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What are the ungulate species and pure subspecies no longer held in the United States of America and Canada? This is a big question that I would guess no one has the answer to but has been of interest to me after repeatedly reading scattered information about the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo...

Does anyone know zoos where lemurs are kept within the region ? What species are kept and how many individuals ? What are the enclosures like and are they adequate ? Muchas Gracias / Obrigado / Thank you

I found this interesting article the other day on the history of zoos in Latin America written by a scholar at Oxford University, UK. It chronicles the the ancient / Pre-Colombian history of zoos in the region, the colonial and post-independence periods and the modern history of these...

Hey Zoochatters, I thought it would be an interesting concept to create a series of threads similar to those in other country / region forums on this site discussing different species kept across the region of Latin America ( I know Mexico is North America but it is included in this thread as...

Hey Zoochatters, I thought it would be an interesting concept to create a series of threads similar to those in other country / region forums on this site discussing different species kept across the region of Latin America ( I know Mexico is North America but it is included in this thread as...

The director of Leon Zoo in Guanajuato State has stated his hope that the zoo can obtain breeding groups of Western lowland gorillas, Malayan tapir, and snow leopards. Quoted in the article linked below : "It's a long process that we have been working towards for more than a year, we have had...

Mysterious free-roaming hippo captured in southern Mexico

Hi, my name is Max and I am from Austria. I live in Vienna and Mexico City. I like to make videos and my favorite Zoos are "Vienna Zoo - Tiergarten Schönbrunn" and "Haus des Meeres - Aqua Terra Zoo Vienna". I have an anual pass for the Zoo Vienna and for Haus des Meeres. With every visit I...

2 California condors have been hatched in what is a first Mexican captive breeding. First ever highly endangered Condor eggs hatch in Mexico Zoo

An interesting story on saving the Totoaba from poachers. Their swim bladders are the only thing taken, and they're sent to China to make soup. What a waste. On the Brink of Extinction: Saving the Totoaba in the Sea of Cortez | California Diver Magazine

An interesting article on the Totoaba, a large fish which only lives in the Sea of Cortez and is about to become extinct due to poachers, and a demand from China for their swim bladders: On the Brink of Extinction: Saving the Totoaba in the Sea of Cortez | California Diver Magazine

Friday was a national holiday in Mexico. My sister Michelle and I joined friends Lizet, Arturo and their kids and drove to Aldama, just outside the city of Chihuahua, to go the zoo. The conditions were really bad. Is there an international monitoring agency one can complain too? Photos with...