Animals No Longer At Your Zoo You'd Like To See There Again

I'd love to bring this thread back, so I'll go ahead and post something. I would love it if the Bronx Zoo brought back its cassowaries from the now-gone Big Birds section, and I wish they'd bring back their bontebok and scimitar-horned oryxes. I miss all of the World of Darkness species as well.
 
Blackduiker said:
Animals no longer seen at your zoo you'd like to see exhibited there again.

To kick off this new thread I'll start the ball rolling with species I'd like to see at the Los Angeles Zoo no longer exhibited there, but once were. See how well you remember your zoo's once exhibited species list.

Tasmanian Devil
Gaur
Hartmann's Mountain Zebra
Cape Penguin
Tule Elk
Bush Dog
Black Rhinoceros
White Rhinoceros
Zebra Duiker
Yellow-backed Duiker
Jentinck's Duiker
Brindled Gnu
Grizzly Bear
Spectacled Bear
Kodiak Bear
Sun Bear
Sloth Bear
Asiatic Black Bear
Polar Bear
Giant Panda
Red Panda
Binturong
Sumatran Rhinoceros
Puma
Jaguarundi
Rhea
Emu
Egyptian Goose
Indian Python
King Cobra
Crimson-rumped Toucanet
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Northern Rosella
Goliath Heron
Lesser Kudu
Greater Kudu
Suni
Leopard Tortoise
Galapagos Tortoise
Fairy Bluebird
Kiwi
Brown Hyena
Striped Hyena
Spotted Hyena
Clouded Leopard
Marbled Cat
Margay
Lace Monitor
Green Treen Monitor
Mongoose Lemur
Ruffed Lemur
Scarlet Cock-of-the-Rock
Boatbill Heron
American Badger
Red Wolf
Arabian Oryx
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Addax
Onager
Elephant Seal
Cape Barren Goose
Nene Goose
Grizzled Gray Tree Kangaroo
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
Przewalski's Horse
Bleeding Heart Dove
Black Leopard
Painted Stork
Kea
Kirk's Dik-dik
Klipspringer
Dwarf Mongoose
Swamp Wallaby
Wombat
Sarus Crane
Sandhill Crane
Coscoroba Swan
Reticulated Python
Dog-toothed Cat Snake
Warthog
Collared Peccary
Coyote
American Bison
American Avocet
Vulturine Guineafowl
Secretary Bird
Reeve's Muntjac
Chinese Water Deer
Chamois
Rocky Mountain Goat
Fennec Fox
Arctic Fox
Snowy Owl
European Scops Owl
Hamadryas Baboon
Woolly Monkey
Drill
Capybara
Pygmy Hippo
African Elephant
Dromedary Camel
Palawan Peacock Pheasant
Lady Amherst's Pheasant
Dingo
Giant Anteater
Tamandua
Malayan Tapir
South American Tapir
Patagonian Cavy
Monkey-eating Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Nilghai
Amur Tiger
Bengal Tiger
Caracal
Temmink's Golden Cat
Black-footed Cat
Patas Monkey
Tayra
Kinkajou
Desert Monitor
Cape Buffalo
Springbok
Pere David's Deer
Dall Sheep

And I could go on-and-on, I miss them all! Remember, if you read my recent introduction I've been visiting this zoo since 1966.
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So what does the LA Zoo actually have?
 
Animals The John Ball Zoo use to have:
Asian Elephant
Giraffe
various pinnipeds
Ibex
polar bears
black bears
amur tigers
guanaco
Dall Sheep
minature donkey
woverine
prairie dogs
african pgymy falcon
 
At the Dallas Zoo, I'd personally like to see a wider variety of bird species back in the collection, but that's just me. I can't think of anything else that I know they used to have.
 
Here are some species formerly exhibited at Beardsley that I want to come back:
Warthogs
Macaws
Galapagos Giant Tortoises
Green Iguana
Capybaras
There's not much else I can think of
At Mystic Aquarium, it'd be great if the bottlenose dolphins came back, which I believe is in their master plan. I'd also like to see Northern Fur Seals again.
 
At London, the list of species no longer kept, given its 180 year history, would if implemented make West Berlin look like a pet's corner.:rolleyes:

Realistically: Striped Possum, Koala, Pigmy Slow Loris, Mandrill, Margay, Sand Cat, Snow Leopard, Bongo, Arabian oryx, Barbary Sheep.

At Whipsnade: Common Wombat (even if they were before my time!), Spectacled and Polar Bears, and above all, Black Rhino. Musk Ox would be nice too.
 
