Once in zoos but now extinct

[FBBird]

San Diego's animals all died by 2015. There are still 2 females (Nanjin and Fatou), that live at Ol' Pejeta in Kenya. These two animals belong to Dvur Kralove Zoo.

Oh right, my bad. Knew there were two somewhere

 

[Westcoastperson]

Hawaiian crow is not extinct.

Their extinct in the wild

 

[kermodei]

I’ve always found it frustrating that – to the best of my knowledge – no photographs of the last London Zoo specimen have been located (although there are photos of other animals at London Zoo from this era).

Really is a shame :< And an odd one at that, considering we have a decent amount of photos of the zoo and its animals at that time. Perhaps the Falkland Islands wolf was just considered too unremarkable, too similar to a native English fox, to be worth memorializing/showing off via photo.

Do we know where in the zoo they were kept, though? Perhaps they appear in the background of some forgotten photo...

Another sad thing about the Carolina Parakeet: it might have survived in free-ranging populations in Europe. Among others, the German ornithologist Hans Freiherr von Berlepsch released several specimens at his estate in Thuringia in 1874; back then, the species was still quite common in the pet trade, although not really popular. Similar to the thriving current European populations of the Ring-necked Parakeet, this population appeared to adopt well to the local climate and was even reproducing. However, in 1876, all birds rapidly disappeared. Many decades later, von Berlepsch found out what had happened: a local landlord had shot them one by one within two days and zhad served them in his inn. The peculicar "gawking" behaviour of the Carolina Parakeet had made them an easy target. [The folloing link is written in German.]
http://www.papageien.org/df/Df_al10_karolina.htm

Kinda reminds me of that little fictious story about the late survival of the dodo in the Southern United States...

How fascinating! Given how other parrot species have survived and thrive after being introduced outside of their native ranges, it really makes you wonder if the Carolina parakeet could have had a fighting chance at being preserved. Any chance you have any material on the project in English, I'd love to learn more.

And you wouldn't happen to be referring to "The Ugly Chickens" by Howard Waldrop, would you? Because that is one of favourite short stories of all time!

 

[Batto]

Unfortunately, there is little more to the story of the "German" Carolina parakeets. Their lives ended in pretty much the same way as the dodos, aka "The Ugly chickens".

 

[Tim May]

London Zoo bred Passenger Pigeons early on.

"The Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London" (1833) provides an interesting snippet about the first passenger pigeon to be bred at London Zoo:

"A pair of these birds began to build their nest on the 25th of April, 1832, having been three or four days in selecting a proper place in a fir-tree in the inclosure appropriated at the Gardens to the pigeons. The female was the nest-builder. The male bird performed the most laborious part of the work: he collected and conveyed to the spot all the materials, principally sticks and straw, of which the nest was composed. He alighted on the back of the female with each fresh supply, so as not to disarrange any part of the nest which she had formed. They began their task in the morning, and completed it the same evening. One egg was laid on the morning of the 26th, and the female commenced sitting immediately. A young bird was hatched in sixteen days. The male relieved the female during the period of incubation.

Another instance of the breeding in this country of the passenger pigeon occurred nearly at the same time in the Menagerie of the President."

The President referred to in the last sentence, is Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby, President of the Zoological Society of London who bred passenger pigeons at the Knowsley Menagerie.

 

[Tim May]

In point of fact, I'm pretty sure there are *no* photos of a living Warrah at all! There's a few stuffed ones, but very few indeed - as far as I know, only three specimens have been photographed

Those interested in the Falkland Island wolf (warrah) should read the article "Mounted specimen of Falkland Island wolf in Tuhura Otago Museum; X-ray imaging and additional historical information" published in the most recent edition of "Archives of Natural History" (Volume 51; Part 1; April 2024). This article features a photograph of a mounted Falkland Island wolf in the Tuhura Otago Museum, New Zealand.

 

[Swampy]

Not too many mentions of reptiles here.

Here's an interesting one: https://www.researchgate.net/public..._de_Salmor_Gallotia_simonyi_Steindachner_1889

Figure 11 in this publication (only uploaded in Spanish) shows the Cape Verde giant skink, in Zoo Frankfurt's reptile house in 1912.

 

[Chlidonias]

Those interested in the Falkland Island wolf (warrah) should read the article "Mounted specimen of Falkland Island wolf in Tuhura Otago Museum; X-ray imaging and additional historical information" published in the most recent edition of "Archives of Natural History" (Volume 51; Part 1; April 2024). This article features a photograph of a mounted Falkland Island wolf in the Tuhura Otago Museum, New Zealand.

There are some photos of that specimen in our NZ Other gallery too.

Falklands Island Wolf (Dusicyon australis), Otago Museum - ZooChat

Falklands Island Wolf (Dusicyon australis), Otago Museum - ZooChat

 

[Animal]

From Minute 42 on: The last ever kaspian tiger with siberian tigers

It is the smaller animal with the curled tail.

Großwild in Hagenbecks Tierpark: Tiger, Onager, Elefanten