Free roaming animals.

[FunkyGibbon]

Bristol used to have free roaming Geoffroy's Marmosets. They did quite well for a few years, and bred successfully, but were eventually confined to quarters after they went "over the wall" one day. Quite a few zoos have free ranging callitrichids as they are quite territorial and can be relied on to go home in the evening - Durrell is the most obvious one of these.

Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park is another example of this, although I didn't actually see any Tamarins in the bit of wood where they are signposted.

 

[Brum]

Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park is another example of this, although I didn't actually see any Tamarins in the bit of wood where they are signposted.

I've only ever seen them in the enclosure/house within the wooded area, apparently they do come out but owing to the proximity to the neighbouring park they tend to stay close to home. Also they are pied tamarins, not exactly the boldest of species in the first place...

 

[birdsandbats]

Glacier Ridge Animal Farm has more free-roaming animal species than any zoo I have ever seen. I'm sure I am forgetting some species, but the ones I remember are: Rock Pigeon, Helmeted Guineafowl, Canada Goose, Whooper Swan, Domestic Cat, Swan Goose, Graylag Goose, Domestic Goat, Domestic Chicken, and Black Swan.

 

[wally war eagle]

how about wisconsin cheese heads

 

[elefante]

Tierpark Hagenbeck, Hamburg: Reeve’s muntjac, Patagonian mara, capybara (occasionally).
Zoo Salzburg: Griffon vulture & ring-tailed lemur
Wuppertal Zoo: Eastern chipmunk
Wilhelma Stuttgart: yellow-crowned amazon
Cologne, Heidelberg, Barcelona...Zoo: Ring-collared parakeet
Zürich Zoo: Golden-headed lion tamarin
Entebbe Zoo: vervet
San Diego Wild Animal Park: Bongo-killing cougar

I'm assuming the vultures in Salzburg are wing clipped?

 

[Batto]

I'm assuming the vultures in Salzburg are wing clipped?

No, they aren't. One of Salzburg Zoo's past directors, Heinrich Windischbauer, established the free-ranging griffon vulture colony in the 1960s.

 

[Carl Jones]

No, they aren't. One of Salzburg Zoo's past directors, Heinrich Windischbauer, established the free-ranging griffon vulture colony in the 1960s.

Does anyone know of any articles on these free-living vultures?

 

[Batto]

Anyone, at your service.

Zoo Salzburg - Landeplatz für Geier - Verband der Zoologischen Gärten (VdZ) e.V
http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/HdN_7_0066-0067.pdf

 

[elefante]

No, they aren't. One of Salzburg Zoo's past directors, Heinrich Windischbauer, established the free-ranging griffon vulture colony in the 1960s.

I hadn't realized there was a species of griffon vulture native to Europe. Interesting to see there is a free ranging colony. Are these birds native to Austria?

 

[Zoovolunteer]

hadn't realized there was a species of griffon vulture native to Europe. Interesting to see there is a free ranging colony. Are these birds native to Austria?

Europe has several vultures, but Griffon is probably the commonest. I have seen them in Bulgaria, but the largest population is in Spain/Portugal, with around 25,000 pairs. They are mainly mountain birds, so I would expect the Austrian birds to be at least within the historic range. There have been several reintroduction programmes, and the French population is also increasing.

 

[Batto]

I hadn't realized there was a species of griffon vulture native to Europe.

That's why Gyps fulvus is also called Eurasian griffon.

Are these birds native to Austria?

Yes, before they were wiped out, just as in other parts of Europe, mainly as summer visitors.

 

[FelipeDBKO]

Brown howler in a brazilian zoo named Piracicaba Zoo, even though I'm not sure of its origins... It could be wild, but it wasn't scared by people around and the zoo wasn't in a forest like some do.