Actually most captive Shoebills are hand-reared chicks
yes, but those are taken from wild nests = wild caught, like pinkback said. Personally I still would like to see shoebills in zoos but only in places that can keep pairs in big aviaries where they can fly (because it is now clear that clipped wings inhibit breeding). Bringing a threatened species like shoebill into captivity should only be done if there is a real chance of captive breeding.
Largest collection of
cracids (curassows, guans, chachalacas): Vida Silvestre in Mexico City easily outmatches everyone else in number of individuals kept, number of species kept and breeding achieved. In addition to all the more commonly kept they have many that are kept in very few places like red-billed, blue-billed, nocturnal, razor-billed and crestless curassow, dusky-legged, rusty-margined, Andean, band-tailed, sickle-winged, wattled, black, highland and horned guan, and several chachalaca species. They also have some interesting non-cracid birds like 12-wired bird-of-paradise and resplendent quetzal.
How about place with most
pheasant species? World Pheasant Association used to have a lot but I'm not sure they do anymore and I'm not sure they ever were kept at one place. Or is it another place that has most pheasants?
How about
ducks and geese? I haven't been there but am under the impression that the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge has a very big collection. Others that are larger?
