This is a real shame on the failed breeding program for elephants in the U.S. in my opinion, but here's my opinion on this topic.
Europe could actually learn a thing or two from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park and other facilities in North America in regards with African Elephants, while North America could learn the same from Europe with Asians from sites such as Hannover, Rotterdam, Emmen, and Dublin. I know that Asian elephants are the more endangered of the three species and I would be delighted to have a import of asian elephants from zoos in Europe or even better somewhere such as Thailand, anywhere to help increase the population of breeding individuals and breeding results. Unfortunately it seems that most of the asian elephant collections in North America are infested with EEHV (thanks Dickerson Park Zoo), and the people in North America are more with the activists than with the conservationists. Many don't know or understand the problems that's going on in East Africa or South Asia, and they probably will never afford to see it for real to see the true effect. The people in North America would apparently rather spend lost of money on moving elephants out (Think of the millions that went in the protest on Toronto Zoo what could have gone to actual elephant conservation projects)saying that they're exhibits are unsuitable for their pachyderms and send them off instead of renovate in the animals (and Zoochaters) favor. Most of the bad from critics simply comes from the elephant's indoor facilities which could be relatively cheap to modernize (just put in a sand floor, that's all it takes). So asian elephants are doomed on our side of the Atlantic ocean, african elephants meanwhile have been becoming more and more common thanks to their image as the first thing to come into people's minds when they think of an elephant, and because of the fact that they are still not currently listed as endangered on the global scale in the wild. Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Uganda, and Mozambique are countries where the government allows the importation of elephants due to the relatively stable to over-population of the pachyderms. These imports are how most of the african elephants in zoos all across the world came to zoos in the first place. African elephants are also immune to the effects of EEHV despite being carriers, so that helps to make the population increase in a EEVH infected continent. Not just elephants, but it also seems that some majority of popular animals that are relatively stable or on the increase in Europe (Black Rhinos, Polar Bears, Brazilian Tapirs, Walruses) are almost extinct in North American Collections.
Europe could actually learn a thing or two from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park and other facilities in North America in regards with African Elephants, while North America could learn the same from Europe with Asians from sites such as Hannover, Rotterdam, Emmen, and Dublin. I know that Asian elephants are the more endangered of the three species and I would be delighted to have a import of asian elephants from zoos in Europe or even better somewhere such as Thailand, anywhere to help increase the population of breeding individuals and breeding results. Unfortunately it seems that most of the asian elephant collections in North America are infested with EEHV (thanks Dickerson Park Zoo), and the people in North America are more with the activists than with the conservationists. Many don't know or understand the problems that's going on in East Africa or South Asia, and they probably will never afford to see it for real to see the true effect. The people in North America would apparently rather spend lost of money on moving elephants out (Think of the millions that went in the protest on Toronto Zoo what could have gone to actual elephant conservation projects)saying that they're exhibits are unsuitable for their pachyderms and send them off instead of renovate in the animals (and Zoochaters) favor. Most of the bad from critics simply comes from the elephant's indoor facilities which could be relatively cheap to modernize (just put in a sand floor, that's all it takes). So asian elephants are doomed on our side of the Atlantic ocean, african elephants meanwhile have been becoming more and more common thanks to their image as the first thing to come into people's minds when they think of an elephant, and because of the fact that they are still not currently listed as endangered on the global scale in the wild. Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Uganda, and Mozambique are countries where the government allows the importation of elephants due to the relatively stable to over-population of the pachyderms. These imports are how most of the african elephants in zoos all across the world came to zoos in the first place. African elephants are also immune to the effects of EEHV despite being carriers, so that helps to make the population increase in a EEVH infected continent. Not just elephants, but it also seems that some majority of popular animals that are relatively stable or on the increase in Europe (Black Rhinos, Polar Bears, Brazilian Tapirs, Walruses) are almost extinct in North American Collections.
