What animals would you like too see more.

Wekas and giant wetas outside New Zealand. Both are very unusual, have an interesting conservation message, and are apparently not difficult to care.
 
I'd like to see more diversity in smaller mammals, you can never have too many squirrels or civets (as two random examples).

Individual species that I'd like to see spread out include the smaller Euplerids, Short-beaked Echidna, and Shoebill.
 
I would like to see again some of the small mammals and birds which I saw in various zoos many years ago, not necessarily particularly rare or difficult to keep, but interesting and attractive in their own ways. Moustached and Geoffroy's tamarins, plains and mountain viscachas, more species of martens and bee-eaters, plus New Caledonian crows.
 
More small cats. Not necessarily rare species, just some smaller cats like Margays, Geoffroy's cats, Fishing cats, and some more wildcats as well.
 
Brum said:
Any of them that are smaller than a Fossa. I like Fossas but I think we need to get some more holders of Fanaloka, Narrow-Striped and Ring-tailed Mongooses, and I'm crossing my fingers for the Grandidier's Vontsira programme to pick up steam.
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Yes, I agree it would be nice to see more Euplerids other than the fossa.

Which zoos are participating in the Grandidier's Vontisira program ?
 
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gentle lemur said:
I would like to see again some of the small mammals and birds which I saw in various zoos many years ago, not necessarily particularly rare or difficult to keep, but interesting and attractive in their own ways. Moustached and Geoffroy's tamarins, plains and mountain viscachas, more species of martens and bee-eaters, plus New Caledonian crows.
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Like you, I would like to see again various species that I've not seen for some years, although I would prefer to see more rarely seen species.

My top ten would be:

long-beaked echidna
zebra duiker
Jentink's duiker
saiga antelope
Sumatran rhinoceros
tarsier
red uakari
monkey-eating eagle
white-necked picathartes
grey-necked picathartes.
 
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Brum said:
Just Chester (off-show :() and Magdeburg at the moment. There are some in private hands as well, so hopefully they will spread out a bit more. :)
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I would have thought that Jersey zoo would have been part of the program too considering their links, connections and commitments in Madagascar.
 
Tim May said:
Like you, I like to see again various species that I've not seen for some years, although I would prefer to see more rarely seen species.

My top ten would be:

long-beaked echidna
zebra duiker
Jentink's duiker
saiga antelope
Sumatran rhinoceros
tarsier
red uakari
monkey-eating eagle
white-necked picathartes
grey-necked picathartes.
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Have you seen all of those species already Tim ? or are there any in that list that you haven't yet seen ?
 
I would like to see a greater diversity of amphibians (any species really) at my local zoos, perhaps like a 'frog house' or a section designated to them would be especially appreciated. A few zoos exhibit a small collection of native tree frogs and one will hopefully place some of their poison dart frogs on-display soon, but I still feel like they don't really get the attention they deserve.
 
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