Los Angeles Zoo 2003 - Mountain Tapir exhibit

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  Baldur

• 16 Mar 2010

April 2003

Mountain Tapir exhibit.

 

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  Eagle

• 18 Nov 2012

When was the last offspring born?

 

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  mstickmanp

• 18 Nov 2012

The last one was born in September of 2007 and the calf was a male.

 

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  Eagle

• 19 Nov 2012

Any possibility to receive a new female from other zoos?

 

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  Michael

• 19 Nov 2012

There are currently no unrelated females anywhere. All of the captive animals came from the same source, a pair at LA. There are 2 animals that are not related in Colombia, but they are not in a breeding situation and are still to young to breed. The pair at Cali Zoo came from LA.

 

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  IanRRobinson

• 19 Nov 2012

Have LA found them particularly harder to care for than their congeners?

 

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  Michael

• 19 Nov 2012

No, this species has been fairly easy to care for. It took a while to get them on a good diet.

 

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  Eagle

• 19 Nov 2012

Then better inbreeding than no breeding!

 

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  DavidBrown

• 19 Nov 2012

Eagle said:

Then better inbreeding than no breeding!

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Why do you think that inbreeding is acceptable in the 21st century? This practice has no place in modern zoo-keeping.

 

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  IanRRobinson

• 19 Nov 2012

This is another animal where someone has to decide what to do with the animals held in captivity, because as they stand they are not self-supporting.

Whether they should go back to a centre in a host-range country, or more animals brought in from the wild is a moot point. What do others think?