Animals kept at only one zoo outside of their native range

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birdsandbats

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Does anyone know of animals that are only kept at one zoo outside their native range? If so, where are they kept? Here are a couple I know:

Hawaiian Monk Seal - Minnesota Zoo
Togo Slippery Frog - Brookfield Zoo (behind the scenes)

Anyone know of any others?
 
I don't know about the rest of the world, but the Detroit Zoo has a king brown snake that is supposed to be the only specimen of its type in North America. I don't know about the rest of th eworld.

Someone with an apparent thirst to remove himself from the gene pool was keeping it as a pet when the authorities seized it because it was illegal to have it. The keeper I talked to said the guy knew that there was no antivenin for it in the western hemisphere but he was "being really careful."
 
Alex Bensky said:
I don't know about the rest of the world, but the Detroit Zoo has a king brown snake that is supposed to be the only specimen of its type in North America. I don't know about the rest of th eworld.
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As has been pointed out previously when you made this assertion, multiple other North American zoos, including Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo, keep this species.

Some species which actually do fit the requirements:
Booted macaques at Catoctin Wildlife Park and Zoo
Sickle-billed vanga at Walsrode
Sanford’s lemur at Lemur Conservation Foundation (not quite a zoo)
Cuban emerald at Sant Alessio
Greater dwarf lemur at Zürich
Noisy douroucouli at Wingham (not 100% sure on this one)
Spectacled flying fox at Lubee Bat Conservancy
A plethora of animals at the Dallas World Aquarium, some of which include: Guianan red cotinga, resplendent quetzal, crested quetzal, many-banded aracari, fiery-billed aracari, etc
Tongan megapode at San Diego
 
Alex Bensky said:
I don't know about the rest of the world, but the Detroit Zoo has a king brown snake that is supposed to be the only specimen of its type in North America. I don't know about the rest of th eworld.

Someone with an apparent thirst to remove himself from the gene pool was keeping it as a pet when the authorities seized it because it was illegal to have it. The keeper I talked to said the guy knew that there was no antivenin for it in the western hemisphere but he was "being really careful."
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King Browns are kept in many Zoological Collections in Australia.
 
Spoonbill sandpipers- WWT Slimbridge U.K.
James flamingo- Berlin zoo and one indiviudal at WWT Slimbridge U.K
Black faced Spoonbill- Walsrode Germany
Coral billed ground cuckoo- Walsrode Germany
Giant coua- Walsrode Germany
Madagascan white ibis- Walsrode Germany
Westermann's dwarf cassowary- Walsrode Germany
Helmeted vanga- Walsrode Germany
Madagascan pond heron - Walsrode Germany
Maleo- Bronx zoo U.S.A
Golden necked single wattled cassowary- Landgoed Hoenderdaell Netherlands (I am sure there is probably some kept in asia)
Laysan Albatross- Monterey Bay Aquarium U.S.A

I am not 100% with American or Asian collections so i might be wrong on a few :).... but im sure there are lots more bird species that fit into this category
 
cuckooduck said:
Coral billed ground cuckoo- Walsrode Germany Honolulu likely still has an old male as well.
Helmeted vanga- Walsrode Germany No longer held
Maleo- Bronx zoo U.S.A Now at 4+ facilities in the US (Bronx, Houston, Oklahoma, San Diego)
Golden necked single wattled cassowary- Landgoed Hoenderdaell Netherlands (I am sure there is probably some kept in asia) There is at least one pair at an off display breeding center in the US
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See above quote in red for corrections. Even still, all are still very rare :P
 
jayjds2 said:
As has been pointed out previously when you made this assertion, multiple other North American zoos, including Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo, keep this species.

Some species which actually do fit the requirements:
Booted macaques at Catoctin Wildlife Park and Zoo
Sickle-billed vanga at Walsrode
Sanford’s lemur at Lemur Conservation Foundation (not quite a zoo)
Cuban emerald at Sant Alessio
Greater dwarf lemur at Zürich
Noisy douroucouli at Wingham (not 100% sure on this one)
Spectacled flying fox at Lubee Bat Conservancy
A plethora of animals at the Dallas World Aquarium, some of which include: Guianan red cotinga, resplendent quetzal, crested quetzal, many-banded aracari, fiery-billed aracari, etc
Tongan megapode at San Diego
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Many-banded arasari is also kept at Wisbroek Breeding Center in the Netherlands ( which is however not a public zoo ), see : Many-banded Aracari | ZooChat
 
There are quite some examples but there's one I've been thinking of since I read the title of the thread:

Trumpet manucode - Zoologischer Garten Berlin
 
vogelcommando said:
Many-banded arasari is also kept at Wisbroek Breeding Center in the Netherlands ( which is however not a public zoo ), see : Many-banded Aracari | ZooChat
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Yes, I was aware of those at Wisbroek but only counted those in public zoos. In a similar nature, though, I suppose the Sanford’s lemur at Lemur Conservation Foundation (also closed to the public for most of the year) is worth a mention.
Hyak_II said:
See above quote in red for corrections. Even still, all are still very rare :p
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@Hyak_II what information do you have regarding CCF’s cassowaries? I looked into them a few months ago and couldn’t find much.
 
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@Hyak_II what information do you have regarding CCF’s cassowaries? I looked into them a few months ago and couldn’t find much.[/QUOTE]

I randomly met someone who ran a private cassowary breeding center just over a year ago, randomly while on vacation. At that time (September 2016), this center held one single-wattled cassowary. Unfortunately, I do not have the man's last name (first name was Scott, if I recall correctly), or the specific name of the facility, but I do know it was located in Florida. Sorry I can't be more specific (it was very random running into this guy staying at the same resort as I was, and he just happened to be talking about cassowaries when I interjected myself briefly into the conversation - when I went back to the same resort last year, I thought I might run into him again to get some more specifics, but no such luck).
 
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