Are there any animals NOT found in ANY zoo?
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Sorry to go a bit off-topic here, but does anyone know if there are still American badgers @ the Living Desert Zoo?
Wow!!! I'm sorry if I offended anyone! The reason I fed it vegetable matter was because I was about 6 or 7 years old and I guess I just didn't know better. Had I known better I would have probably gone into the field to catch some live insects for it… Perhaps I should've mentioned it to make things more clear.
DDcorvus, my apologies if you were offended by the fact I didn't send you a private message about my plans regarding keeping Tawny Frogmouths. My reasons for this are personal. And if you still care to know, I have a lot of experience keeping and breeding many different species of wildlife, ranging from hummingbirds to polar bears. As far as birds go, I'm an ornithologist myself, who work(ed) in association with different zoos. Hope this 'calms' your rage somewhat…
DDcorvus, my apologies if you were offended by the fact I didn't send you a private message about my plans regarding keeping Tawny Frogmouths. My reasons for this are personal. And if you still care to know, I have a lot of experience keeping and breeding many different species of wildlife, ranging from hummingbirds to polar bears. As far as birds go, I'm an ornithologist myself, who work(ed) in association with different zoos. Hope this 'calms' your rage somewhat…
Sorry Nick,
I made my conclusions too early and I understood that you cared for the mole recently, which made me connect it to other things which I should have not. I must admit I was a bit sensitive for this because of some recent experiences where someone very unexperienced was planning something very stupid and although he was advised not to anyway went ahead. This ended quite bad for the animals involved.
I made my conclusions too early and I understood that you cared for the mole recently, which made me connect it to other things which I should have not. I must admit I was a bit sensitive for this because of some recent experiences where someone very unexperienced was planning something very stupid and although he was advised not to anyway went ahead. This ended quite bad for the animals involved.
All is well! I guess just a simple misunderstanding! 
I've seen Pangolins at the Night Safari in Singapore, though am not sure anymore as to what species they were.
Asian pangolins are kept at Singapore Night Safari, Taipeh Zoo and Leipzig Zoo. An african species is kept at San Diego Zoo (still?) and off show, allthough visable during shows/meet the animal presentations until recently (anyone an update?).
There are also a few in captivity at other zoos in south-east Asia. A few years ago a pair was confiscated in France and shortly kept at one of the Paris Zoos, they have both died since.
Silky anteaters are notoriously hard to keep because their diet hasn't been uptimised yet. A few made it into Europe in the last few years and sold to private holders, and while some may still hold on to their lifes, i doubt many are left in captivity. Only Huachipa Zoo in Peru keeps one silky anteater, which is free-ranging on their premises. There are a few cool movies on youtube of it.
Yellow-spotted hyrax are kept in a few zoos in Europe at the moment (see zootierliste).
Fairy armadillo's are the only ones i haven't heared of in captivity, but with a mole-like existence i don't think they are good zoo-animals. I'd highly doubt any zoo would be interested in displaying a creature like this...
There are also a few in captivity at other zoos in south-east Asia. A few years ago a pair was confiscated in France and shortly kept at one of the Paris Zoos, they have both died since.
Silky anteaters are notoriously hard to keep because their diet hasn't been uptimised yet. A few made it into Europe in the last few years and sold to private holders, and while some may still hold on to their lifes, i doubt many are left in captivity. Only Huachipa Zoo in Peru keeps one silky anteater, which is free-ranging on their premises. There are a few cool movies on youtube of it.
Yellow-spotted hyrax are kept in a few zoos in Europe at the moment (see zootierliste).
Fairy armadillo's are the only ones i haven't heared of in captivity, but with a mole-like existence i don't think they are good zoo-animals. I'd highly doubt any zoo would be interested in displaying a creature like this...
Yellow-spotted Hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei) are found in 8 European zoos, mostly in Germany: ZootierlisteHomepage
There was a Fairy Armadillo briefly at Cotswold Wildlife Park in quite recent times, but I've never met anyone (staff excepted) who saw it. It was on a historic stock list that was shown at a zoo history event there a few years ago.
