Species in captivity

[Hix]

Someone could build an good aquarium in Japan to keep and research of some species, like minke whales, goblin sharks and frilled sharks.

The Japanese have been "researching" whales - including Minke - for years.

 

[Tim May]

Has anyone attempted to keep an Andean Mountain Cat in captivity before, or are they too elusive and/or finicky?

Andean mountain cats have not often been kept in zoos.

According to Richard Weigl (2005) the captive longevity record is only two months and that was for a specimen at Philadelphia Zoo in 1964.

ZooTierListe records that the species has been kept in Hannover, Leipzig and Rotterdam.

 

[FelipeDBKO]

The Japanese have been "researching" whales - including Minke - for years.

When I say "research" also I mean researching how to keep whales in captivity.

 

[carlos55]

The zoo in La Paz, Bolivia has a confiscated andean mountain cat and fellow zoochater Devilfish was going to try to see it on his south american trip.

 

[Hix]

When I say "research" also I mean researching how to keep whales in captivity.

Yes, I know what you meant, I just don't think the majority of the world would trust that the research on whales being conducted by an aquarium in Japan was valid.



Hix

 

[TheMightyOrca]

Wow, seriously that humpack, sperm, bowhead, Bryde's and fin whale have been kept in captivity?

A large chunk of those are rescued calves, never kept for a long time. (if they don't die, they get released. It's not like keeping them long-term is an option) I don't know if adults of those species have ever been kept, and if they have, it couldn't have been for long.

 

[TheMightyOrca]

Yes, I know what you meant, I just don't think the majority of the world would trust that the research on whales being conducted by an aquarium in Japan was valid.



Hix

And even if people didn't suspect a secondary motive, such research would still be controversial. People who are opposed to whaling aren't usually too keen on live captures either. Plus, if a place figured out how to keep captive minke whales, other aquariums and marine parks might start seeking the species out for themselves.