Nostalgia for the Aspinall parks of old

[Cat-Man]

no, i heared sometime in the 80s they wanted javen rhino

 

[zoogiraffe]

no, i heared sometime in the 80s they wanted javen rhino

I didn`t think you were old enough to remeber the 80`s with you only been 12,unless you are not telling us your real age!But seriously there where alot of rumours of various zoo`s getting all kinds of strange things Javan Rhino`s been 1 back in the 1980`s.

 

[MARK]

For some reason I don't think ANY zoo will EVER have Javan rhinos lol.

When I was there in 1987 visiting the Sumatan rhinos two of the keepers had told me they were looking into acquiring Javan rhinos, but they had enough problems getting the Sumatrans even with all the right permits

 

[James27]

Shame they didn't have any breeding success with the Sumatrans. Their enclosure is great.

 

[MARK]

Shame. Wish other zoos would take a leaf out of Singapore's book and keep them.
(No pun intended :s)

San Deigo zoo had a group of them for a number of years with some breeding results If I can remeber they died out due to lack of new blood coming into the group.

I saw a "pair at Howletts" in 1987 which looked in good condition, they had a nice sized cage at the time