Three of the species I've longed to see return to the Cincinnati Zoo have returned in the case of the Aardwolf and Aye-aye, and are returning in the case of the Nile Hippopotamus.

Cincinnati has held many species over the years, and some of which are very unlikely to ever return. Putting that aside, these are the species that I would love to see make a reappearence at the zoo:

*Giant Eland
*Zebra Duiker
*Bharal
*Turkmenian Markhor
*Mhorr Gazelle
*Malayan Tapir
*Philippine Tarsier
*Red-shanked Douc
*Golden Snub-nosed Monkey
*Giant Panda
*Pacific Walrus
*Marbled Cat
*Rusty-spotted Cat
*Asian Golden Cat
*Pampas Cat
*Persian Leopard
*African Striped Weasel
*Jaguarundi
*Shoebill
*Babirusa
*Rock Hyrax
*Black-headed Douroucouli
*Nancy Ma's Douroucouli
*Giant Anteater
*Golden-headed Lion Tamarin
*Striped Possum
*Queensland Koala
*Cacomistle
*Coquerel's Mouse Lemur
*Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur
*Crowned Lemur
*Senegal Bushbaby
*Japanese Giant Salamander
*Chinese Giant Salamander

I'm sure there are some others that have escaped my mind.
 
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Sorry, but more Cincinnati. Sorry if I took yours.

Margay
Ibex
Indo-Chinese tiger
Mhorr Gazelle
Blesbok(possibly returning)
Guinea Baboon
African Wild Dog(returning)
Elk
Lowland Anoa
Damara's Zebra
Ostrich
Passenger Pigeon
Carolina Parakeet
Patas Monkey
Guanaco
American Bison
Chimpanzee
Harbor Seal
Eastern Wild Turkey
Hyena
Mandrill
Kodiak Bear
Red Kangaroo
Prairie Dog
Dromedary Camel
Sacred Cow
African Elephant
Aoudad
Kit Fox
Bengal Tiger
Roseate Spoonbill
Reticulated Giraffe
 
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I wish KC would bring back snow leopard, clouded leopard, maned wolf, andean condor, and Asian lion. Nothing rare, just animals I don't see to often. Of course, I'd prefer them to be in adequate enclosures, which KC has no vacant ones.
 
Moebelle said:
Sorry, but more Cincinnati. Sorry if I took yours.
Indo-Chinese tiger
Blesbok
New Guinea Baboon
Prehensile-tailed Porcupine
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-The zoo never actually had Indo-chinese Tigers. All of the supposed Indo-chinese Tigers in the United States were reclassified as Malayan Tigers.

-Though the zoo once held Blesbok (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi), the zoo would be acquiring Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygarus) if the zoo does decide on a subspecies of Damaliscus pygargus for the African savannah. The D. p. phillipsi population in the United States is very, very small, and the Antelope & Giraffe TAG suggests phasing them out in favor of D. p. pygargus.

-I do believe you mean Guinea Baboon. There is no such thing as a New Guinea Baboon.

-There is at least one Prehensile-tailed Porcupine that is a part of the zoo's animal outreach program.
 
At the Jacksonville Zoo:
Asian Elephant
Orangutan
Dromedary Camel
Wildebeests
Cape Water Buffalo
Hippopotamus
 
Ya' see that? Ya' SEE IT!?!? I brought this thread back! :D

No one had posted on it in over 2 years prior to my post! Yes, I KNOW NO ONE CARES! :p

Just an interesting thread; I would've hated to see this thread continue to go completely unnoticed. There are a number of other threads that haven't seen posts since 2009 that I thought were great. Hmm... I'm tempted to try and bring those back, now, too... :rolleyes:
 
Since I've made the original post, Toronto now has Capybara, Pied Cormorant, Ringtail Lemurs and Canadian Lynx back. Tawny Frogmouths are on display once again, as are the Common Tree Shrews.

Updated list:

Mandrill * (replaced by the Ringtail Lemurs)
Coyote *
Black Bear *
Hyacinth Macaw *
Bengal Tiger *
African Elephant * (still on display but will be relocated)
Musk Ox *

My memory of reptiles, insects, fish and inverts are a little sketchier. I think they change more often than the mammals and birds do.
 
