Taronga Western Plains Zoo Bongos

...No. Very "interesting" conclusion...

(Sigh): the red coloration of a bongo rubs off when touching it. That's why You better not wear white clothes when getting in close contact with them
 
Hey you ozzies, what is the current state of play with bongo in Australia, how many animals are you down to?
Has breeding with the current animals no longer a viable option?
As the bongos were imported can they get round the import law at the moment, to prop up the breeding programme?
Or like so many before are bongo just a passing species?
 
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off my head all i can say is australian bongo have a founding population of 2.1

there is no chance of importing more anytime soon.

but that i think the plan is to keep (in)breeding them for the time being to keep a population going. that said, adelaide have had theirs pair for ages and still haven't bred them. not sure if this is on purpose?

apparently there is also a real need to establish a batchelor herd, though i don't quite understand why this a problem...
 
taronga i thought held 2 males

wpz at last veiw had 1 male and 2 females, plus last youngster

then what ever monarto and adelaide have.
 
There are bongos at Adelaide Zoo, the make is very friendly, I have hand fed him a few times through the wire, the only thing to worry about is getting your hand squashed by his massive horns!

he has the cutest eyes, not shy at all...
 
Tell ya what! Having just about lost the sitatunga (there's only 2 left in the country, both females); if Australia loses the bongo too, I'm outta here! I'll migrate to somewhere where the import. laws are not so $%^&* stupid! (End of dummy-spit.)

Seriously, can someone with some zoological knowledge advise me please - can the offspring of inbred animals be "brought back" by the provision of fresh genes, or is the damage irreversible? Anyone?
 
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Seriously, can someone with some zoological knowledge advise me please - can the offspring of inbred animals be "brought back" by the provision of fresh genes, or is the damage irreversible? Anyone?
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yep, it seems they can usually be "brought back" as you put it.

from what i have read all australia's giraffe's were for a long time terribly inbred. and after generation apon generation of this inbreeding in was starting to show, with high calf mortality rates etc.

i read a report that stated all problems associated from inbreeding appeared to disappear after only one generation of fresh blood ie; if an inbred animal
was paired with new blood, their offspring would be "reinvigorated" and healthy...

but please, don't anyone tell these people...

Dad and daughter tell of illegal relationship - National - theage.com.au
 
that was on a urrent affair or something, bloody sick, think they'd learn after their first kid died. . .
 
Well, I had a bassett hound whose father was also his grandfather!
He used to wag his tail up and down instead of from side to side.(true!) :D
 
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