Giraffetastic
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Hello all! I'm trying to compile a list of all the facilities housing giraffe in Asia and the number of giraffe they have. Any help would be amazing!
WRS maintains that they are Rothchild's and they have been included in the EEP.
What follows is a short history on the Mysuru Zoo giraffe from humble beginnings to what seems like a nice breeding herd. Their breeding pair was a Rothschild's male giraffe (captive-born 1987 at Koen Zoo) x a hybrid/generic female (captive-born 1987 in Hamburg). All their offspring born (3.0 in 1996, 1999 and 2001) are consequently hybrid/crossbreeds. They acquired a generic female giraffe from Lucknow (individuals of unknown lineages both captive-born at Kolkata Zoo 2000/2001).
We can safely say that the offspring now at Singapore are a happy-go-lucky hybrid/crossbreeds mix.
A great place to start would be with Zootierliste. However, some of the information may be out-of-date. You can check against info in other threads.
For Singapore Zoo, there is a bachelor herd of 4.0 giraffes.
1.0 "Marco" (9/6/2004) G. c. rothschildi
1.0 "Jubilee" (31/8/2015) G. c. rothschildi × G. c. giraffa
1.0 "Adhil" (6/5/2020) Signed and in EEP as G. c. rothschildi, may be hybrid?
1.0 "Balaji" (30/5/2020) Signed and in EEP as G. c. rothschildi, may be hybrid?
The source of confusion regarding Adhil & Balaji:
I have to clarify, only Batu Secret Zoo have the actual reticulated giraffes in Indonesia. All other facilities assigned with 'Reticulated' are more than likely hybrids or misidentified Rothschild's. I apologize for my mistake.I don't think I could help with numbers sadly, but there's around 9 zoos in Indonesia that keep giraffes.
- Ragunan Zoo - Reticulated (Likely hybrid).
- Taman Safari Bogor - Reticulated, Rothschild's, & likely some hybrids.
- Royal Safari Garden - Rothschild's.
- Bandung Zoological Garden - 1 reticulated and 1 Rothschild's.
- Maharani Zoo & Goa - Rothschild's.
- Surabaya Zoo - Rothschild's (1 pair)
- Batu Secret Zoo - Rothschild's, 3 reticulated, and 1 likely hybrid.
- Taman Safari Prigen - Rothschild's, reticulated, and likely hybrids.
- Bali Safari & Marine Park - Rothschild's (likely some hybrids)