ex situ breeding

  1. La Cucaracha

    The other de-extinction: Should zoos handle proxy rewilding?

    Although the AZA has already made a statement against using genetic technology for de-extinction, BioRescue and its partners continue making keen progress in de-extinction of the northern white rhinoceros. Through advanced reproductive technology, the long term goal is to reintroduce this all...
  2. K

    Eurasian brown bear subspecies and ex situ conservation relevance

    (moderator note - original discussion taken from Tierpark Dessau) @Jana, I admit and would hope that would be a strategy for the European brown bear EEP. We are dealing too many rescuees and then not doing anything for their species right now.
  3. K

    JAZA - new policy for ex situ breeding in Japanese zoos

    This implementation plan by JAZA has so far been applied to 50+ species, mostly endangered or threatened taxa. Everything from husbandry, enclosure size, animal management et cetera were looked into leading up to minimum standards for these species. The photos below show Malayan tapir and black...
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