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PossumRoach said:
Does the zoo have to breed tigers? Can't they keep surplus/geriatric individuals and not breed them?
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I do think the potential for tiger cubs is underestimated as a crowd thing. Aside, it would be just to improve the tiger accomodation to the point they have at least 2 separate exhibits, male and female with cubs (and an off-exhibit further separation area).
 
Smaggledagle said:
Could the Indian muntjac be moved in with the red-crowned cranes?
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I've wondered this for a while- as the two species have definitely been mixed before. I'd like this to happen as it fixes a geographical inaccuracy. Muntjac can also be mixed with red pandas.
 
PossumRoach said:
Does the zoo have to breed tigers? Can't they keep surplus/geriatric individuals and not breed them?
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They could, but that's clearly not what the zoo wants to do nor is it the best for them publicity wise. Tiger cubs bring in more guests than a camel does.

Smaggledagle said:
Could the Indian muntjac be moved in with the red-crowned cranes?
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The zoo doesn't have Indian muntjac, they have Reeves's. And yeah they could mix them if they wanted to.

~Thylo
 
ThylacineAlive said:
They could, but that's clearly not what the zoo wants to do nor is it the best for them publicity wise. Tiger cubs bring in more guests than a camel does.



The zoo doesn't have Indian muntjac, they have Reeves's. And yeah they could mix them if they wanted to.

~Thylo
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Did they used to keep Indian Muntjac? I seem to remember that being the species held by Roger Williams.
 
Neil chace said:
Did they used to keep Indian Muntjac? I seem to remember that being the species held by Roger Williams.
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The zoo has always kept Reeves's Muntjac. I can't speak to further back than 2010/11, but from that point onward they have only ever had the one species. Bronx is the zoo in the northeast with North Indian Muntjac.

~Thylo
 
Does anybody know what happened to the Chinese Alligators at the zoo? I am a frequent visitor and since they left I have been wondering what happened to them.
 
hudson111 said:
Does anybody know what happened to the Chinese Alligators at the zoo? I am a frequent visitor and since they left I have been wondering what happened to them.
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I don't know what happened to them, but they left the zoo years ago. I have no idea whether they died or moved to another facility, but they definitely are no longer kept by the zoo.
 
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