NRW is a state in northwestern germany, and is claimed to have the highest density of zoological gardens in the world. Laying literaly next to another hotspot of the zoo world, the netherlands, the institutions on both sides of the border had to create each their own more or less unique concept to attrack an audience. Instead of competing the parks collaborated in creatibg a concept that was complimentary.
I asked myself if this system could be applied beyond the region both in europe and internaly.
NRW had fife or six bigger zoos (muenster, dortmund, wuppertal, koln aka cologne gelsenkirchen and duisburg) with a more or less range of the classic abc species along four or fife (rheine, bochum, krefeld !and aachen) depending on the definition of the region, as nordhorn seemed to be more on the locals radar than neuwied.
Moenchengladbach and Essen had parks as well.
A very interesting collection was duesseldorf housing rather rare mostly fish amphibia and reptiles along aquatic and terresteial invertebrate.
Also an important mention the zoological museum and university bonn. Having species hardly any other institution had from field trips.
The aquarium at oberhausen was a sealife what said a lot on its own, yeah like very lil scientific relewance.
Other parts might bot have such a density and might operate on a larger level but souther germany could collab with parts of switzerland and austria.
I can not speak for the rest of europe but scandinavia had enough institutions to adapt this system and when enough parks participated each species would have a larger back up population.
Generaly the ecological footprint of a few specimen shipped internationaly was still smaller than all humans needing to go to australia to see their native fauna.
I planned to show some examples like with bear species kwpt here.
I asked myself if this system could be applied beyond the region both in europe and internaly.
NRW had fife or six bigger zoos (muenster, dortmund, wuppertal, koln aka cologne gelsenkirchen and duisburg) with a more or less range of the classic abc species along four or fife (rheine, bochum, krefeld !and aachen) depending on the definition of the region, as nordhorn seemed to be more on the locals radar than neuwied.
Moenchengladbach and Essen had parks as well.
A very interesting collection was duesseldorf housing rather rare mostly fish amphibia and reptiles along aquatic and terresteial invertebrate.
Also an important mention the zoological museum and university bonn. Having species hardly any other institution had from field trips.
The aquarium at oberhausen was a sealife what said a lot on its own, yeah like very lil scientific relewance.
Other parts might bot have such a density and might operate on a larger level but souther germany could collab with parts of switzerland and austria.
I can not speak for the rest of europe but scandinavia had enough institutions to adapt this system and when enough parks participated each species would have a larger back up population.
Generaly the ecological footprint of a few specimen shipped internationaly was still smaller than all humans needing to go to australia to see their native fauna.
I planned to show some examples like with bear species kwpt here.