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Male Proboscis monkey

Male Proboscis monkey
Goura, 25 Apr 2012
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    • Blackduiker
      What a profile. Jimmy Durante had nothing on this guy! Great viewing opportunity to see one of the zoo world's rarest gems.
      25 Apr 2012
    • Goura
      I believe they are in a new enclosure now - more open with less glass - but i won't be in Singapore again for quite some time. The new River Safari (due to open this year) looks interesting and worth a visit.
      25 Apr 2012
    • jusko88
      does any U.S. zoos have this amazing monkey? Love the picture haha:D
      25 Apr 2012
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    • Mickey
      @jusko88 Bronx tried to start a breeding prom in the USA but no other zoo accepted, they lost a lot of money with their troop and afaik none to very little breeding success
      10 Aug 2022
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    • Chlidonias
      @Mickey kind of curious as to your sources for "no other zoo accepted [a breeding programme]" and that the zoo "lost a lot of money with their troop".
      10 Aug 2022
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    • Mickey
      @Chlidonias I do not see any other Proboscis Monkey in the western "world", but if you're willing to prove me wrong I'd be more than glad to be
      10 Aug 2022
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    • Chlidonias
      @Mickey that is not an answer to my question though. This was not an era where zoos had cooperative breeding programmes, other than in rare cases. There were a number of zoos in the USA and Europe obtaining Proboscis Monkeys at this time, and none of them were trying to form a cooperative breeding programme - they were just keeping them for their own purposes, and at least some of them managed to breed them. So, to ask my question again, what are your sources for "no other zoo accepted [a breeding programme]" and that the zoo "lost a lot of money with their troop"? Your previous response of there being no Proboscis Monkeys in western zoos now answers neither of your claims that the Bronx tried to get other zoos involved in a cooperative breeding programme nor that the zoo "lost a lot of money" by keeping the monkeys.
      10 Aug 2022
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    Goura
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    25 Apr 2012
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