World Tapir Day

Clouded Leopard said:
According to World Tapir Day, why do any zoos have Baird’s or Mountain tapirs in the UK and Europe?
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There are Baird's tapirs at Tierpark Cottbus (0.1) and Zoologischer Garten Wuppertal (2.3) in Germany.

There is currently no mountain tapirs in Europe, I believe the last kept were at Wilhelma in Stuttgart, Germany which held the species until 1997 according to Zootierliste.

As for why there isn't a focus on them, neither species ever had a large presence in Europe with the main focus being on lowland and Malayan tapirs. In North America, Baird's are much more common (with lowland being rare comparatively if I'm not mistaken). There is also mountain tapirs there but I believe Los Angeles Zoo is the only zoo still holding them.
 
Fallax said:
There are Baird's tapirs at Tierpark Cottbus (0.1) and Zoologischer Garten Wuppertal (2.3) in Germany.

There is currently no mountain tapirs in Europe, I believe the last kept were at Wilhelma in Stuttgart, Germany which held the species until 1997 according to Zootierliste.

As for why there isn't a focus on them, neither species ever had a large presence in Europe with the main focus being on lowland and Malayan tapirs. In North America, Baird's are much more common (with lowland being rare comparatively if I'm not mistaken). There is also mountain tapirs there but I believe Los Angeles Zoo is the only zoo still holding them.
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Baird's, lowland, and Malayan all have 20 or so holders here. Lowland is just more common outside of AZA. Cheyenne Mountain now has 1.0 mountain tapir again, a recent transfer from Los Angeles.
 
TinoPup said:
Baird's, lowland, and Malayan all have 20 or so holders here. Lowland is just more common outside of AZA. Cheyenne Mountain now has 1.0 mountain tapir again, a recent transfer from Los Angeles.
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Does LA still have a male tapir?
Or do they not intend on breeding them anymore
 
TinoPup said:
Baird's, lowland, and Malayan all have 20 or so holders here. Lowland is just more common outside of AZA. Cheyenne Mountain now has 1.0 mountain tapir again, a recent transfer from Los Angeles.
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Thanks for the clarification :) I wasn't aware that CMZ got a mountain tapir again.
 
PossumRoach said:
Iirc they have two males one female. And sadly there are no plans to breed them.
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A real pity the AZA did not put more thought into managing this endangered species ... a sentiment that I'm sure rings true for many other ones !
So it is that monotony pays better than co-ordinated efforts to bring relatively obscure species into clear view !
 
dillotest0 said:
A real pity the AZA did not put more thought into managing this endangered species ... a sentiment that I'm sure rings true for many other ones !
So it is that monotony pays better than co-ordinated efforts to bring relatively obscure species into clear view !
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For sure, but I thought the reason why interest for this species got diminished was the lack of genetic diversity and the difficulty to het new founders. And while it is not in North America the Cali zoo in Colombia is an AZA member so even if the species is lost in the US the AZA still has this species (however I forgot if Cali still keeps mountain tapir.)
 
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