Species you wish your local zoo(s) still have.

Westcoastperson said:
Just wondering where you got that information because now I'm interested in why they are phasing out this species.
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The answer to your second question is right there in what you quoted.

Coelacanth18 said:
That is incorrect. Asiatic Black Bears were slated for phaseout because there was not enough room to accommodate four viable populations of tropical bear species and their population was less viable than sloth (another Asian species) and Andean bears.
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There wasn't enough space in AZA zoos to manage Sun, Sloth, Andean, and Asiatic Black Bears at viable population sizes. Asiatic Black Bear was the least viable and so was placed on phase out to open up more spaces for the other three.
 
Westcoastperson said:
Just wondering where you got that information because now I'm interested in why they are phasing out this species.
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To be honest I don't remember the exact source of the information, although I'm sure it originated from an AZA source of some kind; older open-source documents from them show up on the Internet with some frequency, and many members of this site have worked for AZA accredited facilities or known people within the industry and shared information here.

There is an old 2009 thread where the reasons are discussed here (Asiatic Black Bears). There is also an entire thread dedicated to phaseout species where the same reason was given on the last page (https://www.zoochat.com/community/threads/phase-out-species-in-united-states.309373/page-8). Seems to be general knowledge at this point.
 
Great Argus said:
The answer to your second question is right there in what you quoted.



There wasn't enough space in AZA zoos to manage Sun, Sloth, Andean, and Asiatic Black Bears at viable population sizes. Asiatic Black Bear was the least viable and so was placed on phase out to open up more spaces for the other three.
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Ok that's what came up when I googled it
 
Neil chace said:
Every single zoo has to make difficult decisions over what species they choose to exhibit. Oftentimes this means either not replacing a species when it dies or sending a species to another zoo instead. What animals that you have seen at your local zoo do you wish were still exhibited there?
Here is my list-
Capron Park Zoo-
1. Ocelot
2. Indian Crested Porcupine
3. Six-banded Armadillo
4. Violet Turaco
5. Purple Swamp Hen
6. Southern Screamer
7. Binturong
8. Southern Screamer
9. Llama

Roger Williams Park Zoo-
1. Humboldt Penguin
2. African Wild Dog
3. Dexter Cattle
4. Green Aracari
5. Northern Tree Shrew
6. Arctic Fox
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I wish that the Roger williams Park Zoo still had the Chinese Alligators
 
ThatOneZooGuy said:
For Denver Zoo, I wish the Zoo still had

-Striped Hyena
-Red Panda
-Polar Bear
-Giant Anteater
-Arctic Foxes
-Snow Leopard
-Maned Wolf
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I wish the Denver Zoo still had those guys as well. But I also wish it still had:

-American Bison
-Bat-eared Foxes
-Warthog
-Yak
-Ankole-Watusi (Heck, they've only been at the zoo from 2008-09)
-Meerkat and/or Northern Tree Shrew
-Jaguar and/or Fossa
-Amur Leopard
-Dwarf Mongoose
-Asiatic Black Bear
-Mishmi Takin (which are actually intended to come back to the zoo as part of their current master plan)
-Waterbuck
-Muskox
-Reindeer
-White-lipped Deer
-(White-nosed) Coati
-Cheetah
-Cougar
-Pallas' Cat
-Nyala
 
I wish the Memphis Zoo still had white-bellied tree pangolins and North Island brown kiwis.

I also remember they used to have free-roaming Indian peafowl when I was a little kid. I wish they still had those too.
 
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Might as well jump in.

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
  • Guar
  • Mustached tamarins
  • Clouded leopards
  • Ebony langur
  • Polar bears
  • Sun bears
  • American badger
  • Desert cottontail
  • Honey badger
  • Celebs macaque
  • Mona monkey
  • African jacana
  • Matchie's tree kangaroo
  • White fronted capuchin
  • Addax
  • Spectacled bear
  • Africa striped weasel
  • Raccoon dog
  • Galah
  • Great hornbill
Blank Park Zoo
  • Pink pigeon
  • Pretty much everything that's left the Australian Aviary
  • Eurasian lynx
(Their collection hasn't changed much)
 
Buin Zoo:
  • Andean condor
  • Dama gazelle
  • Blackbuck
  • Arctic fox
  • Red fox
  • Two-toed sloth
  • Melanistic jaguar
  • Pygmy marmoset
  • Capybara
  • Black agouti
  • Nile monitor
  • Aplomado falcon
  • African wild dogs
  • King vulture (don't know if they got phased out or they're just off-exhibit)
 
Not my local aquarium, but I do miss Cairns Aquarium's Mouth Almighty and Scalloped Hammerhead. And according to a friend who went there recently, their Largetooth Sawfish is no longer in it's exhibit, which is a little concerning. I don't know whether it died, was transferred to another aquarium or is temporarily off display, but it would suck if it is really gone.

I also miss Reef HQ's (again, not local) deepwater displays of Pineconefish (replaced with assorted reef critters) and Splitfin Flashlightfish (replaced with Ornate Rock Lobster).
 
Just found out STL no longer has tuataras, which is saddening. They were off-exhibit but still there for many years, until recently.

Other older, historic species no longer kept that I would like to see again are the Komodo dragon, Chinese giant salamander, koala, walrus, sloth bear, Cuban crocodile, and giant panda.
 
Los Angeles Zoo
Cotton Top Tamarin
Red Kangaroo
Cheetah
Black Rhinoceros
Chinese Alligators
Northern Bald Ibis
Lesser Chameleon

San Diego Zoo
Chimpanzee
Zebra Duiker
Whooping Crane
Mugger Crocodile

San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Saiga
African Painted Dogs
Spotted Hyenas
European Bison
Bornead Bearded Pig
 
DaLilFishie said:
Not my local aquarium, but I do miss Cairns Aquarium's Mouth Almighty and Scalloped Hammerhead. And according to a friend who went there recently, their Largetooth Sawfish is no longer in it's exhibit, which is a little concerning. I don't know whether it died, was transferred to another aquarium or is temporarily off display, but it would suck if it is really gone.

I also miss Reef HQ's (again, not local) deepwater displays of Pineconefish (replaced with assorted reef critters) and Splitfin Flashlightfish (replaced with Ornate Rock Lobster).
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I found out what happened to the Largetooth Sawfish, it really is gone. It outgrew it's exhibit and was released into the wild. A little disappointed that it's gone but I understand why they released it.
 
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