London Zoo has had so many interesting animals in its history. Using the lists in Zootierliste, I've compiled the following:

Former Inventory
London (Zoo) (UK/England) Current Inventory

Abbotts and Ogilby duikers; Ascension frigatebird; markhor; African linsang; Phillippine eagle; African and American darters, water chevotrain; Amazonian manatee; Ambrosi's cave salamander; razor-billed curassow; Culpeo and Azara's foxes; Ethiopian fox; Bawean deer; Tasmanian wolf; Brazilian worm lizard; Hairy dwarf porcupine;
Delalande's beaked blind snake; rufous spiny bandicoot; thick-tailed and dusky slender opossums; thorny devil; kakapo; Falkland Islands fox; crescent nail-tailed wallaby; oilbird; Allen's galago; Allen's olingo; otter civet; flat-headed cat; Afghan and Royle's pikas; pink-headed duck; grey-necked and white-necked rockfowl; Hispaniolan solenodon etc

I have only seen a few of the species listed above.

There are also several species of birds of paradise, bats, tree kangaroos etc that I would also like to see.
 
At my local zoo, Blackpool there's three species which I'd love to see back, but I doubt I will:

Gentoo Penguins
Markhor
Damara zebra
 
Animals no longer at your local zoo

To pick a list of animals no longer at London Zoo that I would like to see [and in some cases hear]:
Sealion [not particular about what sort, and yes I know they are there temporarily at present]
Fish Eagle
Sonneratt's Junglefowl
The whole line of geese and crane paddocks on the North Bank
Orangutan [again either sort would do]
Mappin Terraces revitalised with mountain ungulates and bears.
As for stuff they have had in the past that I never saw, on account of not being born yet, my list would include:
Patagonian Wolf
Thylacine
Pink-headed Duck
Quagga
Passenger Pigeon
Whooping Crane
Javan Rhino
Sumatran Rhino
I know most of these are extinct, but wouldn't it be nice?

BUT, let's appreciate what we still have. The lovely Blackburn pavilion, the old Giraffe House still with Giraffes, Komodo Dragons, and a group of Gorillas, which at one time were very hard to keep alive -- it's a priviliege to see these and many other exotics in the middle of London.
 
Dassie rat said:
London Zoo has had so many interesting animals in its history. Using the lists in Zootierliste, I've compiled the following:

Former Inventory
London (Zoo) (UK/England) Current Inventory

Abbotts and Ogilby duikers; Ascension frigatebird; markhor; African linsang; Phillippine eagle; African and American darters, water chevotrain; Amazonian manatee; Ambrosi's cave salamander; razor-billed curassow; Culpeo and Azara's foxes; Ethiopian fox; Bawean deer; Tasmanian wolf; Brazilian worm lizard; Hairy dwarf porcupine;
Delalande's beaked blind snake; rufous spiny bandicoot; thick-tailed and dusky slender opossums; thorny devil; kakapo; Falkland Islands fox; crescent nail-tailed wallaby; oilbird; Allen's galago; Allen's olingo; otter civet; flat-headed cat; Afghan and Royle's pikas; pink-headed duck; grey-necked and white-necked rockfowl; Hispaniolan solenodon etc

I have only seen a few of the species listed above.

There are also several species of birds of paradise, bats, tree kangaroos etc that I would also like to see.
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Indeed, London Zoo has had an amazing collection over the years.

I recall seeing the Hispaniolan solenodon in the Clore Pavilion and Monkey-eating eagle (Philippine eagle) at the zoo too.

Commenting on a few of the other species you mentioned:-

London Zoo had no less than twenty thylacines between 1850 and 1931.

An African water chevrotain was bred at London Zoo in 1883.

London Zoo had four Falkland Island “wolves”; I would be very interested if anybody knows of any other zoo that has ever exhibited this species.

I think that there is some doubt as to whether or not London Zoo really did have an Ethiopian wolf. Although it was listed as such in some early editions of “List of Vertebrated Animals living in the gardens of the Zoological Society" the species does not feature in Flower’s special Centenary Edition of this list
 
Ituri said:
Phoenix (my other home zoo ;) )
red kangaroo
yellow-footed rock wallaby
African bush elephant
De Brazza's guenon
eastern black-and-white colobus
pileated gibbon
western lowland gorilla
capybara
clouded leopard
indochinese leopard
aardwolf
Asian small-clawed otter
Cape clawless otter
northern river otter
Brazilian tapir
suni
sitatunga
waterbuck
blue duiker
Nubian ibex
Reeve's muntjac
emu
Guam rail
white-cheeked turaco
Micronesian kingfisher
sarus crane
white ibis
maguari stork
American alligator
Cuvier's dwarf caiman
West African dwarf crocodile
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Wow. Some of those animals I had NO idea they'd ever been at the Phoenix Zoo. When did they have a clouded leopard or indochinese leopard? I don't remember them ever having leopards.
 
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