One animal that would improve a collection

[Local_Shark]

I’ll hop in for my local Aquarium of the Pacific: I would absolutely love to see a full renovation and expansion of Shark Lagoon, and I believe it’s on the way in the next few years due to the small size and dated design of the tank. If and when that occurs, I think the addition of a unique Australian shark or ray would be a great target animal as a centerpiece. The aquarium has always somewhat presented that exhibit as an Australian or other South Pacific environment, and featured a largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis) for well over a decade before the animal outgrew the tank. If not the return of a sawfish, I’d advocate for some form of guitarfish - briefly, they exhibited a giant shovelnose ray (Glaucostegus typus) when the exhibit first opened, and that species is now becoming far more common in North American aquaria. One of the wedgefishes (Rhinidae) would be incredibly cool to see, as at present only Legoland California’s Deep-Sea Adventure features a member of that family on the West Coast. For a more upper-column or free swimming shark, it would be mind-blowing to see a river shark (genus Glyphis) but given how ludicrously unlikely that would be, an Australian blacktip shark (Carcharhinus tilstoni) or bronze whaler shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) would be just as unique and interesting.

 

[Enzo]

Hello.

BioParque do Rio would benefit a lot from acquiring giraffes. So would the Belo Horizonte zoo. Both have been "giraffe-less" for almost a decade now.

It would be nice to see Cape buffalo back in São Paulo.

 

[Jxckson]

i think Oakland Zoo could benefit from a rhino since they just got rid of their last elephant

 

[Van Beal]

Toronto Zoo - either bringing back the African Elephant or bringing back the Sable Antelope (either way, get rid of the Watusi cattle)

 

[EliasNys]

Antwerp: galapagos tortoise/komodo dragon outside space to replace those stupid alpacas

Pairi Daiza: If they open their new greenhouse, i hope it will include andean bears, since then they have almost all bear species!

Prague: kiwi in the new zealand aviary in the rakos house

Planckendael: Gharials in the greenhouse perhaps?

 

[Loxodonta Cobra]

ABQ Biopark Zoo - koalas. The zoo used to keep them until the last decade when their old exhibit was torn down. The zoo has phased out a lot of larger species recently (lions, seals/sea lions, camels etc) and koalas would be a great popular yet smaller species to add to the collection. They would also be a great highlight for the zoos upcoming new Australia exhibit.

Second choice would be binturongs and/or red pandas which the zoo has also had in the past. They’re small enough that they could fit in Asia and both could potentially be utilized using an exhibit similar to Tulsa Zoo rotating them on display (binturongs out in warmer weather, red pandas out in cooler weather).