By coincidence I came along some old notes I made for years about the history of the Marbled cat keeping and breeding at the Los Angeles Zoo.
- 1966 : Feb. a female Marbled cat was obtained
- 1969 : Jan. a male was obtained
- 1971 : on Jan. 5 the first litter was born ( 1-1 ) after a gastration-period of 81 days. The male cub died 2 days later and the female cub was taken for hand-rairing but died after little more then a month later on March 14.
- 1972 : a strange birth this time, one female cub was born Jan. 27, a second female cub 3 days later on Jan. 30. Both of them died within hours after the birth.
The original female was sold at the end of 1972 ( not a clue why ? ) and replaced by a new female which was thought to be about one year old.
- 1973 : In August the 2 animals were placed together
- 1974 : This year a male was born and succesfully hand-raised - the world first sucesfull breeding of this species.
Because of the lack of a number of International Zooyear Books I don't have information about what happened between 1974 and 1979 but from 1980 I again have information :
1980 : During this year 2 males and 2 females were born and at least some of them represented second generation-births. From these 4 animals only the 2 females were raised.
1981 : During this year the Los Angeles Zoo had 1-3 adult animals which all were bred in captivity. 1 or 2 animals were also send on loan to Lincoln Park - Chicago. During the year 1-4 kittens were born and from these 1 male and 1 female were raised succesfully.
1982 : A single male-cub was born this year but it failed to survive.
1983 : 2 males and 1 female were born but again, none survived.
1984 : 2 males born but none was raised.
1985 : A wild-caught-male came on breeding-loan to Los Angeles from Howletts - UK, so Los Angeles had 2 pairs. From the pairing-up of the Howlett-male and a Los Angeles-bred female a single female cub was born this year but again, it didn't survive.
1986 : No births at Los Angeles this year.
1987 : In the previous years Los Angeles had send animals on loan to Cincinnati and Howetts and now only the single wild-caught Howlett-male was left at Los Angeles.
1988 : The end of an era, Los Angeles last animal died ....
Would be nice if some other ZooChatter could fill-up the information missing for the years between 1974 and 1980.
- 1966 : Feb. a female Marbled cat was obtained
- 1969 : Jan. a male was obtained
- 1971 : on Jan. 5 the first litter was born ( 1-1 ) after a gastration-period of 81 days. The male cub died 2 days later and the female cub was taken for hand-rairing but died after little more then a month later on March 14.
- 1972 : a strange birth this time, one female cub was born Jan. 27, a second female cub 3 days later on Jan. 30. Both of them died within hours after the birth.
The original female was sold at the end of 1972 ( not a clue why ? ) and replaced by a new female which was thought to be about one year old.
- 1973 : In August the 2 animals were placed together
- 1974 : This year a male was born and succesfully hand-raised - the world first sucesfull breeding of this species.
Because of the lack of a number of International Zooyear Books I don't have information about what happened between 1974 and 1979 but from 1980 I again have information :
1980 : During this year 2 males and 2 females were born and at least some of them represented second generation-births. From these 4 animals only the 2 females were raised.
1981 : During this year the Los Angeles Zoo had 1-3 adult animals which all were bred in captivity. 1 or 2 animals were also send on loan to Lincoln Park - Chicago. During the year 1-4 kittens were born and from these 1 male and 1 female were raised succesfully.
1982 : A single male-cub was born this year but it failed to survive.
1983 : 2 males and 1 female were born but again, none survived.
1984 : 2 males born but none was raised.
1985 : A wild-caught-male came on breeding-loan to Los Angeles from Howletts - UK, so Los Angeles had 2 pairs. From the pairing-up of the Howlett-male and a Los Angeles-bred female a single female cub was born this year but again, it didn't survive.
1986 : No births at Los Angeles this year.
1987 : In the previous years Los Angeles had send animals on loan to Cincinnati and Howetts and now only the single wild-caught Howlett-male was left at Los Angeles.
1988 : The end of an era, Los Angeles last animal died ....
Would be nice if some other ZooChatter could fill-up the information missing for the years between 1974 and 1980.
