captive breeding

Captive breeding achievements in recent years have exploded with numerous new species being bred successfully for the first time, both within the Zoo & Aquarium sphere, but also on the industry and trade side as well. I couldn't find anywhere else to put these posts, since it doesn't exactly...

I have created this thread because I was interested in how sustainable current pelican populations in captivity are, and whether they can potentially be used as a source for reintroductions if needed. In particular, potential rewilding of Dalmatian Pelicans to their former range in northwest...

Is the newer shoebill at DWA (not Mr. Shoe) the captive bred individual from Tampa? I believe her name is Binti. If not, where did the second bird come from?

Introduction Several threads discussed that zoos lack space for breeding programs, and proposed planned extinction of many animal species in European zoos. There are diverse alternatives, for example lobbying for an exemption in laws for zoos to allow limited import of founder animals. Another...

I just read an interesting article: https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)00892-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2589004222008926%3Fshowall%3Dtrue My take out are: - Wild Rock Dove in Europe is becoming genetically extinct by hybridization...

Very impressed with this series. Four episodes, the first focusing on the Iberian Peninsula and reintroduction of Iberian Lynx and selective breeding to reintroduce 'Aurochs' by tracing the genes through domestic cattle. The second program focuses on the Carpathians and reintroduction of...

Do garden eels breed in aquaria?

This thread was inspired by a picture of Blakiston's fish owl in Leningrad zoo, see below: Blakiston's fish owl is spectacular, the world's biggest owl together with the common European Eagle. It is endangered, and will remain so forever, because of its naturally low density and the destruction...

The Anami rabbit is an intriguing evolutionarily distinct and also very endangered endemic Japanese mammal. I was wondering whether these are currently held in captivity either within Japanese zoos or in ex-situ captive breeding facilities. Does anyone know about the status of this species in...

Having followed fairly closely the studies done by ZSL and EDGE in the Dominican Republic and Haiti for over a decade it has always puzzled me as to why so few solenodons have been brought into zoos for ex-situ captive breeding purposes. Afterall , these are evolutionarily distinct mammals, of...

So a bit of an odd situation here. Back when I visited this collection for the first time back in 2017, I created an enclosure by enclosure species list to post here on the forum. When visiting the park for the first time since then today, I realized when going to update the list that I never...

The latest list of marine aquarium fish actually or potentially available in the aquarium trade has just been released. Notable additional species for 2017 include: Centropyge potteri, Potter’s Angelfish Pseudanthias hypselosoma, Stocky Anthias Rainfordia opercularis, Flathead Perch Chaetodon...

Thanks to the discovery that there could be as little as only eight breeding females alive, the Mexican government is planning on capturing all the vaquitas they can find, and breed them in captivity. I'm not sure it will have the effect they want...

Hi, I am doing a research investigation on zoos- a 3-fold investigation centered around the contribution/value of the most reputable zoos w.r.t. (1) Conservation –where conservation naturally refers to in-situ conservation; and therefore I will be tackling the topics of extirpation, captive...

The recent forum on Euthanasia of healthy animals in zoos focused on an animal which was part of an EAZA controlled ex situ conservation breeding programme. Copenhagen zoo justified their action as being a necessary step in maintaining a genetically sound programme. Linked to the discussion was...

The Houston zoo has announced the world's first captive breeding of the Madagascan big headed turtle. 5 turtles have been hatched. Houston Zoo First To Successfully Breed Big-Headed Turtles In Captitivity