I don't know Beijing had kept Mongolian gazelle, but I believe it is possible, because there used to be very abundant on the steppe of Inner Mongolian of north China half a century ago. Then during the Culture Revolution, huge numbers of gazelles were killed by army to supplement the meat supply of other provinces. Later, the fences along the China-Mongolian border and between villages were built, then the migration path of these gazelles were blocked, finally the Mongolian gazelles in China became nearly extinct.
The Tibetan gazelle may be gone in early 2000s.
I don't know Beijing had kept Mongolian gazelle, but I believe it is possible, because there used to be very abundant on the steppe of Inner Mongolian of north China half a century ago. Then during the Culture Revolution, huge numbers of gazelles were killed by army to supplement the meat supply of other provinces. Later, the fences along the China-Mongolian border and between villages were built, then the migration path of these gazelles were blocked, finally the Mongolian gazelles in China became nearly extinct.
The Tibetan gazelle may be gone in early 2000s.
In September of 1974, the Osaka Zoo in Japan got their Mongolian gazelles (Procapra gutturosa) from the Beijing Zoo as part of an animal friendship exchange between China and Japan, although Mongolian gazelles (Procapra gutturosa), Tibetan gazelles (Procapra picticaudata), and Przewalski's gazelles (Procapra przewalskii) belong to the same genus, there was no detailed report about their ecology and breeding, so the Osaka Zoo started to keep Mongolian gazelles (Procapra gutturosa) without any prior knowledge, despite that Osaka Zoo actually held the longevity record for Mongolian gazelle (Procapra gutturosa) in captivity and the specimen that held that record died in 1989
If anyone has Walkers Mammal Field Guides, you can see photos of the Mongolian gazelles at Osaka Zoo in those books
Does the Xining Zoo really have both Tibetan gazelles (Procapra picticaudata) and Przewalskis gazelles (Procapra przewalskii), if so that would be really neat to see!!!
Also why don't Mongolian gazelles (Procapra gutturosa) do as well in captivity, is it their diet or husbandry requirements, I am very fascinated with Procapra spp. and Pantholops hodgsonii and would love to learn more about them
Also is Xining Zoo the only chinese zoo that has kept Przewalskis gazelles (Procapra przewalskii) or has there been others in the past ? If so which places had them ?
Does the Xining Zoo really have both Tibetan gazelles (Procapra picticaudata) and Przewalskis gazelles (Procapra przewalskii), if so that would be really neat to see!!!
Also why don't Mongolian gazelles (Procapra gutturosa) do as well in captivity, is it their diet or husbandry requirements, I am very fascinated with Procapra spp. and Pantholops hodgsonii and would love to learn more about them
Also is Xining Zoo the only chinese zoo that has kept Przewalskis gazelles (Procapra przewalskii) or has there been others in the past ? If so which places had them ?
Yes, although I have never gone to Xining, I know they have both species, and may be the only zoo keeping both species. For the Pantholops hodgsonii , there is no zoo exhibiting them, but they are very easy to spot during the railway travel to Lhasa
Yes, although I have never gone to Xining, I know they have both species, and may be the only zoo keeping both species. For the Pantholops hodgsonii , there is no zoo exhibiting them, but they are very easy to spot during the railway travel to Lhasa
From what I read on the Central India Zoo Authority website, there is actually one zoo in Northern India that keeps Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) and that is the Leh Zoo, they have 2 individuals, here is my source PIB Press Release
