If it is any consolation there are two Hunter's Hartebeests as taxidermy specimens in the African Hall of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.
Oh, you must have special resources. As far as I know there was NEVER something that could be considered as (or deserved the name) "ex-situ-PROGRAME" (like SSP, EEP etc.). So how can something fail when it never existed?
There was one-belive me ! An "ex-situ" programme must not be a SSP or EEP, long before them there were "ex-situ-programmes" for so many, many species, so YOU don't know that ? Zoomaniac, you dissappoint me....But f you want, you can call it a"try" so build a population of them in"captivity", and this "try" has unfortuantely failed...I would say, every attempt to breed a species outside of its natural habitat with the goal, to save the species, could be considered an "ex-situ"programme... So long.
thankfully kenya seem to be more conservationist for its species than most other african nations. has mugabie sent his 'noah's ark' of animals to north korea yet?
Man, i would just plain salivate seeing a hirola ( beatragus hunteri) in real life, they are such amazing creatures, i want to have one in my zoo when i start a zoo
Dear all ungulate fans, I'm looking for photos of two wild-born bongo from West Africa that arrived in the US zoos in the 60's. A male that was in Cleveland from 1963 to 1972 and a female that arrived in Washington from 1969-70 and later was transferred to Brownsville untill her death in 1979. Thanks in advance
What year did the last Hirola (Beatragus hunteri) at Gladys Porter Zoo die and why are there no more in captivity ? It seems that relatively recently a decent amount of US zoos kept them, besides GPZ other examples included Los Angeles Zoo, San Diego Zoo, San Diego Wild Animal Park, Dallas Zoo, and Busch Gardens Tampa to name a few
