Gibbons in Latin American Zoos
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In 2012, there were four siamang gibbons being kept in the GAP sanctuary (the one in Sorocaba), one of them, a female named Lia was born there. The other three (two females, named Rebeca and Ju, and a single male, named Edmundo, but known as Juca) were brought to the sanctuary after a privately-owned park in the state of Rio de Janeiro (Bwana Park) closed its doors in 2001. I think they might still be alive.
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Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Didn't know Pedro owned siamangs at his private zoo.
At least a single lar gibbon individual has been kept at the Sorocaba zoo. I found two videos from the 1970's of the zoo which showed lots of interesting animals, such as vervet monkeys, Asian black bears and a lar gibbon.
Those are the links for the videos.
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Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Great to see this old footage @Enzo !
I can't quite work out what island the gibbon is seen on but it looks to me somewhat like the island currently used for the buffy headed capuchin and the red howler monkeys.
I'm sure the baby chimpanzee that is seen in the videos jumping and swinging around is the individual "Black" who is now at the GAP "sanctuary" that is also in Sorocaba.
The chimpanzee group that arrived at the Sorocaba zoo during the 1970's were rescued from a circus and Black is the last living member of this group.
It seems that he does... And he seems to be thirsty for more animals everyday...
Nice videos. It seems that the zoo has changed a lot... Great to see the exhibits have improved so much in most cases...
Hello. New info on Brazil's gibbons:
- 1958: Chiang Dai Sien, a Chinese teacher based in Mogi das Cruzes, donated a pair of lar gibbons to São Paulo.
- Between 1958 and 1970: São Paulo became the first Latin American zoo to breed gibbons.
- 1970: a lar gibbon was sent to Rio de Janeiro from São Paulo.
- Between 1968 and 1975: a lar gibbon was sent to Sorocaba, most likely from São Paulo.
- 1970s: A black lar gibbon was sent to Passeio Público, in Curitiba.
- 1980: the gibbon in Curitiba, named Negrão, escaped his enclosure, but he was soon returned.
- 1982: there was a male silvery gibbon somewhere in Brazil. There were four (1.3) lar gibbons in Brazil at the time, all in São Paulo.
- 1984: the silvery gibbon was apparently gone. The number of lar gibbons fell down by one (1.2), all still in São Paulo.
- Between 1984 and 1991: Another gibbon in São Paulo passed away.
- 1991: Two agile gibbons were imported to Brazil from the Netherlands.
- 1994: CITES lists a Dutch-originated gibbon being imported to Brazil from Germany. Weirdly enough, this gibbon was imported with commercial purposes.
- Around 1995: Another gibbon in São Paulo succumbed.
- 1995: An entry in CITES states two gibbons were imported to Brazil from Germany.
- 1996: Once again, there is a record in CITES of a gibbon imported to Brazil from Germany. I am quite sure this was the actual import instead of the 1995 entry.
- 1999: São Paulo had two gibbons.
- Mid-2000s: São Paulo lost another gibbon.
- 2008: There is a record in CITES which states São Paulo imported (or at least obtained the importing license) a lar gibbon from the Netherlands. There is also an entry from 2009, but I guess it was just a renewal of said license. This gibbon should be Julia, born in 2006.
- Late 2000s: São Paulo had two gibbons again.
- Around 2012: another gibbon (most likely the aging male seen by @carlos55 ) died in São Paulo.
- 2017: Julia passed away
- 1958: Chiang Dai Sien, a Chinese teacher based in Mogi das Cruzes, donated a pair of lar gibbons to São Paulo.
- Between 1958 and 1970: São Paulo became the first Latin American zoo to breed gibbons.
- 1970: a lar gibbon was sent to Rio de Janeiro from São Paulo.
- Between 1968 and 1975: a lar gibbon was sent to Sorocaba, most likely from São Paulo.
- 1970s: A black lar gibbon was sent to Passeio Público, in Curitiba.
- 1980: the gibbon in Curitiba, named Negrão, escaped his enclosure, but he was soon returned.
- 1982: there was a male silvery gibbon somewhere in Brazil. There were four (1.3) lar gibbons in Brazil at the time, all in São Paulo.
- 1984: the silvery gibbon was apparently gone. The number of lar gibbons fell down by one (1.2), all still in São Paulo.
- Between 1984 and 1991: Another gibbon in São Paulo passed away.
- 1991: Two agile gibbons were imported to Brazil from the Netherlands.
- 1994: CITES lists a Dutch-originated gibbon being imported to Brazil from Germany. Weirdly enough, this gibbon was imported with commercial purposes.
- Around 1995: Another gibbon in São Paulo succumbed.
- 1995: An entry in CITES states two gibbons were imported to Brazil from Germany.
- 1996: Once again, there is a record in CITES of a gibbon imported to Brazil from Germany. I am quite sure this was the actual import instead of the 1995 entry.
- 1999: São Paulo had two gibbons.
- Mid-2000s: São Paulo lost another gibbon.
- 2008: There is a record in CITES which states São Paulo imported (or at least obtained the importing license) a lar gibbon from the Netherlands. There is also an entry from 2009, but I guess it was just a renewal of said license. This gibbon should be Julia, born in 2006.
- Late 2000s: São Paulo had two gibbons again.
- Around 2012: another gibbon (most likely the aging male seen by @carlos55 ) died in São Paulo.
- 2017: Julia passed away
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