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Enneacanthus chaetodon—a centrarchiform native to the far eastern US, signed as their common name. The Aqua Zoo (a privately-owned local fish store), 22 November 2024

Heros efasciatus—a South American cichlid, of which the “golden” variant is perhaps better known. Not to be confused with Heros severus. Signed as “wild Spotted Severums”. The Aqua Zoo (a privately-owned local fish store), 22 November 2024

Geophagus sveni—a relatively recently-described South American cichlid, signed as its scientific name. Barely visible in the photo are some Uaru sp. The Aqua Zoo (a privately-owned local fish store), 22 November 2024

Tank signed as “adult male peacocks & haps”, Pictured are Spindle Hap or “Red Empress” (Protomelas taeniolatus), Blue Streak Hap or “Yellow Lab” (Labidochromis caeruleus), and Electric Blue Hap (Sciaenochromis fryeri). The Aqua Zoo (a privately-owned local fish store), 22 November 2024

Osphronemus laticlavius—an endangered labyrinth fish from Borneo, unsigned. The Aqua Zoo (a privately-owned local fish store), 22 November 2024

So a lot of zoo out there started off as private collections and then became public zoos but I would like to know if any zoos have done the opposite and went from public zoo to private collection? Thanks

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Hello all, I was wondering if anyone can help me make a directory of private breeders, conservationists, and/or suppliers that give to and/or receive herptiles from AZA zoos in the USA. The reason why I made this list was because I have not seen too many high-profile private herptile...

There are animals that aren’t on the dangerous wild animal(DWA)list such as sloths and penguins so does that mean they can’t be owned by private individuals and can only be owned by zoos?

Hi I was wondering if there are any private individuals/collections in the uk that have snow leopards? If so, do they have a DWA license since snow leopards aren’t on the DWA species list?

Sorry if this question already exists. I’ve been reading some forums on here and a few have mentioned that some zoos have given animals to individuals or private collections. My question is do they still do it? I know that most zoos who are apart of an association can only give/receive animals...

A lot of people and even organisations like born free, are trying to end the owning of DWAs. I’d love to know your views on this. Do you agree? Disagree? I’ve looked for other threads relating to this but didn’t find any so I made a new thread. Sorry if I’ve missed one.

I was wondering how many private zoos are there in the uk? What type of animals are they keeping?

After getting an exotic/dangerous animal license and you have everything you need, where do you get the animal? I’m guessing from other zoos/owners but how? I’m based in the uk if that helps.

Why are facilities like World Wildlife Zoo and Dallas World Aquarium called "roadside zoos" by Zoochatters?

Just been perusing thru Youtubers private collections,both exotic,domestic and mixed,preferably birds,aquariums and herps. I came across this: A US Herper paid a visit to Jan Paul Groens astoundingly impressive herpetology collection in the Netherlands in 2018,where he had turned his entire...

I've been considering starting to keep inverts and I would like to see if anyone has had any and if it is the case I would like to hear from someone with experience and know how to start well. If anyone can help me, and/or you just wanna talk about inverts this could be a good thread.

Back at the end of November I visited the Biomes Marine Biology Center for the first time. This small aquarium is one that I’ve known about for years, being only 10 minutes or so from where my aunt and grandmother live in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. I’d never visited, however, due to not...