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#16
13-10-2008
The zoo's youngest male white rhinos, Harris & Lyonnel, have been weaned and will be moving on this fall to the Peoria, IL Zoo.
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#17
01-12-2008
When it comes to future exhibits, the North Carolina Zoo is starting to look at the bigger picture...we may see the addition of a new continent on the zoo's property in the next decade.
Zoo makes plans to expand : News-Record.com : Greensboro, North Carolina |
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#18
28-02-2009
North Carolina to add another Polar Bear....
Polar bear returning to N.C. Zoo : News-Record.com : Greensboro, North Carolina |
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#19
25-03-2009
Gorilla death at the zoo...
Hope, gorilla at N.C. Zoo, dies : News-Record.com : Greensboro, North Carolina |
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#20
25-03-2009
Unfortunately, Year of the Gorilla isn't going so well in the US - 1 birth, and 4 deaths.
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#21
03-04-2009
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#22
29-04-2009
The zoo has brought in 1.1 giraffe for the edge of the forest exhibit. the male is Rothschilds giraffe and the female is a reticulated giraffe, is this sensible bringing in two sub-species, are there not separate breeding programmes in the AZA for sub-species?
Then again perhaps one or other is unable to breed and are there for display purposes only? |
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#23
29-04-2009
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#24
29-04-2009
Thanks Ituri, that has come of somewhat of a shock to me, i would never have realised that those subspecies retic/Roths, have been abandoned by the AZA, surely in this day and age of genetic testing, pure bred individuals could be sourced and pooled together?
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#25
29-04-2009
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#26
29-04-2009
What are the ramifications now that the giraffe has been split into at least 6 full species. Will there have to be a true SSP especially for the Rothschild which is critically endangered?
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#27
29-04-2009
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#28
29-04-2009
It seems that report is several years old. I was referring to the new research and paper by Brown et al 2007. where they have shown huge amounts of data pushing for the elevation of most if not all giraffe subspecies to full species level.
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#29
29-04-2009
Doesn't change the fact that there is not a viable pure-bred population of reticulateds or rothschilds giraffes in the US, and when was the last time giraffes were imported?
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#30
29-04-2009
According to the article, the giraffes labeled as reticulated and baringo in North America are hybirds and genetically distinct from the reticulated and baringo populations in the wild...thus the rationale of maintaining these two seperate (sub)species is a no longer valid. However the Masai Giraffe population's genetic makeup is in aggreement with the wild population.
No matter what the new species status of the different giraffe populations are...it will not change the current management of giraffes in North America. |
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