Himalayan Black Bear

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  zoo_enthusiast

• 12 Aug 2011

Bear Country - 2010

 

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  ThylacineAlive

• 16 Apr 2014

Are you suggesting this is an actual Himalayan Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus laniger)? If so, how do you know?

And does the zoo still hold them?

~Thylo

 

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  zoo_enthusiast

• 16 Apr 2014

I am not sure about the actual subspecies. They only have 1 specimen and he is still there as far as I know (though I last saw him in 2013)

 

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  elefante

• 31 Jul 2014

These are pretty uncommon in zoos aren't they?

 

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  ThylacineAlive

• 31 Jul 2014

elefante said:

These are pretty uncommon in zoos aren't they?

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Yup. They AZA is phasing them out so only a few zoos hold them. Roger Williams Park Zoo and Philly are the only zoos I've seen them in, though I'm sure there are others.

~Thylo

 

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  BeardsleyZooFan

• 31 Jul 2014

ThylacineAlive said:

Yup. They AZA is phasing them out so only a few zoos hold them. Roger Williams Park Zoo and Philly are the only zoos I've seen them in, though I'm sure there are others.

~Thylo

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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Denver Zoo, Henson Robinson Zoo, Little Rock Zoo, Milwaukee County Zoo, Virginia Zoo, and Zoo Miami also house this species.

 

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  GFgomez

• 3 May 2023

@BeardsleyZooFan
Do you have an updated list . I only see 5 holders having this bear ?

 

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  ZooElephantMan

• 3 May 2023

@GFgomez I know that at least Denver and Philadelphia don't have the species anymore

 

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  Coelacanth18

• 3 May 2023

Little Rock and Henson Robinson also do not hold them anymore.