But "tons" of zoos don't combine Cheetah with hooved stock or rhinos. You just copied the list from en/Mixed exhibit Felidae Hyaenidae and there are only twelve zoos listed (even including the one with Cheetahs and tortoises). Twelve is not "tons" or "loads" - it is twelve.
not all of which still have the combinations in question.
From the link I gave above (en/Mixed exhibit Felidae Hyaenidae):
I said it cause it was more than expected since I expected nun. Would you guys please stop making such a drama out of it, I think biologists know it better than some random persons on a site (no offense) but I juts get annoyed of the negativity hereIncluding both the Black Rhinoceros and White Rhinoceros lists you cite, you listed a total of eight collections
I would hardly call that "common" nor "tons of zoos"..... and if as few as 8 collections is enough to qualify for these terms, then this presumably means pangolins are commonplace and in tons of zoos!
You know that people who design zoo exhibits are not (or not necessarily) "biologists" right? Mixing carnivores or mixing carnivores and herbivores in zoos is inherently a bad idea. It can work in some situations with some species (or some individuals), but it is basically inviting an animal to be killed. Same as with other well-known mixes such as Gorillas and monkeys - it can work, but it can also result in the deaths of monkeys. Why do you think this is a good thing? Even with your idea that mixing Cheetahs with Zebras is a good thing, the very article you are taking information from says "During the proper management of this combination [at Yokohama] the institution need to be careful that Cheetahs have the possibility to keep good distance from the ungulates as Elands and Zebras often chase them away. Therefore the cats have some escape zones that are walled in by dead trees". If measures need to be taken to ensure that one or other of the species is not killed or injured then how can you argue that this is a good thing?
It’s cause the measures. The animals won’t get killed cause of the measures giving the animals a natural prey hunter relation keeping the animals sharp like they are supposed to in the wild. But they don’t have to fear for their lives cause of the save spaces. Cheetahs in lone exhibits often get over stressed cause of boredom. No serious conflicts happened and it’s a fine way of experiencing natural behavior for the animals
In what way are there safe spaces for a Zebra when they're in the same enclosure as a Cheetah? And if a zoo needs to take measures to ensure that one species doesn't "fear for its life" in a mixed species exhibit, then maybe that mix shouldn't happen in the first place. And there are many good ways to provide enrichment for zoo Cheetahs, this isn't one of them. I love mixed species exhibits in zoos but I'm extremely skeptical when predator and prey are in the same exhibit.
No...they don't keep rhinos and cheetahs together...
It was a mix they had a long time ago, starting in June 1986. They stopped keeping White Rhinos around 1996 and switched to Black Rhinos (not mixed with Cheetahs). I don't know how long the White Rhino-Cheetah mix lasted for during that decade though.
Oh, well that's cool! Though I didn't know that, I was under the assumption that he meant that theu currently keep them together.
It's up to that person whether they 'come out', however they definitely know what they're doing with Cheetahs -- and everything else.
No, it isn’t someone said that the cheetah are stressed out and will get killed but no Incidents happened and there is no prove for the claim they get stressed out. I actually told why the combination causes the opposite
I didn’t see you offer any proof towards your statement that Cheetahs get enrichment from mixed exhibits with hoofstock, simply stating something does not make it true. There are a lot of ways to add enrichment in Cheetah exhibits, putting them or other species into potential danger isn’t one of them.
