Nubian Wild Ass in Zoos?

Kifaru Bwana said:
Out of interest: The "introduced" Gabal Elba animals what sources exist for the information they were actually introduced and anything published scientifically?

As to establishing whether the Nubian wild ass in US are "donkeys" or anything resembling Nubian wild ass needs to be determined by genetics and till date I think that has never been done.

Part and parcel for this is the general disinterest within the zoological community to exhibit, do conservation breeding and research on wild ass in general (it seems zebra are far more sexy or cute or something …..) or even to exhibit rare equid species. In the US Persian onager went down the drain and sold offf or simply knackered (really it is quite unclear what happened to most of these …., even though there was a studbook). At the eleventh hour Columbus Zoo stepped in and put the last they could find out on The Wilds and try and get the US population back on the line.
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The Wiki article doesn't say those animals were introduced, B&B did. Not sure what source I used for that portion of the article as there doesn't seem to be a reference for it anymore for some reason.

I don't think that is at all a correct statement. While yes zebras are much more common in captivity (with six taxa being actively kept and bred across the US and Europe), there are existing breeding programs for Kulan, Kiang, Persian Onager, and Somali Wild Ass. The former two are more or less Europe-only (apart from the odd animal here and there), but the latter two are kept and bred in both regions. Persian Onager is certainly much rarer in US zoos, but there still is a studbook and more than just Columbus keeps them.

~Thylo
 
In the boek "Het Artisboek" from 1922 I found a nice picture of a pure Nubian wild ass with her foal and a third animal kept in an enclosure next to it. In the text it is said that this subspecies was repeatetly bred and on Zootierliste its said that one Artis-bred animal ( born 1901 ) lived until 1925 - a record-age for this subspecies.
Because there are no copyrights anymore on this publication I feel free to upload the picture of the 3 animals ( photographer A.J.W de Veer ) :

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vogelcommando said:
In the boek "Het Artisboek" from 1922 I found a nice picture of a pure Nubian wild ass with her foal and a third animal kept in an enclosure next to it. In the text it is said that this subspecies was repeatetly bred and on Zootierliste its said that one Artis-bred animal ( born 1901 ) lived until 1925 - a record-age for this subspecies.
Because there are no copyrights anymore on this publication I feel free to upload the picture of the 3 animals ( photographer A.J.W de Veer ) :

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Next door: Przewalski's horse perhaps?
 
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