Species we have lost over the last quarter of a century

Wait they are gone? I hadn’t been to Hellabrunn since the 17th of last month and they were still there. I should have went to say goodbye for one more time…

I don’t know what you mean by not too long ago but I have only seen two individuals ever since my first visit back in December. So one may have passed on since your visit.

 

Sorry, around year ago.

 

Yes they're gone for sure. I didn't see them, and noticed there was no signage for them. So I asked the keepers and they confirmed they're gone. Pity, I might have missed them by a few weeks.

 

I did check ZTL and Hellabrunn was listed under former holdings.

 

Yes because I moved them there

 

I think the Cape fox deserves a mention in this thread as well!
The last individual in a zoo worldwide died in Plzen in 2024.
I'm happy I got to see the species a few times. I sincerely doubt I will ever get to see it again.

 

Dragonstone Ranch in Texas was recently mentioned as an owner of Cape foxes here on Zoochat. Probably doesn´t pass as a zoo. But if the species is in private trade in the US, it might pop-up at exhibit somewhere again.

Link

 

I saw a Cape fox at the Milan Zoo in 1983. I also saw a model of a Tanystropheus at the nearby Natural History Museum

 

There's always a possibility.
Although, I'm not sure if I want it to pop up in zoos again if the origin of the species is some sort of obscure private owner that gets their animals from the wild.

 

Isn’t that how some small mammals pop up in zoos?