feline tag aza

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elephantking

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i was on there internet and found this document about the feline cat tag published by the national zoo. here is some of the info from it:

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/SCBI/AZA/FelidTAG/Resources/2009RCP.pdf

Tiger-manage malayan, sumatran and siberian tigers and phase out generic (bengal tigers).
- target population : 173 siberian, 71 sumatran and 73 malayan
-manage under 1 ssp

African lion-
- target population : 320
- phase out generic lions
- manage under ssp

cheetah-
- target population : 275
-increase the amount of births
- manage under ssp

clouded leopard-
- target population : 100
- increase births with an aging population
- manage under ssp

snow leopard-
- target population :150
-manage under ssp

amur leopard-
- target population :100
-phase out all other leopard subspecies
- manage under ssp

ocelot -
- target population :120
- manage under ssp

puma -
- target population :120
-no breeding just rescuing from wild
- manage under pmp

jaguar -
- target population :120
- manage under ssp

fishing cat -
- target population :80
- manage under ssp

black footed cat -
- target population :65
-import more founders
- manage under ssp

canada lynx -
- target population :65
- manage under pmp

caracal -
- target population :65
- manage under pmp

pallas cat -
- target population :65
- manage under pmp

sand cat -
- target population :65
- manage under ssp

serval -
- target population :65
- manage under pmp

ocelot -
- target population : to be determined
-phase in
 
Not that I don't want to see an increased population of Amur Leopards in the United States and eventually the wild, but I'd rather not have Amur Leopards ruin more African themed exhibits like Columbus's African Forest, though as of now they still exhibit an African Leopard. There are rumors floating around that Columbus is going to build an Amur Leopard exhibit in Asia Quest when the African Lions move out anyways. Though conservation has more importance than geographic theming :)

Another interesting note is the Cincinnati Zoo exhibits all of those species except for Jaguars and Leopards.
 
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Ah, Cincinnati has exhibited Jaguarundis in the past. I'd love to see us get some when they phase them back in! Especially since the whole Oncilla thing fell through.
 
Thanks for posting. As a cat lover, I always like to see things like this.

The puma no breeding has been in effect a long time, but was recently revised according to the Oregon Zoo website. They had a cub last Fall, the first one born under the new plan they say.

I would love to see jaguarundis back in, since my local Arizona Sonora Desert Museum used to have them and likely would again. Of the four small cat species they used to have in their small cat canyon, these were always the most active.

Of course the reason this list is relatively short (compared to the cats we used to have in this country) is because the AZA will generally not work with non-AZA institutions. The private sector in the U.S. has a very well run breeding program for geoffroy's cats. There is even an entire organization devoted to private cat breeding (both in zoos such as ZAA facilities and in private compounds), called the FCF - Feline Conservation Federation. If the AZA would work with some of these facilities, they could potentially triple or quadruple the amount of cage space and increase the breeding programs dramatically.
 
the aza is going to start working with private breeders. especially ones with successful breeding programs for clouds, cheetah and snows.
 
they talked about it during the felid tag workshop at the aza conference either last year or the year prior
 
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