Bengal tiger for South china tiger (US to China)
US has no Bengal Tigers.
Thomsons gazelle for Chinkara gazelle (US to India)
To what end? It's not a species of high importance conservation wise.
Spekes gazelle for Mountain gazelle (America to Middle East)
Too few Speke's in the US to start with
Desert bighorn sheep for Marco polo argali (US to Russia)
Not enough Marco Polo's Sheep in Europe to divvy up their population
Dama gazelle for Saiga (US to Russia)
Why would Russia want this species from the US when they are easy to get from EAZA.
Japanese serow for Sumatran serow (US to Thailand or Malaysia)
And kill the US Japanese serow program?
Chinese goral for Red goral (US to China)
And kill the US Chinese goral program?
African bush elephant for African forest elephant (America to Africa)
Send African Elephants to Africa in exchange for other African Elephants? Seems legit.
Reeves muntjac for Black muntjac (US to China)
Send a Chinese species to China?
Western lowland gorilla for Eastern lowland gorilla (US to Belgium)
Because exchanging two older, non-breeding animals is a great idea.
Kirks dik dik for Silver dik dik (US to Russia)
Does Russia have a viable population?
Harbor seal for Caspian seal (US to Iran)
Iran kind of hates us.
Harbor seal for Baikal seal (US to Russia)
Common species, native to Russia in exchange for a rare species also native to Russia...
Common warthog for Pygmy hog (US to India)
Common African for the most endangered suid in the world?
White tailed deer for Little red brocket (US to Columbia)
When did South American White-Tails go extinct?
Desert bighorn sheep for Tadjik urial (US to Latvia or Sweden)
Is there a stable EAZA population?
Somali wild ass for Indian wild ass (US to India)
Not enough of a stable population in the US for the Somalis
Zambian sable antelope for Giant sable antelope (US to Angola)
Wouldn't it be easier for Angola to get Zambian Sables from, I don't know, Zambia?
South african cheetah for Asiatic cheetah (US to Iran)
Umm, Iran hates us?
Spekes gazelle for Przewalskis gazelle (US to China)
See above
Red river hog for Giant forest hog (America to Africa)
Right, there are no Red River Hogs in Africa...
Nubian ibex for Spanish ibex (US to Spain)
The first plausible conjecture
Japanese serow for Himalayan serow (US to India)
See above
Japanese serow for Red serow (US to India)
See above
Mexican gray wolf for Mongolian wolf (US to Mongolia)
Right, jeopardize a major conservation program
Southern gerenuk for Northern gerenuk (America to Africa)
Why bother...?
Mexican gray wolf for Iberian wolf (US to Spain)
See above
Grizzly bear for Himalayan brown bear (US to Russia)
Since when are the Himalayas in Russia?
Desert bighorn sheep for Altai argali (US to Russia)
Plausible
Greater malay chevrotain for Balabac chevrotain (US to Philippines)
Why?
Red river hog for Philippine warty pig (US to Philippines)
Your second one that might work.
Malayan tapir for Mountain tapir (US to Columbia)
Already Mountain Tapirs in the US
Chinese goral for Himalayan goral (US to India)
See above
White tailed deer for Yucatan brown brocket (US to Mexico)
What happened to the White-Tails already in Mexico?
Eastern cottontail for Volcano rabbit (US to Mexico)
Pest species for a critically endangered one? Seems legit...
Green iguana for Marine iguana (US to Ecuador)
Illegal to export from the Galapagos
White tailed deer for Chilean huemul (US to Chile)
Ever hear of the problem with CWD?
