I am not a suidae expert, but would not bush pig be equally exciting? (Assuming, as I do, that it was still the only one in the United States).
Also, I just finished reading Jeremy Mallison's autobiography about his career at Jersey Zoo and he mentions helping to start a breeding center in India for some highly endangered Indian forest hogs. (Not sure exactly what they were called, but I still found it interesing. The book itself, however, is a bit dry - Mallison should have hired a ghost writer).
the ones in Mallinson's book were pigmy hogs, the smallest of all wild pigs. The proposed captive programme at Jersey never eventuated (I think there were issues with bringing them there) so they stayed at Antwerp (?) instead. There are now none in western zoos.
the ones in Mallinson's book were pigmy hogs, the smallest of all wild pigs. The proposed captive programme at Jersey never eventuated (I think there were issues with bringing them there) so they stayed at Antwerp (?) instead. There are now none in western zoos.
A pair of Pygmy Hogs were imported by Zurich , where they bred a litter . I was fortunate to see them there . Not certain of the exact history , but I think the piglets were all male . The breeding female died and in time all the males did as well . They were certainly very small .
@Nick@Amsterdam I think it has to do that they didn’t had great quarantine back then, think european deceases just brought down their health just like stress. Think that when zoos just send teams to do research about the animals and then take some from sanctuaries. It isn’t possible.
