Actually, it's not the best of shots, but the animals weren't really into posing so I had to take what I could get. Considering their status, I figured anything was better than nothing.
LOL - when I first see/photograph a new species, I always take some "insurance" shots of that first view, just in case they scamper away. Most photos of the captive Jentink's are of a single individual, which makes this one all the more special. It appears that they were housed in an open exhibit (rather than a roundhouse like most of the current duikers).
PAT, you are missing one of the great joys in the Animal Kingdom! (I ♥ duikers)
The Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas had fairly good success with Jentink's duikers, with over 30 births. However, 1998 was a bad year, with all of the remaining females (including two wild-caught successful breeders) dying, leaving just two males and rendering the population functionally extinct in North America/captivity outside of its native range. A single male is still alive at the Gladys Porter Zoo.
Did LA receive a part of a shipment intended for Brownsville? I read the history book of the latter recently but don't have it at hand to look. I know Warren Thomas left Brownsville at some point and I think to go to LA, I was just wondering if the animals at the Los Angeles Zoo had anything to do with his departure from TX to CA?