Rocky mountain elk for Corsican red deer (US to Italy)
We have Barbary Deer which are the exact same thing as Corsican Deer
About the tiger trade, for some reason I thought the US did have Bengal tigers
As for the Chinakara gazelles, I was just trying to find a way to see them in the US, they are a very interesting gazelle species and they only made it into 2 european zoos
As for the Marco polo argalis, you are right, there are not that many in europe, less than 20 specimens I think, but I just want to see them back in US zoos
As for the Saigas, they are my favorite animals and I just want to see them back in the US, but I guess you are right they can get them from EAZA very easily, especially the Mhorr subspecies
As for the Sumatran serows, there are not that many Japanese serows in the US so it might not be a good idea to trade them in for Sumatran serows, perhaps there may be a better way to get that species into the US if that is even possible
As for the Red gorals, I know San Diego Zoo had them back in the late 1960s early 1970s, so I was just trying to figure out some way to get them back in the US
As for the African forest elephants, now that I think about it I doubt any african country would want to give a forest elephant up in exchange for a bush elephant
As for Black muntjacs, they have not been in north american zoos for a REALLY long time..., but now that I think about it, it does seem kind of weird trading a chinese animal for another chinese animal with china
With the Eastern lowland gorillas, now that I think about it I highly doubt that the Antwerp Zoo will want to give up their Eastern lowland gorillas
As for the Silver dik dik, I think Moscow Zoo only has 1 individual from what Sun Wukong said, and like the eastern lowland gorillas in antwerp I doubt Moscow Zoo will want to give up their Silver dik dik
As for the Caspian seal, I thought this was a fantasy thread so I was just having fun, and plus Caspian seals are my favorite seal species
As for the Little red brocket, South american white tailed deer subspecies are not extinct, I was just looking for a way to see Little red brockets
As for the Tadjik urial, now that I think about it, I highly doubt that their is a viable enough population in EAZA
As for the Indian wild ass, they are an amazing and rare species, but now that I think about it, Somali wild ass are more endangered and it is probably best that AZA concentrates on Somali wild ass
As for the Giant sable antelope, Zambia is obviously closer to Angola then the US is so Angola might want to do the easier thing and get them from Zambia, but then again I kind of doubt that Angola even wants Zambian sable antelopes
About the Asiatic cheetahs, like I said about Caspian seals, I thought that this was a fantasy thread
As for the Przewalskis gazelle, they are just an overlooked Procapra gazelle species so i thought It would be nice to see them in the US and also Przewalskis gazelles are pretty endangered from what i know
As for the Giant forest hog, most attempts to keeping them in captivity did not go so well and plus Africa may have enough Red river hogs
As for the Spanish ibex, I am glad I came up with at least 1 plausible idea and plus I have great memories seeing that species as a kid at the San Diego Zoo
As for the Himalayan serow, 1 western zoo had that zoo was the Berlin Zoo, and from what I know only one zoo has that species and that is the Nanital Zoo in India and I doubt that they will give their Himalayan serows up
As for the Mongolian wolf, It probably is not a great idea to jeopordize the mexican gray wolf program in the US
As for the Northern gerenuks, there has not been any in the US for a really long time so I thought that it would be cool to bring them in, but then again to the average zoo-goer a gerenuk is just a gerenuk is just a gerenuk, and besides they usually dont know what a gerenuk is
As for the Himalayan brown bear, the himalayas are obviously not in russia but a few russian zoos do have that subspecies but then agian their populations with in russian zoos may not be all that viable
As for the Altai argali, Oklahoma City Zoo did have them in the 1960s and i would like to see them back in the US, thanks for letting me know that I had another plausible idea
As for the Balabac chevrotain, It would be nice to see another tragulid species in the US for a change
As for the Mountain tapirs, my thought on that was we need more specimens in the US
As for the Yucatan brown brocket, i was just looking for some way to get them into the US but I doubt that Xcaret is going to want to give their specimens up considering they are the only facility on earth that has them and if Xcaret wanted White tailed deer, they could probably get them from another mexican zoo
As for the Volcano rabbit, Mexican zoos seem to be doing a good job at breeding the species and plus it may not be the greatest idea to bring a pest species into their native range, but then again Volcano rabbits are my favorite lagomorph species and I want to see them at one of my local zoos
As for the Marine iguana, again I thought this was a fantasy thread and i was just thinking about how nice it would be if Bronx Zoo got them back
As for the Chilean huemuls, pardon my lack of knowledge on the subject but what exactly happened with the CWD ?
As for the Corsican red deer, I thought they were a seperate subspecies from Barbary red deer
Also @Thylo, what i know about the Barbary red deer in San Diego is the San Diego WAP has them on exhibit but I think that the Zoo has them off exhibit (Not sure if they are still at the zoo though)
and @Jbnbsn99, I really appreciate the time you took to let me know about my ideas and letting me know that they were not all that plausible, you are a very smart guy and i appreciate all the informative things you have to say here on ZooChat
I always forget to bring a camera. There is a lot to update on at the zoo so next time I'm there I'll bring it.
