Noah Butas
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Quick question, why do European zoos have way different species from U.S
Are These in Captivity?
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Different location, different imports, longer history, different historical imports
Way different? For the most part it's the same species.
For the most part. But of course, all zoos around the world have different species than U.S. zoos. And so do U.S. zoos. All zoos around the world have different species. Its not like one zoo has one collection of species, so than every zoo in the U.S. must have the same.
According to ZTL, the pronghorn has been kept in 15 European zoos. Is the pronghorn kept at any zoo outside North America?
Not at this time.
I've only seen them at Los Angeles Zoo
They are also held at the Minnesota zoo.
While we are on the subject why are there a lack of European species in American zoos, but American species in European zoos?
I remember when there were pronghorn at Whipsnade; they bred too, back in the 1960s.
Noah Butas
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What about Cleveland Zoo having Golden-snub-nosed Monkeys long ago. Now only zoos in China have them
Are there any frogmouth species other than Podargus strigoides In the U.S. at least? I feel like all I see or hear about is the Tawny frogmouth.
I don't believe so.
Some species are just hard to get in general. Countries can also have strict import and export laws that keep new species from arriving, or native species from being sent elsewhere. Others can have strict breeding programs, and shipping a few off to the USA can remove them from those programs. There are some programs where there's an agreement between the USA and Europe that each will focus on one of a pair of similar species - ex. the US has Matschie's Tree Kangaroo, while Europe mostly has Goodfellow's.
I think overall, there's just a lack of interest in European species. Europe doesn't sound as exotic as Africa or Asia or Australia. If you ask the average zoo-goer to name some species that are native to Europe, they're probably going to struggle a bit. Their megafauna are mostly ones we also have in the USA - polar bears, brown bears, caribou, wolves, wild boar, deer. People generally don't seem to be interested in things like small carnivores; even our own native mustelids are rarely found in zoos here. The main exception to that is otters, but an otter is an otter, the Eurasian species isn't going to bring in more people than North American or small-clawed otters would. It's not worth the zoo putting in the money to import the species.
I personally find European wildlife actually pretty interesting.
I personally find European wildlife actually pretty interesting.
Plenty of us on here do, but we're far from the average zoo-goer.
That's why I was wonderingI personally find European wildlife actually pretty interesting.
Noah Butas
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I forgot what zoos besides Toledo have Kagus I don’t know about San Diego
Both San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park keep Kagus, although the ones at the safari park are behind the scenes for breeding purposes.
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