Are they still being bred in Europe?
Phase out species in United States
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Yes, they have an active breeding program there with over 40 holders listed on ZTL
~Thylo
Lowland Anoa is a Yellow SSP, so no they're not recommended for phasing-out. There are very few zoos holding them, but there is at least some increased interest as of late and the AZA monitored population does number just shy of 200 animals (most are kept by private keepers who have working relationships with the AZA).
~Thylo
Clearly, they haven't been phased out since they are still present at a number of zoos. I'm assuming you're asking if the AZA has recommended a phase-out or not. Remember, the AZA can only recommend a species to be phased out because, in the end, individual zoos have all the power regarding what species they want to keep and which they want to send away. For example, Bronx and both SDZ Safari Park have been known to keep various ungulates that the AZA recommended for phase-out.
To answer your question, everything ungulate related can be found at this site, if you go through the various documents it'll tell you whether a species is managed as a Green, Yellow, or Red SSP, or is being phased out. But as Thylo said, they are not recommended to be phased out, they are currently managed as a Red SSP.
Are they a Yellow SSP now? It says here that they are a Red SSP. The population is doing rather well with a few facilities like CCTU breeding them really well but there aren't very many holders atm. I know SDZ Safari Park is interested in acquiring the species, do you know of any other zoos interested?
Tbf, I would assume everyone here is asking about whether a species has been recommended for phase-out, as opposed to being completely gone already. Most of the species in this thread that haven't disappeared entirely from US zoos are still kept by at least one or two AZA zoos.
That's interesting, I hadn't actually read that document before. I generally leaf through the midyear updates as presented in this format: here. I don't know of any other US zoos interested off the top of my head, but I did know about San Diego and the document I linked mentioned that a few institutions have reached out with interest.
~Thylo
Lycaon
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And also, quick question about the site, how come it only lists a single giraffe subspecies (Masai Giraffe)?
This is because the Masai population is the only purebred giraffe population in North America. The rest of the population is made of mostly hybrids and is managed as the “generic giraffe” population.
It lists generic giraffe as well which is just hybrid (Reticulated, Rothschild’s, and in some cases Masai mixes). The only pure giraffe in NA is the Masai population, all zoos that claim they have “Reticulateds” have generic/hybrid giraffe .
Animallover360
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So I know that this has been an inactive thread, but if someone sees this, could you please let me know if pronghorns are phase outs? I thought I saw something about it, but I can’t find it. Thanks
Persephone
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I can’t find anything more recent than 2014 on a cursory search but they were Phase In back in 2014 so I’m assuming they haven’t made the full shift to Phase Out yet.
Animallover360
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Thank you
Here's two things to know about this question:
- Since the recent change to SSP designations, the line between phase in/phase out has blurred a lot. Since there are now less species that qualify as SSPs, and a lot more species are being managed outside of the SSP framework, there are a lot of species sort of in a grey area right now where they aren't AZA-recommended, per say, but there are still some dedicated institutions keeping and breeding the species, often through consortium programs. As time goes on and these changes in management settle in, we will have to see how these changes actually impact institutional collection planning processes, and how successful consortium management styles will be, however there's a lot of unknowns right now due to how new the changes are.
- The AZA actually has two separately-managed pronghorn populations. One is the Peninsular Pronghorn, kept and managed as a consortium by six facilities, all of which are located in the southwest. The range of zoos capable of keeping peninsular pronghorns is very limited, however, as they haven't been kept successfully outside their native range. The other program is for generic pronghorn (not subspecific), and these are the pronghorn that can be found at zoos outside the southwest, but to the best of my knowledge the generic pronghorn is being phased out, or at least is not being formally managed, and institutional interest in these pronghorn is low. I for see in the future we will get to the point where pronghorn can essentially only be seen in AZA institutions located in the southwestern US, however I could potentially see a few zoos continue to keep generic pronghorn long-term depending on how easy it is to source animals.