I have seen Spix Macaws at Walsrode in the late 70's/early 80's before they were sent to Brazil. No special sign or advertisement back then, just...
I have seen monk seals at the sea life center (much bigger animals than I had expected !) and they also had albatrosses at the park, which would...
Looking through your lists, I realize how fortunate I've been to have seen a whole lot of the species listed here ! It also made me realize how...
I was fortunate enough to see the real Jumbo's sceleton at the Natural History Museum in 1993. Impressive ! At the time, I thought they didn't do...
This is your answer ? Seriously ? Yes, circuses have bred elephants before zoos did. Most of that breeding was at a time many decades ago, when it...
Considering that with one single exception, all traveling circus elephants in Europe were wild caught, I would say that your statement of "less...
The Dallas World Aquarium has held a number of three toed sloths for several years now, although I am unsure about individual longevity. I...
The early twenties were identified as kind of a cut off point for first time pregnancies because significant problems were documented if first...
The sea lion enclosure in Cologne was built around 1880. Even though the pool has been changed and modernized, the main rock structure is still...
The problem is with first time mothers beyond their early twenties. Once they breed, zoo elephants also can breed successfully into relatively...
Late first pregnancies have happened (not sure about years, will try to check) but are known to be dangerous for the survival of the cow and calf....
Check out this fascinating web site : Northern Jaguar Project – A binational effort to save the northernmost jaguar population This is were...
Doesn't Loro Parc already hold five orcas, 4 young adults and a juvenile which is being hand reared ? It seems to me that especially the contact...
@Gerenuk : Thank you very much for posting this very interesting information ! I am really surprised about San Diego.
After a quick glance through ISIS, it seems to me that hardly any zoo in North America is currently breeding either Southern White or Black rhinos...
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