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only gorilla in India
25-10-2008
The Associated Press: India's only gorilla alone despite search for mate
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25-10-2008
Indian zoos for years have suffered from being virtually cut off from all ISIS or the international zoo community. However, import and export burocracy has also contributed to the relative low number in transfers to or fro India to other regions.
Mysore Zoo is actually one of the better Indian zoos - as both our Indian correspondents may testify - and has some unusual (well for the Indian subcontinent) species on exhibit -. For starters: I wish that EAZA would provide them with some female southern white rhino in exchange for the lone young female black rhino languishing without a mate. This would add on to the African biome theme they have developped at Mysore Zoo (next to native species exhibition). Several other species might benefit from exchanges overseas. In the past Koeln Zoo has been instrumental in this (was not their wanderu troupe to be relocated to Mysore or back to India? - which lately has fallen through)? |
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#3
25-10-2008
You made some good points Jelle and maybe it could open up the way for Indian zoos to join the EEP for Indian rhinos or all species of rhino for that matter
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#4
15-12-2008
I have been trying to help Polo's cause for quite some time now. Been in otuch with Gorilla Haven. But I think Mysore is unlikely to let him go and I think that is wrong. If no zoo is willing to send a mate for Polo then he should be sent to a zoo outside India. But I think he will not be becuase he has great display value.
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#5
15-12-2008
That is a shame, how would someone like it to be put all alone in a cage and not even be sent to Civilization cause your soo fascinating to other creatures. ?? Hope you keep fighting for what's right though! Kudos on you!
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#6
15-12-2008
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CZA and the Mysore Zoo themselves are responsible for animal transfers, so jurisdiction does lie elsewhere. With the incorporation of the CZA main zoos into ISIS conservation breeding and transfer arrangements for Indian zoos and CZA will be much improved. A suggestion to move an ex-EEP gorilla to Gorilla Haven is out of the question as in that project EAZA and the donating zoo will have say/jurisdiction. Direct action is much better and criticism is fine ... but it has to be realistic. I am much for improving basic conditions including exhibits, husbandry+management and transfers in-situ then intercontinental. In that respect your suggestion is far from realistic. A critical note here: if you wish to improve conditions you must come up with the cash required and work with CZA and the zoos involved and not outside of them. F.i. if someone were to want to improve something with me, I would not like them to go through 3rd parties and around or to the press instead. Jelle Jelle |
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