Giant Eland

How many Giant Eland do they have?

According to ISIS Houston has 3.3 with one recent birth.

Its good to hear that someone is breeding Giant Eland.

The facilities that are breeding giant elands are Houston Zoo, Zoo Miami, San Diego WAP, White Oak Conservation Center, and Cincinnati Zoo. Los Angeles Zoo also has a pair, but I heard that they are old, so they won't be breeding anytime soon...

When did Cincinnati get Giant Eland again?

gerenuk said:

When did Cincinnati get Giant Eland again?

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They have them in their offsite facility, but there are rumors that they might come back to the zoo.

Are you sure? I thought the last (0.1) was shipped out a few years back to some place in Florida.

gerenuk said:

Are you sure? I thought the last (0.1) was shipped out a few years back to some place in Florida.

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To be honest, I don't even know. I was going by what I heard, so it's more likely you are correct.

You may be right Gerenuk, but I had heard that the remaining animals had been moved to their off-site breeding facility until the opening of the African Savannah. I do know that they were trying to slim their herd down so it wouldn't suprise me if they sent some away. I know that they had been talking to White Oaks in particular. I was even listening to the zoo's podcast and the director said that the elands would be returning for the African Savannah, but I'm not 100% sure about the breeding center. That was just hear-say from members on the site and from a few newspaper articles. I will try to contact the zoo on facebook and find out.

Did the director say eland or giant eland?