Mixed carnivore exhibits

08-02-2011

As far as I can remember the meerkat/Lion mixed exhibit only lasted the one day! The lioness got a very tasty treat and the zoo were down one meerkat

08-02-2011

Over the years there have been a few hybrid bears born in zoos. I saw polar x brown hybrids at Thoiry (France) in 1971.

Alan

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08-02-2011

In terms of mixing carnivores. Many aquariums mix equally carnivorous sharks together!

08-02-2011

The new Angola lion enclosure at Antwerp Zoo (Belgium) will hold lion, meerkat and yellow-backed mongoose in the same enclosure, but with restrictions: only a part of the enclosure will be open for all three species and the two smaller ones will have access to a no-lion zone.
This enclosure is under construction (opening schedule summer 2011) at the former large field for hoofed stock which has a Hagenbeck-style panoramic view.

08-02-2011

Schwerin tried to mix lions with meerkats and yellow mongooses, but had to stop soon; some lions enjoyed the little snacks all too much...

09-02-2011

In last edition of International Zoo yearbook is article "Canids and ursids in mixed-species exhibits". It's a link to this article:
Canids and ursids in mixed-species exhibits - DORMAN - 2010 - International Zoo Yearbook - Wiley Online Library

10-02-2011

In 2001 Leipzig Zoo kept lions and black-backed jakals but only for three months. Both jakals were injured by lions and died.

10-02-2011

The stud male I believe as well?

The previously mentiod Lion and Parakeet mix also planned for otters orginally!. I've heard of polar bears with artic foxes and if anyone else is seeing a theme here you can guess what happened!

11-02-2011

Charles Towne Landing in Charleston, SC, once exhibited raccoons, and grey and red foxes in it's Animal Forest. When I was there, the greys were in hiding but the red foxes and raccons seemed to get along fine with each other. Over the years their animal collection has been reduced and this exhibit is no longer (gone too are the wolves which were phased out after their passing, along with a native reptile exhibit and a alligator exhibit).

I recall there were some lions and tigers together in Cambridge, Ontario's African Lion Safari. They also used to (still do? I haven't visited in years) mix American Black Bears with baboons.

24-09-2011

Hey what would happen if they try to Mix Sloth Bear and Malayan Tapir in the Same Exhibit? Same Thing to do with Maned Wolf and Guanaco.

24-09-2011

Also, What about Bush Dogs and Giant Anteater in the Same Exhibit?

Mixed-species exhibits with the members of the Ursidae
28-05-2012

There is a detailed article about Mixed-species exhibits with the members of Ursidae, here you can see it:

http://zoorope.freewb.hu/uploads/rag...rletben-i..pdf

Unfortunately it is only in Hungarian, but it has a very abundant collection of unique photos, and there is a table on page 26-27 which enumerates the Ursid and other species been mixed together with the mention of their scientific names.

29-05-2012

That is a great find - thanks for posting! There was even one from my state of Arizona (puma and black bear at Out Of Africa). The puma has since died and the exhibit now has just black bear.

29-05-2012

Glad to enjoyed the article Arizona Docent!

Yes, I also mentioned that in the article. Furthermore, the bears and cougars lived together with wolves for some time (so all three carnivore species in the same exhibit), but when the canids have reached sexual maturity there were problems between them and the felids, so separation has been taken after that...

29-05-2012

Reepark, ebeltoft in denmark -mix black bears and wolves and in an adjoining exhibit bears and bison and may have even at some point mixed the three with success,

Woburn- black bears and wolves for years successfully

Does any one have info on mixing hyena and lions or cheetah and jackal as have heard of time shared enclosures but not direct mixes??