Alex Roman
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So, would you blame climate change for mammoth extinction?
Does any continent-themed area at your zoo display an animal not native to said continent?
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I think natural climate change is a major cause of the mammoth extinction, along with inbreeding and genetic problems.
Alex Roman
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Yeah, but I think we should head back to the original topic because like you said, it was supposed to be for geographical exhibit inaccuracies, not "controversial" elephant exhibits.
Anyway, I think I read on Wikipedia on how Hattiesburg Zoo kept tigers and American alligators in their South America section.
I agree that we should return to the original topic. If you would like to continue this conversation on controversial elephamt Exhibits and Animal Rights Groups, feel free to start a new thread!
Alex Roman
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OK, but I'll be sticking to the former topic.
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I decided to read about the Lion Country Safari article on Wikipedia, and their La Pampas exhibit houses Aldabra tortoises (not from South America), and their Hwange National Park houses chimpanzees (not actually from Hwange) and White-headed gibbons (Asia).
The one that most stood out to me for being geographically incorrect was Woburn Safari Park having rhea in their Australian Walkabout.
When there are mismatched species, how many of them are specialised enclosures that were there before the zoo decided to create the geographical zone? One such example that has been mentioned is Whipsnade's penguins being in the European area of the zoo.
That for me is one of the problems with geographical zoning. Once a zoo has decided to do it there are inevitably going to be some existing species that do not fit. Sometimes an interesting species can end up being replaced by a less interesting one just because it fits geographically. An example is my local large zoo, Marwell. When they decided to start organising by geography one of the anomalies was Malayan Tapirs in what was designated to be the South American area. They were replaced with the Brazilian variety. I think the Malayan species is much more interesting, particularly as Marwell was one of only 4 or 5 zoos in the UK at the time to have them, whilst it seemed like every other collection had Brazilian Tapirs.
When there are mismatched species, how many of them are specialised enclosures that were there before the zoo decided to create the geographical zone? One such example that has been mentioned is Whipsnade's penguins being in the European area of the zoo.
That for me is one of the problems with geographical zoning. Once a zoo has decided to do it there are inevitably going to be some existing species that do not fit. Sometimes an interesting species can end up being replaced by a less interesting one just because it fits geographically. An example is my local large zoo, Marwell. When they decided to start organising by geography one of the anomalies was Malayan Tapirs in what was designated to be the South American area. They were replaced with the Brazilian variety. I think the Malayan species is much more interesting, particularly as Marwell was one of only 4 or 5 zoos in the UK at the time to have them, whilst it seemed like every other collection had Brazilian Tapirs.
Not my local zoo but the cockatiel and lorikeet feeding aviaries, which are in the Australian/Oceanian section, have some animals not native to that region such as a Orinoco goose and turacos.
The same areas also have some macaws on parrots on a stick enclosures.
The same areas also have some macaws on parrots on a stick enclosures.
To add up to this they also censor people who prove them wrong on social medie.
Sorry if I'm dumb, but what do you mean by this?
I think he means amur leopard instead of african leopard, stuff like that.
Roger Williams Park Zoo (from my last visit)
North American river otters (Australasia)
and before the river otters there were Chinese alligators
North American river otters (Australasia)
and before the river otters there were Chinese alligators
Are the radiated tortoises and king vultures no longer in that area?
I believe both are still there as well but I did not see them on my last visit
Closely related enough or looks close enough. Like Land of the Lions using an African vulture as a stand-in for Indian vultures.
This isn’t incorrect in terms of continent, but the Bronx Zoo keeps an Amur leopard in their JungleWorld exhibit which is themed around a Southeast Asian rainforest. It replaced a pair of melanistic leopards of Asian descent who were presumably a more geographically accurate subspecies.
The Rio de Janeiro zoo (now called Bioparque do Rio) has an aviary made for species native to South America, but there are two greater vasa parrots. The institution also has an African savanna area, where mainland sambars and blackbucks are being exposed, at the moment (they'll probably be moved, though).
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I really wonder why they didn't choose to go with either a Clouded leopard or a Binturong for that exhibit....
Yeah, it truly puzzles me seeing as they would both be more appropriate both geographically and for the habitat.
I just realized that I didn't mention that the zoo in question is Brevard zoo.