Leipzig have Chinese Pangolins (Manis pentadactyla), that I'm rather looking forward to hopefully seeing for the first time a week today!
EDIT: Sorry jwer, bit of duplication there.
Olingos are kept by some South American zoos, such as Cali (Colombia). Kilverstone Zoo in the UK (now closed) held olingos for many years.
Wow, that's astounding. Sorry for sounding a little cynical but was that a positive identification? As far as I can think I can't remember Cotswold having particularly strong ties to the US and wonder if it could be a typo (the "H" is not far from an "F" on a keyboard).
I don't doubt your reporting, it just sound so incredulous.
No, it's fair call to be skeptical!
Its list entry was accompanied by scientific name and as I recall was discussed with staff from the zoo at the meeting. But as I say, I never saw the animal for final confimation, and this is from memory, so I may have some details wrong. It caused quite a stir, though!
Wow, again. That's so tantalising and I want to believe so, given the reasonable supporting evidence, I'll push it up to a "definitely, maybe" for now.
Native species that have only been bred in Mexico:
Resplandescent quetzal at EL Nido Aviary- estado de Mexico and ZOOMAT- CHIAPAS
Horned Guan Africam Safari - Puebla, ZOOLEON Guanajuato, ZOOMAT CHIAPAS, and EL NIDO Aviary
Volcano rabbits were first bred by Durrell at Jersey but currently the only sustaining breeding groups are at Chaputepec Zoo and Los Coyotes Zoo, both under the administration of the Dirección General de Zoologicos del Distrito Federal in Mexico City.
Both Africam Safari and Zoomat are breeding highly endangered mexican amphibians.
Resplandescent quetzal at EL Nido Aviary- estado de Mexico and ZOOMAT- CHIAPAS
Horned Guan Africam Safari - Puebla, ZOOLEON Guanajuato, ZOOMAT CHIAPAS, and EL NIDO Aviary
Volcano rabbits were first bred by Durrell at Jersey but currently the only sustaining breeding groups are at Chaputepec Zoo and Los Coyotes Zoo, both under the administration of the Dirección General de Zoologicos del Distrito Federal in Mexico City.
Both Africam Safari and Zoomat are breeding highly endangered mexican amphibians.
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Mountain Gorilla
Mountain Gorillas were kept in Cologne Zoological garden in a bad small cage.
Mountain Gorillas were kept in Cologne Zoological garden in a bad small cage.
Interesting! When was that? Any pictures?
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I remember that it was a scandal in Germany and the director of Cologne was attacked by conservationists.
From Wikipedia: In 1978, Fossey attempted to prevent the export of two young gorillas, Coco and Pucker, from Rwanda to the zoo in Cologne, Germany. During the capture of the infants at the behest of the Cologne Zoo and Rwandan park conservator, 20 adult gorillas had been killed.[10] The infant gorillas were given to Fossey by the park conservator of the Virunga Volcanoes for treatment of injuries suffered during their capture and captivity. With considerable effort, she restored them to some approximation of health. Over Fossey's objections, the gorillas were shipped to Cologne, where they lived nine years in captivity, both dying in the same month.[7] She viewed the holding of animals in "prison" (zoos) for the entertainment of people as unethical.[11]
I remember that it was a scandal in Germany and the director of Cologne was attacked by conservationists.
From Wikipedia: In 1978, Fossey attempted to prevent the export of two young gorillas, Coco and Pucker, from Rwanda to the zoo in Cologne, Germany. During the capture of the infants at the behest of the Cologne Zoo and Rwandan park conservator, 20 adult gorillas had been killed.[10] The infant gorillas were given to Fossey by the park conservator of the Virunga Volcanoes for treatment of injuries suffered during their capture and captivity. With considerable effort, she restored them to some approximation of health. Over Fossey's objections, the gorillas were shipped to Cologne, where they lived nine years in captivity, both dying in the same month.[7] She viewed the holding of animals in "prison" (zoos) for the entertainment of people as unethical.[11]
Wow! That's intriguing! I've never heard about this story! Pretty sad story I must say!