If I Had My Own Zoo

Jurek7 whatever happened to your other exhibits? I stumbled across this thread and was interested to see more from you. I like how you give descriptions of your exhibit areas instead of just writing a species list.
 
If i had my own Zoo it would be Howletts-Style, In the country with woods and open areas my species list is abit small but would have large groups of them.
African Lion - 2 groups
Bengal Tiger
Amur Tiger
African Leopard
African Golden Cat
Sri Lankan Leopard
Clouded Leopard
Jaguar
Marbled Cat
Pampas Cat
Asiatic Golden Cat
Ocelot
Geoffreys Cat
Caracal
Ocelot
Bay Cat
Red Wolf
Dhole
Maned Wolf
Golden Jackal
Western Lowland Gorilla
Black Colobus
Red Colobus
Lion Tailed Macaque
White-Cheeked Mangabey
Diana Monkey
Mona Monkey
Syke's Monkey
Vervet Monkey
Red Howler Monkeys

As you can see it will specialise in Big Cats :)
thats what i hope one day,
Its a small species list but will house them in very good and spacious enclosures.
 
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If I were lucky enough to have my own zoo, animals I definitely would NOT have in it would be: Meerkats, Short-clawed Otters, Red-necked Wallabies, Bactrian Camels, Snowy Owls, Eurasian Eagle Owls, Capybara, Squirrel Monkeys, African Crested Porcupine, Burmese Python, Green Iguanas, and Leopard Geckos.
It is not that I dislike any of these animals (there is no kind of animal, excepting parasites, I do not like); it's just that they are so ubiquitous. You can see them all over the place. Everywhere you go - the same animals. It seems to me that zoos (in Britain anywhere) are obeying some sort of providential Commandment: "Thou shalt have Meerkats, Short-clawed Otters and a walk-through wallaby paddock."
 
I think that's because most people only visit their local zoo, and there's not many people who don't want to see meerkats or get close up wallabies.
 
That for sure, no snakes are allowed in NZ, I'd kill for my local zoo to have a great reptile house..!
 
if i had my own zoo it would be called animal world wild animal park and the animals i would have would be:

primates:
western lowland gorilla
chimpanzees
borneo orangutangs
sumatra oragutangs
mandrills
drills
guinea baboons
olive baboons
geladas
siamang gibbons
golden cheeked gibbons
black and white ruffed lemurs
sifaka lemurs
capuchin monkeys
de brazza monkeys
barbary macaques
wooly monkeys
samango monkeys

big cats:
barbary lions
african lions
asian lions
bengal tigers
siberian tigers
royal white tigers
chinese tigers
leopards
jaguars
panthers
clouded leopards
snow leopards
cheetahs

small cats:
servals
fishing cats
ocelots
margay cats
pallas cats

hoofstock:
elephants
black rhinos
white rhinos
javan rhinos
bongo
kudu
zebra
giraffe
buffalo
wildebeests
bisons

bears:
polar bears
grizzly bears
black bears

birds:
ostriches
penguins

reptiles:
snakes
lizards
chamelions

thats not all but that is just a little taste of what i would have at my zoo

yours sincerley GorillaBoy
 
Animal world wild animal park...

Do you think people will know it has animals in it..?
 
Well he`s also planning on keeping Royal White Tiger can some body please tell me what the LATIN name for this species or are they the Genetic FREAKS that the Lion Man series claims is a rare species when in fact they are just White Hybrid Bengal Tigers?!?!
 
God people, stop picking on the kids! It's not his fault some stupid zoos and people have led him astray regarding tigers, just tell him properly.
 
cant have more than one subspecies of lion at one zoo (nonsence rule, i know)

cant get Javen Rhino

can you post more. very interesting list
 
Yes i agree the African/Asian Lion rule is rather pointless.
My local zoo said they where thinking of keeping Asians the other side of the park but they now cant.
Its all to stop inbreeding but as more zoos are starting to house animals Geographically this is never going to happen.
What would happen if this would go with tigers? Especially with places like Howletts and Port Lympne housing both 2-3 species in many enclosures,Quite a few collections hold more than one species of tigers so what would fill all that extra space?
This would probably not happen as it would be almost impossible to inforce.
But still its a big blow for Big Cat Specialising Collections with the African/Asian Lion rule.
 
It just dawned on me that South lakes isn't the only place in the UK to house Sumatran and Amur tigers like it claims to! Come on :rolleyes:
 
yes they should stop claming that!
Howletts has them, has both bred them and is soooooo much better! ;)
 
can everyone please stop questioning my judgements if i want to have more than one species of lions then i will do it and if i want javan rhinos i will have them so please stop because its really making me innoyed

yours sincerley GB
 
Have dreamed about having a zoo., here is my selection of species on show. MAMMALS,Blackbuck,Thompsons Gazelle, Southern Pudu, Lowland Anoa,Vicuna, Alpaca,Kulan, Grants Zebra,Malayan Tapir, Brazilian Tapir, Collared Peccary, Baribusa, Soay Sheep, Barbary Sheep,Rock Hyrax,Meerkat,Cacomistle, Ring Tailed Coati, Kinkajou,Allens Olingo, Dourocouli, Vwevet Monkey,Bennetts Wallaby, Parma Wallaby, Wombat, Alpine Marmot,Red Squirrel, Agouchi, Springhaas, Mara, Capybara, Water Vole, Caracal, Geoffreys Cat, Ocelot and Pine Marten.BIRDS Rhea, Crested Seriema, Kagu, White Winged Trumpeter, East African Crowned Crane, Sandhill Crane,Toco Toucan,White Cheeked Touraco, Kookabura,Galah,Kea, Hyacinthe Macaw, Blue and Gold Macaw,Boobook Owl, Barn Owl, Caracara,Indian Peafowl, Monal,Capercaille, Cuban Flamingo, Scarlet Ibis,Ne Ne Goose,Mandarin Duck, Carolina Duck, Crested Screamer, Gentoo Penguin and Rockhopper Penguin. REPTILES Green Lizard, Rhinocereos Iguana,Corn Snake, and Dwarf Caiman.AMPHIBIANS, Toad, Whites Tree Frog and Axolotl.
 
