Addax exhibit - Zoo São Paulo

@David Matos Mendes Oh wow ! They have quite a good enclosure over at Brasilia don't they ? It looks great and I bet they had some breeding success with addax in it too.

@Onychorhynchus coronatus Yeah, such a nice enclosure. I liked how Brasilia exhibits african animals in a same area. This geographic way to locate exhibits can be pretty useful for education.

Althoug it's a nice place and a very serious institution, Brasilia zoo commited the mistake of letting an addax die traped in a gate. It was an accident for sure, but It's quite sad to see an animal die in such a silly way.

@David Matos Mendes How did you find out about that addax death at Brasilia ?

@Onychorhynchus coronatus It was some time ago. At the time, I hadn't been to Brasilia zoo yet, but already followed informations of most of the zoos in the country. Don't remember very well where I read it. Gonna try to find.

With this news, we can also see they actually reproduced in Brasilia.

@David Matos Mendes Really sad to hear about the death of that animal.

The article is really interesting and gives further insights to the other addax in Brazil and in SP Zoo.

@Onychorhynchus coronatus Yeah, that's true. I have read this at the time it happened, but didn't remember about some of these informations. It says there are three in Brasilia and two in SP, but I have onsy seen two in Brasilia and one in SP. Hope they were hiding in their shelters or out of display instead of dead at the time I visited these institutions.

@David Matos Mendes I only remember seeing that lone addax at SP zoo too.