Torgos
Well-Known Member
The problem with many of these species lists is that there are no good comprehensive sources of information.
Most AZA zoos in US use ZIMS but some use Tracks. If you have access to ZIMS you will get most of the AZA animals but not all. Institutions using Tracks are set up differently and there's no way to check animal holdings. It's mostly used by aquariums but Denver, Lincoln Park and Fort Worth are all major zoos that use Tracks.
If there's an AZA SSP for the species the latest program posting tells you what's where but that's not necessarily up to date if the last time the population was planned was a couple of years back.
None of this takes into account non-AZA zoos/privately owned etc.
Zoo websites are often useless because most places only list a percentage of their collection. For my institution there are 350 species but only 90 on website.
Good luck to those who post lists, it's still worth doing!
Most AZA zoos in US use ZIMS but some use Tracks. If you have access to ZIMS you will get most of the AZA animals but not all. Institutions using Tracks are set up differently and there's no way to check animal holdings. It's mostly used by aquariums but Denver, Lincoln Park and Fort Worth are all major zoos that use Tracks.
If there's an AZA SSP for the species the latest program posting tells you what's where but that's not necessarily up to date if the last time the population was planned was a couple of years back.
None of this takes into account non-AZA zoos/privately owned etc.
Zoo websites are often useless because most places only list a percentage of their collection. For my institution there are 350 species but only 90 on website.
Good luck to those who post lists, it's still worth doing!
. We American zoo-goers acknowledge that we don’t have a tracking website for species at facilities in both the entirety of North America and North American territories, like Europe has with Zootierliste. 
