Only two holders of eldery animals here. For whatever reason the macaques get no love over here other than the famous "snow monkey".
IUCN Red List Update - July 2022
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Only two holders of eldery animals here. For whatever reason the macaques get no love over here other than the famous "snow monkey".
DeYoung doesn't even keep Pig-tailed Macaques anymore.
Sulawesi Crested Macaques are actually doing great in the private sector and non-AZA zoos.
Having just thumbed USDA for them I disagree. Barely half a dozen zoos and a handful of notorious private names...
Haliaeetus
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What a surprise !
In Europe circa 150 zoos keep Barbary Apes, often in large troops and in semi-free conditions, that can look like their natural habitat in Morocco and Algeria. They rescue often animals from the animal trafficking and provide messages about the conservation status of this primate in Northern African countries, that have strong historical links with Europe (it's at least the case of France). Finally some zoos support conservation actions in Africa.
The Japanese Macaques are a bit less frequent ; I think this species can be a good choice in cold countries because they can be kept outdoors even when the weather is cold, and their husbandry is cheap. In France they were once common but this time is over, it may not be considered as a serious loss.
If I recall correctly, there is an explicit policy to phase out ALL macaque species in North American captive collections due to a percieved risk of zoonotic simian herpes.
Some other noteworthy changes in this update:
7186 species assessments published, of which more than half are plants.
The zebra pleco Hypancistrus zebra, well known to tropical aquarium keepers everywhere, goes straight in as Critically Endangered on its first red list assessment.
Rice's Whale, Balaenoptera ricei, the new rorqual described last year from the gulf of Mexico, likewise is straight in at Critically Endangered.
Chinese paddlefish is now formally Extinct.
Yangtze sturgeon is now formally Extinct in the Wild.
Reading over the Mariana fruit dove assessment, the change doesn't seem to be due to an actual increase in population at all, simply a slightly different application of the criteria.
the red list finally lists the European wildcat Felis sylvestris and the Afro-Asian Wildcat Felis lybica as separate species- both least concern.
Following its 2016 rediscovery, the longnose harlequin toad Atelopus longirostris has finally been reassessed from Extinct to Critically Endangered.
A number of Australian bird species have been uplisted, most notably parrots:
Baudin's Black Cockatoo EN > CR
Gang-Gang Cockatoo LC > VU
Blue-winged Parrot LC > VU
7186 species assessments published, of which more than half are plants.
The zebra pleco Hypancistrus zebra, well known to tropical aquarium keepers everywhere, goes straight in as Critically Endangered on its first red list assessment.
Rice's Whale, Balaenoptera ricei, the new rorqual described last year from the gulf of Mexico, likewise is straight in at Critically Endangered.
Chinese paddlefish is now formally Extinct.
Yangtze sturgeon is now formally Extinct in the Wild.
Reading over the Mariana fruit dove assessment, the change doesn't seem to be due to an actual increase in population at all, simply a slightly different application of the criteria.
the red list finally lists the European wildcat Felis sylvestris and the Afro-Asian Wildcat Felis lybica as separate species- both least concern.
Following its 2016 rediscovery, the longnose harlequin toad Atelopus longirostris has finally been reassessed from Extinct to Critically Endangered.
A number of Australian bird species have been uplisted, most notably parrots:
Baudin's Black Cockatoo EN > CR
Gang-Gang Cockatoo LC > VU
Blue-winged Parrot LC > VU
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Just noticed another Australian finch that has had almost a reverse in fortune to the gouldian finch - the diamond firetail (currently kept in 39 zoos listed on Zootierliste) has gone from Least Concern up to Vulnerable.
I cannot help wondering how many other tropical freshwater species will see this on assessment...
Didn't notice many- the 'leopard frog' Peckoltia (P.compta, aka L134) is now Endangered, and various Corydoras species have been included in the latest batch of assessments, almost all least concern. But it is harder to pick out the familiar species, as the red list assessments tend to use local Spanish or Portuguese names for the fish, not their pet trade common names.
Very sad but unsurprising
I've had a look through Corydoras and there are some threatened ones - Slant-bar (loxozonus) is VU, Dwarf (habrosus) is NT, Panda (panda) is NT, and Bandit (metae) is VU.
Several other commonplace species are listed as LC, including the ever popular Bronze and Julii.
Another noted freshwater fish in decline is White Sturgeon - finally dropping to VU from a longstanding LC rating.
Haliaeetus
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We have to notice, as IUCN does, that this uplisting reflects a recalculation of the historic declines, and not current or even predicted tendencies.
I would add that this method leads to many unaccuracies to determine the real threat and conservation status levels affecting some species, we could have the same conclusion for many long-lived species : elephants, sea turtles and even some trees that have suffered overexploitation or other threats in the past.
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