Do Dvur still hold a phenomenal amount of rhino's? Or has their withdrawal from EAZA had an impact? I doubt it has because your pictures seem to show an awful lot of ESB species that I doubt would still be maintained if issues had arisen!
Black Rhinos were well into double figures, so no reduction there!
The only EEP/ESB species where there was a noticeable reduction to my eyes was actually the gorillas - there is only a single animal at the zoo now, and I understand this is a direct result of the EAZA controversy. There may be others but they weren't noticeable.
To be honest, EAZA are in a tricky position - for many species, ungulates in particular, Dvur have an outstanding breeding record and to be honest a lot of programmes may well be in trouble if Dvur is excluded long-term.
I suppose with their record Dvur are still going to have a lot of weight within the EEP?ESB, especially when it comes to African Hoofstock. I noticed that they have Amur tiger cubs, I assume they were studbook approved?
Personally I can't see their exclusion from EAZA being permanent.
Dvur has only one last gorilla left, soon all their okapis and golder lion tamarins have to leave the zoo. EEP coordinators got instruction from EAZA to ignore/exclude Dvur and if possible, withdraw animals belonging to other EEP holders from Dvur.
The Amur tiger cubs are 100% pure-blooded, both their parents are in european studbook and are F1 generation from wild-caught parents.
Maguari: from looking at your pictures and from what little I know of this institution (i.e., that they have northern white rhinos) it looks like this may be the Euro equivalent of the San Diego Safari Park? Why have they left the EAZA? Is that the equivalent of the San Diego Zoo leaving the AZA?
Maguari: from looking at your pictures and from what little I know of this institution (i.e., that they have northern white rhinos) it looks like this may be the Euro equivalent of the San Diego Safari Park?
For 'why', the thread linked by Nisha has all the info available.
The best way to sum up the EAZA/AZA situation is to say that not being in EAZA doesn't have a significant negative connotation in the wider world in the way that not being in (accredited by) the AZA does, but I'd say being forced out of EAZA is just as embarrassing (within the zoo community, at least).
Dvur Kralove remains a member of UCSZOO - the Czech and Slovak zoo union - and EARAZA (a body of mainly East European/Central Asian zoos).
