Zoo Animals Populations that will Expand in the Future

I think the Chacoan Mara could potentially be seen in more zoos (at least) across Europe. They breed easily and require very similar conditions to the more numerous Patagonian Cavy. A few zoos have obtained them recently and there are some currently in private collections.
 
animalszoos said:
I think the Chacoan Mara could potentially be seen in more zoos (at least) across Europe. They breed easily and require very similar conditions to the more numerous Patagonian Cavy. A few zoos have obtained them recently and there are some currently in private collections.
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It's not that simple actually. Chacoan mara are much more sensitive than Patagonians, and more fragile too. They also generally don't do very well in open-topped enclosures. Many animals currently in zoos originate from the privately kept stock or animal dealers.

If there is enough interest, the Chacoan mara could potentially reach the numbers of the more abundant agouti species, but I doubt it will ever be as common as the Patagonian cavy (which is far easier to keep).
 
TheEthiopianWolf03 said:
I'm kinda confused what you are suggesting Nikola. Can you please explain what it is that you are saying?
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On what do you think, TheEthiopianWolf03. You are asking me what I am saying with the goal of this thread, or with what/ Or can you quote particular post of me that is confusing you, if that is case.
 
lintworm said:
Basically your country is acting foolishly when it comes to wildlife, if taking a closer look. No exports is an arguable rule, but that does mean that you have to take care of the endemic species within the country and Ethiopia is failing miserably. All national parks see high levels of encroachment of livestock and dogs and no serious efforts are taken to curb that. Hunting permits for mountain nyala and many other species are easily available as well, but conserving habitats is of very low priority...Ethiopian wolf populations in Bale, the main stronghold have dropped again by 50% in recent years because they cannot keep dogs out of the park which are spreading canine distemper... The only place the Ethiopian government seems to care for their wildlife is at Bole airport, where international arrivals are met by nice pictures from all the endemic mammals that still call Ethiopia their home... Ethiopian policies do not seem to have anything to do with common sense and in the case of banning exports more with national pride...
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The problems that you have listed are problems that happen with many other 3rd world countries. When I get the proper education, I plan on trying to find solutions to these issues. But until then not much is being done.

I'll make a separate thread about this issue after I finish my review thread.
Nikola Chavkosk said:
On what do you think, TheEthiopianWolf03. You are asking me what I am saying with the goal of this thread, or with what/ Or can you quote particular post of me that is confusing you, if that is case.
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I didn't really understand what you were trying to say when you posted about how "The smuggling of the Ethiopian mountain viper is a good thing for the sake of conservation". Unless I read it wrong can you please explain what you were trying to say?

Nikola Chavkosk said:
Chlidonias, sometimes that's a good thing for the sake of ex situ conservation of animals, that like vipers, would florish in captivity. The same thing was the case for Fiji banded (and Fiji short-crested) iguanas, when the Fiji Government declared that none of the oversea Fiji banded iguana was legally exported (info from Wikipedia), but smuggled.
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TheEthiopianWolf03 said:
I didn't really understand what you were trying to say when you posted about how "The smuggling of the Ethiopian mountain viper is a good thing for the sake of conservation". Unless I read it wrong can you please explain what you were trying to say?
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Thanks to smuggling, we now have a captive self-sustainable population of many wild animals including Fiji-banded iguana, when countries do not allow export for conservation purposes. The same is case with Ethiopian mountain viper.
 
TheEthiopianWolf03 said:
The problems that you have listed are problems that happen with many other 3rd world countries. When I get the proper education, I plan on trying to find solutions to these issues. But until then not much is being done.
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That would be most welcome indeed. You are right Ethiopia is a 3rd world country, but many 3rd world countries in eastern and southern Africa take conservation very seriously these days, this includes countries like Malawi, which is just about the poorsest country in Africa. For Ethiopia it just doesn't seem to be a priority, which is a shame because it is a wonderful country, which is being mismanaged since over 60 years unfortunately...
 
Nikola Chavkosk said:
Thanks to smuggling, we now have a captive self-sustainable population of many wild animals including Fiji-banded iguana, when countries do not allow export for conservation purposes. The same is case with Ethiopian mountain viper.
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But does that really help? Do you think that smuggling wildife helps the growth of population of species in captivity? Or does it just promote wildife smuggling even more? It may help one species but it could make another species go extinct entirely.
 
TheEthiopianWolf03 said:
But does that really help? Do you think that smuggling wildife helps the growth of population of species in captivity? Or does it just promote wildife smuggling even more? It may help one species but it could make another species go extinct entirely.
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As I wrote, a continuous and smuggling of large numbers of animals from a species, would be very detrimental, but establishing a basic nucleus of around 20 animals can be very helpfull for ex-situ conservartion.
 
Nikola Chavkosk said:
Ok, we already have a new European holder of Venezuelan red howler, namely the Gaia zoo in the Netherlands with receiving of 1.1 monkeys from Apenheul. The total holder number of this species in continental Europe is 5 (with around 35 animals!), and there are two other holders who are participating, from the French Oversea territories, bringing the total number of holders to 7.

The Tasmanian devil is on expansion way too, with already 4 holders in Europe!

However, the number of koala holders reduced from 12 to 11 (with Budapest zoo no longer keeps koalas - what are the reasons?)
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Koalas were died in cancer:(
 
HungarianBison said:
Visayan warty pig! 2 pigs arrived to Budapest in 2016, now the zoo has 13 Visayan pigs.
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The number of zoos keeping them grew like crazy in the early-mid 2010's, though it seems to have stabilized a bit more recently. I wonder how much a "fashion species" they were and how many of the zoos currently keeping them will be keeping them in 10-15 years (though they are an endangered species, so they'll probably still be bred and be around).
 
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