Species NOT in captivity that you'd like to see in captivity

On the subject of fish Id like to see another great white in captivity. I was in Monetray aquarium just a few weeks after the last one was released :( sickened!
 
If a species must be pulled into captivity in Beijing Zoo, I'd like to see Asian lesser white-toothed shrew Crocidura shantungensis - to tell people the difference between shrew and mouse/rat. In China, shrews were often intentionally killed by people because many people considered them as mice or even rats.
 
Baldur said:
Elephant seals for me...
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I nearly tripped over a one about a month back thinking it was oddly smooth rock. Fortunately, my girlfriend informed me that "rock" was watching me. Of course, I was paying attention to its several hundred cousins further down the beach.

For me, I would like to see the Cross River Gorilla. I think there's one in captivity in Cameroon, but I want to see an entire troop.
 
2 species already in captivity in their native cuntry but not seen elsewhere :
Philippine eagel ( " monkey eagle ) - I saw the last one at Antwerp but would love to see some breeding-pairs now that zoos understand more about raptor-breeding !
Imperial Amazon - saw ( and took care for ) the last one at Walsrode. With todays knowledge it should also be possible to build up a captive population!
 
Forgot to mention 2 species which have been kept with some succes but are now kept no-where anymore, not even in their native West Africa : both species of Rock fowl !
 
vogelcommando said:
Forgot to mention 2 species which have been kept with some succes but are now kept no-where anymore, not even in their native West Africa : both species of Rock fowl !
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These are very cool birds that I would very much like to see. They were featured in the recent David Attenborough series 'Africa', and were one of the most interesting species shown. It would be great if some zoos could start up a breeding programme for these fascinating birds.
 
Yes, very intresting bird ! If one known that at a surtain time ( 1973 ) no less then at least 57 White-necked Picathartesses were kept in 14 zoos and 2 of them bred them succesfuly ( at that time ! ) it surtainly should tried again ! Later ( 1980 ) a third zoo also bred them( San Antonio ).
The second species - the Grey-necked Picathartes - was much rarer in captivity and kept only in 4 collections - highest number 11 in 1972 - and bred only at Frankfurt but here also I guess a captive breeding-programm could be succesful !
 
Here is what I want to see in captivity:

Javan rhino
Mountain nyala
Indri
Zanzibar red colubus
Kashmir stag
Water chevrotain
Altai argali
Bokharan argali
Western giant eland
Western mountain reedbuck
Hunters hartebeest
Swaynes hartebeest
Zebra duiker

Just ANY InSitu species, just to try ExSitu conservation again
 
Ethiopian Wolf. Javan Rhino. Asian Cheetah.

It might be only an illusion, but the "Quaggas" being bred-back in South Africa are striking.
 
Giant coot is also a species not kept anymore - last one was kept at Walsrode in the 1980-ties. Very nice species !
 
I'd love to see some more pelagic aquariums. I know they're hard to keep, but with larger aquariums, maybe species like dorado, flyingfish, mola, and maybe even certain marlin, might be able to be kept in captivity. And while I'm at it, don't some people want to see deep-water species like anglerfish in a high-tech pressured tank sometime? I certainly would love to see something like that.
 
Cypselurus said:
maybe species like dorado, flyingfish, mola, and maybe even certain marlin, might be able to be kept in captivity.
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Dorado is kept at some Aquariums all over the World I belive, same with Mola Mola. Marlin/Sailfish was also kept in Japanese Aquariums, don´t know if still there too, and the new Singapore Marine Life Park might also had sailfish/marlin to its collection.
 
Cypselurus said:
And while I'm at it, don't some people want to see deep-water species like anglerfish in a high-tech pressured tank sometime? I certainly would love to see something like that.
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I came here to say this, only I set my sights a little higher: if this becomes a reality in my lifetime, it will excite me more than any other animal ever could.
 
Not_a_Nautilus said:
I came here to say this, only I set my sights a little higher: if this becomes a reality in my lifetime, it will excite me more than any other animal ever could.
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I, too, would really be excited so see giant squid in a aquarium or zoo someday. However, that would be more likely happening in one of the European or American zoo already hosting many rare species like Sumatran Rhino and Harlequin Frogs, than in my home country of China, where giant pandas are locked in prison-like rooms and where reef sharks are mixed with sea turtles in a tiny, swimming-pool like room with the one viewing window covered by at least 10 different kinds of algae.
 
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