In an old article ( 1997 ) I found some very intresting information about the Speke's gazelle-population in North America.
The orgin of the N-A population began 1969 when St. Louis Zoo imported 1 male and 2 females. In 1972 another female came to St. Louis from the Lincoln Zoo in Chicago. Those 4 animals were the start of the N-A population and by 1983 other zoos had also recieved Speke's gazelles, all bred at St. Louis ( among them San Diego WAP and the Gladys Porter Zoo - Brownsville )
The National Zoo - Washington recieved 4 Speke's gazelles at the end of 1996.
1991 the zoo-population was 40 animals but went down to 24 in 1994.
Two years later the St. Louis Zoo managed to import 2 new females from Quatar so ( AFAIK ) the total-founder-population for the current population is 1 male and 5 females !
The latest ISIS-listing I was able to find is from Januari 2010 and the following US-zoos were keeping Speke's gazelles ( no Canadian zoos on the list ) :
-Saint Louis 7-10
-Jacksonville 2-3
-Los Angeles 5-7
-Milwaukee 2-0
-Nat. Zoo Washington 1-0
-Or Wild F * 1-0
-Phoenix 2-0
-Portland 1-3
-San Antonio 1-4
-San Diego Zoo 6-9
-Tucson 3-0
( * anybody an idea which collection could be ment by Or Wild F ? )
The total kept in 2010 was thus 31-36.
Next to this sub-population the ISIS listed 4 other collections from the Middle East which where keeping Speke's gazelles :
-Al Ain 3-7
-Al Wabra 23-34
-Maktoum 6-6
-Safa Wild * 19-32
( * also not known which collection is ment with this one )
which makes a second sub-population of 51-79 animals.
In Europe the species is currently not kept and historicly Zootierliste list only 6 former keepers:
Hannover
Kronberg
Napoli
Doha
Al Ain
( the last 2 collections not in Europe but Zootierliste list them )
I've some questions about the US-population :
Has anybody a more recent overview of the current population ?
Does anyone know if there have been later imports of new founders ( 1 male and 5 females seem to be a very small founder-group ! )
Any further information about the species is of course also very welcome !
The orgin of the N-A population began 1969 when St. Louis Zoo imported 1 male and 2 females. In 1972 another female came to St. Louis from the Lincoln Zoo in Chicago. Those 4 animals were the start of the N-A population and by 1983 other zoos had also recieved Speke's gazelles, all bred at St. Louis ( among them San Diego WAP and the Gladys Porter Zoo - Brownsville )
The National Zoo - Washington recieved 4 Speke's gazelles at the end of 1996.
1991 the zoo-population was 40 animals but went down to 24 in 1994.
Two years later the St. Louis Zoo managed to import 2 new females from Quatar so ( AFAIK ) the total-founder-population for the current population is 1 male and 5 females !
The latest ISIS-listing I was able to find is from Januari 2010 and the following US-zoos were keeping Speke's gazelles ( no Canadian zoos on the list ) :
-Saint Louis 7-10
-Jacksonville 2-3
-Los Angeles 5-7
-Milwaukee 2-0
-Nat. Zoo Washington 1-0
-Or Wild F * 1-0
-Phoenix 2-0
-Portland 1-3
-San Antonio 1-4
-San Diego Zoo 6-9
-Tucson 3-0
( * anybody an idea which collection could be ment by Or Wild F ? )
The total kept in 2010 was thus 31-36.
Next to this sub-population the ISIS listed 4 other collections from the Middle East which where keeping Speke's gazelles :
-Al Ain 3-7
-Al Wabra 23-34
-Maktoum 6-6
-Safa Wild * 19-32
( * also not known which collection is ment with this one )
which makes a second sub-population of 51-79 animals.
In Europe the species is currently not kept and historicly Zootierliste list only 6 former keepers:
Hannover
Kronberg
Napoli
Doha
Al Ain
( the last 2 collections not in Europe but Zootierliste list them )
I've some questions about the US-population :
Has anybody a more recent overview of the current population ?
Does anyone know if there have been later imports of new founders ( 1 male and 5 females seem to be a very small founder-group ! )
Any further information about the species is of course also very welcome !
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