Leopards & Jaguars

[Coquinguy]

a few pages back, someone said that just because western plains was good at breeding white and black rhinos they should import indians. western plains is good at breeding przewalskie horses too. and onagers.

przewalksi horses match white rhinos-viable-lots of zoos

onagers match black rhinos-non-viable, collapse-lack of regional involvement, lack of founders.
wesern plains is good at breeding both species, but whilst black rhinos are currently not inbred, if more of the original animals dont start breeding the herd will quickly face a crisis.

indian rhinos-match what? if western plains tomorrow announced it would be importing a pair of somali wild asses against ARAZPA recommendations wouldnt we all be scratching our heads.

 

[ZooPro]

sorry if i always seem like the zoo party pooper, im just trying to be practical.

Not at all Glyn, you are one of the few people on here who regularly make absolute sense - cheers mate, I couldn't agree more, and it's about time some people got their heads out of the clouds and faced reality.

 

[Coquinguy]

cheers

cheers mate, i agree with the ARAZPA principles, and think that 99% of the time the number one priority should be, in fact, can only be for the zoos to work together.
the only times zoos could afford not to work cooperatively is on local programs for lower vertebrates, some birds, reptiles and amphibians, as in the case of perth zoo's native species breeding unit, taronga's work with bell frogs, weribee with golden sun moth.
in all other cases, and particularly with regards to exotic mammal species, the aim should be regional cooperation.
oh my god, i sound like a broken record.
on the up side im off to taronga again on thursday. anything anyone wants me to check out?

 

[jay]

Enough already, we know all this, can we please stop going round in circles!

 

[patrick]

ah my dear friends - it all comes back, in the end, to what exctly a zoo is there for. comservation or recreation?.....