Van Beal
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Strange that you've heard that about Mountain Zebras... I heard they were the least aggressive zebra species.
Mixed species exhibit ideas
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cornu aspersum
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The EAZA doesn't recommend mixed enclosures with this species unless in specific conditions, due to past issues.
In AZA its the opposite- mountains are recommended over Grevy's and Plains for mixed-species exhibits. Odd for there to be such behavioral differences between the continents to spark this difference in recommendations.
Tapirus Lar
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Would elephants with some sort of primate work?
Like i know you cant have live trees or climbing structures in an elephant paddock, but what about climbing structures at the sides [outside ] the enclosure, and a few ropes going over the top?
Like i know you cant have live trees or climbing structures in an elephant paddock, but what about climbing structures at the sides [outside ] the enclosure, and a few ropes going over the top?
Chapman'szebra
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Aahhh that's nice. DAK have a great history of mixed species exhibits
Chapman'szebra
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I think rhesus macaques would be nice (in case of Asian elephants). Or any other Southeast-Asian langur in case. I don't trust African Elephants though.
They are keept with hamadryas baboons in Berkse Bergen.
Chapman'szebra
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Plains, in my opinion are the safest. Most Thai and Malaysian zoos and many other zoos and safari parks worldwide mix them successfully with a plenary of other ungulates. Bangkok Safari World has, what I believe, the world's largest captive Grant's zebra herd with more than 200 individuals and they have been mixed with African antelopes like wildebeest, impala, sitatunga and gemsbok and strangely, also with Asian ungulates like sambar, nilgai, blackbuck, spotted deer and gaur. Grévy's are better left alone hehehe
Beekse Bergen (African) has them with Baboons, and Dierenrijk (Asian) with Macaques
USZOOfan42
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Could 3.0 Grevy’s Zebra, 0.3 Common Eland, 1.0 Common Ostrich, 2.0 White Bearded Wildebeest and 1.3 warthogs work?
Tapirus Lar
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Warthogs are not usually kept with other hoofstock because there tendency to dig and make holes in the ground means that could cause harm for the other ungulates. Also would 3 male grevy's live together? idk about that
USZOOfan42
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Thanks, I based it off my local zoo and they keep 3 male grevy’s zebra together.
I would generally not recommend mixing pigs with other ungulates. In addition to the trip and leg-catch hazards caused by their digging, as @Tapirus Lar has described, pigs can tend to be quite bold/aggressive and bitey, which can be a problem not only for the other animals but for the pigs themselves if they push their luck with animals that will fight back — zebras and wildebeest seem like particularly rough candidates.
As far as housing three male Grevy’s zebras together, your mileage may vary. That’s going to depend entirely on the personality of the individuals, if they’re castrated, if they were raised together from a young age, how they’re managed, what their space is like, etc.
As far as housing three male Grevy’s zebras together, your mileage may vary. That’s going to depend entirely on the personality of the individuals, if they’re castrated, if they were raised together from a young age, how they’re managed, what their space is like, etc.
I have seen mixed exhibits involving Red River Hogs with other ungulates before, but in all cases the mix didn't last more than a few months. This, I think, is a pretty good indication that this is not a good idea.
I'd say Visayan warty pigs are the exception, as I'm pretty sure these have been mixed with deer and antelope on multiple occasions
Duisburg keeps them for a long time with Watutsi cattle
Rhenen keeps them with african elephants
Emmen keepas them with Grant’s Zebra Southern White Rhinoceros, Defassa Waterbuck, Common Impala, Common Wildebeest, Rothschild's Giraffe, Ostrich, Helmeted Guineafowl,Crowned-crane
Osnabrück keeps them with Chapman's Zebras and white rhinos.
Both Kerkede and Edinburgh mixed them with Bongos
Haliaeetus
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Once there was a mixed exhibit with African Savanna Elephants and Warthogs in Thoiry Safari (France). This mix seems to have ceased for some years, for reasons that I don't know (not necessarily issues because of the mix itself).
Neither Kerkrade or Emmen has them in a mixed enclosure, and they're rarely allowed on the elephant plains in Rhenen
Black Wildebeest have been known to flatten flight restricted cranes and storks for fun
I’ve seen Meerkats work together to take down Herring Gulls, which definitely are not insects