That's exciting news! I was behind the scenes when I went, so I'd be a little surprised that no one mentioned them to me while I was there. Very possible they have gotten them since. Jbnbsn99, maybe you could ask when they got them when you go.
North America v Europe (Species)
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There are a lot of sandtigersharks (Carcharias taurus) but i haven't heard of a aquarium keeping tigersharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) but if you have please tell me.
I can tell you something more.
There are actually tigersharks in our own contry (The Netherlands)
De Jong Marinelife has them.
Here is their link:
De Jong Marinelife Import Export Wholesale of marine life
There are also 2 videos of them on there.
There are actually tigersharks in our own contry (The Netherlands)
De Jong Marinelife has them.
Here is their link:
De Jong Marinelife Import Export Wholesale of marine life
There are also 2 videos of them on there.
I don't get the impression from their site that you can just go and visit them. Do you know if they already sold the tigersharks? Is this the company that supplied burgers ocean with their scalloped hamerheads ?
But the fact they have two tiger sharks ultimately will mean some european zoo/aquarium will buy them. I hope it will be close to home.
Too bad. But hopefully knowledge about keeping tigersharks will spill over to europe. I know Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey got 1,1 tigersharks in 2009 and for all i know they still have them. I hope they will keep till they are mature and full grown. Maui Ocean Center has tigersharks on exhibit on again of again but never full grown ones.
Another shark species US only
Galapagos shark - Monterey bay aquarium, Shark reef Aquarium
Galapagos shark - Monterey bay aquarium, Shark reef Aquarium
Blackduiker
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Possibly still exhibited at the Exotic Feline Breeding Compound in Rosamond, Ca. I viewed and photographed one on my visit there in October of 2009. The photos can be seen in the ZooChat Gallery.
Possibly still exhibited at the Exotic Feline Breeding Compound in Rosamond, Ca. I viewed and photographed one on my visit there in October of 2009. The photos can be seen in the ZooChat Gallery.
And I just found out recently from the magazine of the Feline Conservation Federation that there is one jaguarundi at a privately run cat facility in the southern United States. Unfortunately, I cannot remember the name and I do not think they list on ISIS.
However, there is some interest in the AZA Felid TAG to reinstate jaguarundis in the U.S., so I am holding out hope. Especially because one place that used to have them and likely would again is the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in my own city of Tucson.
However, there is some interest in the AZA Felid TAG to reinstate jaguarundis in the U.S., so I am holding out hope. Especially because one place that used to have them and likely would again is the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in my own city of Tucson.
Blackduiker
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I just checked ISIS, and they still list the Exotic Feline Breeding Compound in Rosamond, CA as having 2 female Jaguarundi. More than likely the same ones I saw there back in 2009.
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I must say I am very surprised (not to say shocked), that there is such an interest, after the AZA just had this species successfully "phased out". Jaguarundis have recently bred very well in Europe (Dortmund especially) and individuals would certainly be available to US zoos, if there really is an interest. With regards to some other species on the phase out list, I wish AZA would reconsider at least some of them and maybe put some more effort in keeping a bigger variety of species instead of going the easy "phase out" way maybe a bit too often...
There's an aquarium in italy that seems to have bull sharks. And in france there's an aquarium planning an exhibit that will also house great hammerheads ( and mantaray's
). To my knowledge there is indeed no public aquarium in europe housing tigersharks.
I saw the youtube clips of the bull sharks in italy the aquarium looks pretty small and there is vegatation or coral or anything.
And is the french aquarium naussicaa?
And is the french aquarium naussicaa?
Blackduiker
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Desert Tortoise: Though fairly common in North American zoos, there are apparently none in European zoos.
Roe Deer: A common European species, extremely rare in North America.
Crested Capuchin (Cebus nigritus robustus): Are exhibited at 4 North American zoos but none in Europe.
These comparisons could go on-and-on.
Roe Deer: A common European species, extremely rare in North America.
Crested Capuchin (Cebus nigritus robustus): Are exhibited at 4 North American zoos but none in Europe.
These comparisons could go on-and-on.
Yes, the french aquarium is nausicaa. The aquarium is indeed very small. The lack of vegetation or coral is not a bad thing, since this is of no value to a captive free swimming shark. In the case of a coral aquarium or kelp forest like monterey bay it would be something else of course.
That can be, but dressing up the exhibits completes the picture for me and it isn't just the case with the bull sharks it's also the case with the other 31 shark species. Basicly they have several barren tanks with sharks. I wouldnt even call them aquariums. If the had a few dressed up exhibits with corals/vegatation maybe some mixed exhibits or exhibits with other fish/rays. I would definitly travel there to see it.
But for now it's not very high on my "to visit" list in spite of their bull sharks.
But for now it's not very high on my "to visit" list in spite of their bull sharks.