In my zoo it would contain as many reptiles as possible!!

Mammals

Carnivores

  • Sumatran Tigers
  • African Hunting Dogs
  • Dholes
  • Dingos
  • Asiatic Lions
  • Spectacled Bears
  • Polar Bears
  • Spotted Hyenas
  • Striped Hyenas
  • Amur Leopards
  • Clouded Leopards
  • Iberian Wolf
  • Timber Wolf

Hoof Stock

  • Sumatran Rhino
  • Indian Rhino
  • Black Rhino
  • Asian Elephant
  • Przewalksi's Horse
  • Greater Kudu
  • Lesser Kudu
  • Red Lewche
  • Mountain Zebra
  • Brazilian Tapir
  • Malayan Tapir
  • Mountain Tapir
  • Thompson's Gazelle
  • Dama Gazelle
  • Caribou
  • Musk Ox
  • American Bison
  • Congo Buffalo
  • African Buffalo
  • Pygmy Goat
  • Masai Giraffe
  • Ankole Cattle
  • Giant-Sable Antelope
  • Grevy Zebra
  • Bongo
  • Okapi
  • Gerenuk
  • Pygmy Hippo
  • Hippopotamus
  • Wildebeest
  • Hartebeest
  • Black Buck
  • Roan Antelope
  • Scimitar Horned Oryx
  • Fringed-Eared Gemsbok
  • Addax
  • Dik-Dik
  • Markhor
  • Ibex

Small Mammals

  • Meerkat
  • Slender Tailed Mongoose
  • Banded Mongoose
  • Yellow Mongoose
  • Skunk
  • Coatimundi
  • Jaguarundi
  • Servals
  • Caracal
  • Ratel
  • Wolverine
  • Armadillos
  • Warthog
  • Red Panda
  • Giant Panda (Its not small i know but its here coz dunno where to put it.)
  • Ocelot
  • Eurasian Lynx
  • Iberian Lynx
  • Fishing Cat
  • Rusty-spotted Cat
  • African Golden Cat
  • Kodkod
  • Margay
  • Pallas's Cats
  • Colocolo
  • Giant River Otter
  • Rodriges Fruit Bat
  • Red River Hog
  • Visyuan Warty Pig
  • Babirusa

Primates

  • Golden Cheeked Gibbon
  • Gelada Baboon
  • Drill
  • Mandrill
  • Geofroy's Marmoset
  • Geoldi Monkey
  • Black & White Columbus Monkey
  • De Brazza Monkey
  • Guinea Baboons
  • Woolly Monkeys
  • Barbary Baboons
  • Lar Gibbon
  • Siamang Gibbon
  • Buffy Headed Capuchin Monkey
  • White Head Capuchin Monkey
  • Blond Capuchin
  • Black Capuchin
  • Squirrel Monkey
  • White Faced Saki
  • Black & White Ruffed Lemur
  • Red Ruffed Lemur
  • Sifaka
  • Olive Baboon
  • Cherry Capped Monkeys
  • Black Lemur
  • Ring Tailed Lemur
  • Aye-Aye
  • Cross River Gorilla
  • Bonobo
  • Chimpanzee
  • Bornean Orang-utan
  • Sumatran Orang-utan

Birds

  • Black Swam
  • Humbolt's Penguin
  • Emporeror Penguin
  • King Penguin
  • Rockhopper Penguin
  • Gentoo Penguin
  • Blue Penguin
  • Carribean Flamingo
  • Chiliean Flamingo
  • Greater Flamingo
  • American Flamingo
  • Many more parrots/smaller birds.

Reptiles



I am going to do the rest late :D:D
 
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Just a small point, and I may be wrong, but aren't Meerkats and Slender-tailed Mongooses the same species?
 
GorillaBoy said:
can everyone please stop questioning my judgements if i want to have more than one species of lions then i will do it and if i want javan rhinos i will have them so please stop because its really making me innoyed

yours sincerley GB
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i uderstand that. you can have more than one species of lion if you want (but ya wont be in the WAZA), but it would cost billios to get javen rhinos! sorry if i offended you, but javens could not be done. even though ya could not get javens, a very interesting list
 
GorillaBoy said:
can everyone please stop questioning my judgements if i want to have more than one species of lions then i will do it and if i want javan rhinos i will have them so please stop because its really making me innoyed
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I wasnt questionning anyone i was just talking about the 2 species rule which i think we all agree is rather pointless ;)
Anyone like my Zoo list? in the last page?
Its abit small but it doesnt matter how many species a zoo has if they are looked after great then its all fine :), Quite alot of the species will have more than 1 enclosure etc.
 
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