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I know it is illegal to import and keep Big Cats as pets or in private zoos, but can zoos that are privately owned but open to the public, like Wildlife Safari in Winston Oregon for example, import purebred Big Cats for breeding programs? As far I know, most Tigers and Leopards stateside are...

Back in the 90s, the London Zoo, Zoo Zurich, and Korkeasaari Zoo imported Asiatic Lions from India and as of 2009 there were 100 (as far as I know pure) Asiatic Lions within the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria and are the only Asiatic Lions that can be found outside of India. I know up...

As far as I know, these impressive Sheep are only found in a captive setting in Russia, but they are regularly hunted in Mongolia by international big game hunters. What are the chances of getting them being imported to the US from Mongolia for a zoo or safari park? These Sheep break the scales...

Introduction I thought it’d be good to have a thread dedicated to discussion of this import since it will be a large scale, ongoing event across the next three years; to avoid clogging up the news threads of the zoos involved; and to avoid taking over the rhinoceros population thread, which as...

https://phys.org/news/2019-08-wild-elephants-zoos-closer.html UN Bans Sending Baby Elephants from Wild to Zoos and Circuses Bloomberg - Are you a robot? So Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Namibia will soon be forbidden from selling wild elephants to international zoos. Here's what I...

This is a new development in Sharjah. Last year, the EPAA received approval from the Ruler of Sharjah to begin the second phase of the Seih Al Bardi Park, which will see an area of 14 square kilometres (about 3,500 acres) developed as a wildlife safari park. 288 animals have recently been...

The National Zoological Park in Havana has arranged an import with the government of Namibia, to transfer 148 animals donated by the national government. Animals to be imported include lions, elephants, rhinos, cheetahs, leopards, buffalos, hyenas, honey badgers, porcupines, kudu, bat-eared...

3 Tasmanian king crabs have been imported from Australia by the Weymouth centre, one will stay at Weymouth, while the other two will go to centres in Birmingham and Berlin. I have seen these animals before at the Sydney aquarium and they have left a lasting memory with me, due to their immense...

10 Komodo dragons have arrived at the zoo from USA, 2 females will be retained at the zoo and the other 8 will be dispersed across the rest of Europe. Zoo Leipzig: Zehn Komodowarane importiert - Zoo Leipzig vergrößert europäische Population

Eric Barraro, chief scientist is overseeing the import of around 30 white footed tamarin (saguinus leucopus) into Europe. The animals are currently in a wildlife shelter in Colombia. 15 of the animals will be kept behind the scenes at Beauval, as well as 2 groups on show along with another...

Al Ain wildlife park is exporting 4 sand cats to the USA. Two male and two female sand cats will be flown to zoos in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Texas where they will become founders of a new sand cat breeding programme intended to further diversify the genetics of populations in the US...