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jay said:
another female would have been nice
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In all fairness, within the minor black rhino ex situ conservation breeding program (I mean WORLD HERD) males / bulls are still more than welcome, particularly so in the USA/Mexico component.

But, yes ... new and younger females with future breeding potential remain essential (given an ageing and mostly breeding on hold population in the USA (a shame really ...?!!). On the other hand, it seems some experienced (with the more common white rhino) Mexican zoos seem to have taken up a keen interest in the minor breeding program and are committed to actually breeding them.
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
In all fairness, within the minor black rhino ex situ conservation breeding program (I mean WORLD HERD) males / bulls are still more than welcome, particularly so in the USA/Mexico component.

But, yes ... new and younger females with future breeding potential remain essential (given an ageing and mostly breeding on hold population in the USA (a shame really ...?!!). On the other hand, it seems some experienced (with the more common white rhino) Mexican zoos seem to have taken up a keen interest in the minor breeding program and are committed to actually breeding them.
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Off topic, are the black rhino at Havana zoo (minor)?
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
In all fairness, within the minor black rhino ex situ conservation breeding program (I mean WORLD HERD) males / bulls are still more than welcome, particularly so in the USA/Mexico component.

But, yes ... new and younger females with future breeding potential remain essential (given an ageing and mostly breeding on hold population in the USA (a shame really ...?!!). On the other hand, it seems some experienced (with the more common white rhino) Mexican zoos seem to have taken up a keen interest in the minor breeding program and are committed to actually breeding them.
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Fair enough. I admit I was thinking only of an Australian region situation, where a number of males have been born but only the one female. I suspect, though I could be wrong, that the only two females breeding now are the mother and daughter that have, or will shortly be, calving.
 
jay said:
Fair enough. I admit I was thinking only of an Australian region situation, where a number of males have been born but only the one female. I suspect, though I could be wrong, that the only two females breeding now are the mother and daughter that have, or will shortly be, calving.
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Woah I take that back, apparently I missed the birth of a third female calf.
 
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