservation Centre RSCC animal transfers and general news
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That is the most likely option, but then they could always mean the banded palm civet - Hemigalus derbyanus. Of course, if they were to help bring back any banded species, my preference would be banded linsang
wasn't Leipzig after tarsiers for Gondwana? Maybe that's why RSCC (may) have them, as they seem to act pretty much as a middle-man trader.jwer said:
are they Philippine tarsiers Al?
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...and any idea where they might have got them from? Are they ultimately bound for a (public) zoo, or will they remain in Sandwich?
if they are Philippine tarsiers I'd say they came from the same supplier who sent the Palawan binturongs?
They might do all right with the tarsiers, seeing as they will presumably be kept in a standard enclosure (i.e. not reversed night-day) and the animals won't have to deal with the stress of all the visitors and their noise and flash-bulbs that they'd have to endure if on display at a regular zoo.
They might do all right with the tarsiers, seeing as they will presumably be kept in a standard enclosure (i.e. not reversed night-day) and the animals won't have to deal with the stress of all the visitors and their noise and flash-bulbs that they'd have to endure if on display at a regular zoo.
I rather suspect the tarsiers *will* remain right where they are. Sods law, y'see 
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Al already said that they'd likely remain where they are: "The tarsiers are not for leipzig and should remain at the centre!"
Indeed - I meant to embolden the word "will" as emphasis, as even without Al's statement they should be remaining where they are, I'd never expect something as unusual as tarsiers getting into circulation!
I've edited my post to reflect this.
I've edited my post to reflect this.
your edited post is clearer to me now (the eternal problem of the written word: interpretation issues 
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Why does the job applicant need exceptional communication skills and spotless hygiene to work at a facility that is closed to the public? The description says we are not currently open to the public. Could the word "currently" be interpreted to mean we will be open to the public in the future?
you still need communication skills to work in a non-public organisation. And the hygiene bit says "Exceptional standards or [sic, should read "of"] hygiene and cleanliness are essential" which isn't to do with keeping things tidy for the visitors or for the staff being visually presentable for visitors, it's to do with keeping things hygenic for the animals (food prep etc)
interesting comment in this BBC article from January this year: BBC Nature - Strange endangered primates you may have never heard of
I can't find the report from Traffic, so I can't say how many of the tarsiers were live and how many were preserved specimens.
Very interesting. Of course, how useful this information actually is to me depends very much on
a) when in October it is
b) how soon details are confirmed
c) if I can manage to get there at however short-notice it might end up being!
hi all i am new to this forum but have been nosing around for a while
i live very close to the rscc and visited it on its first year of opening and also went quite a few times to its predecessor the monkey rainforest. only recently i have realized what a nice little collection it turned out to be. anyway there website which has been offline for a while has come back http://www.rarespeciesconservationcentre.org/
also on zootierliste it mentions that the banded palm civets have left the collection and that there is no tarsier although this is probably not accurate.
i live very close to the rscc and visited it on its first year of opening and also went quite a few times to its predecessor the monkey rainforest. only recently i have realized what a nice little collection it turned out to be. anyway there website which has been offline for a while has come back http://www.rarespeciesconservationcentre.org/
also on zootierliste it mentions that the banded palm civets have left the collection and that there is no tarsier although this is probably not accurate.
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