Thanks to the gallery I just discovered a really beautiful bird that I wasn't aware existed before: the long-tailed ground roller (Uratelornis...
The Golden bellied capuchin monkey (also known as the buffy headed capuchin and yellow breasted capuchin) is one of the most threatened of the...
Iguanas are one of the most threatened genus of reptiles due to the many anthropogenic pressures exerted on wild populations and are therefore...
Lately I've read / learned about quite a few examples of the last individuals of a species kept by a zoo (blue ducks in UK, Mauritius kestrel in...
Here are a series of online lectures called "Stories from the field" each presented by a scientist from Bristol Zoological Society / Bristol zoo...
I wanted to start this thread specifically about the gentle / bamboo lemurs within zoos and discuss what the best enclosures for these species...
I remember having seen these extraordinary looking suids at a number of European zoos during the 1990's and early 2000's and looking on...
I thought it would be good to create a thread where zoochatters can share anything they know or find out about the history of either ex-situ...
I've been doing some thinking and reading about the necessity of ex-situ Eulemur conservation lately given how dire the situation facing many of...
I've created this thread specifically about ex-situ conservation programes of native species (and in-situ programes and actions supported) in...
A list of websites that may of interest to zoochatters interested in the conservation of endangered turtles freshwater turtles : Home - Turtle...
I was looking at the fairly recent news of the arrival of the Malagasy big headed turtle (Erymnochelys madagascariensis) at Jersey zoo in the UK...
This is a bit of a thought experiment that I'd like to try out on this forum. The ring tailed lemur is one of the most ubiquitious animals kept...
What is going on with the EAZA "Silent Forest / Asian Songbird Crisis Campaign" in zoos in Europe ? I heard fairly recently from a zoochatter...
The Anami rabbit is an intriguing evolutionarily distinct and also very endangered endemic Japanese mammal. I was wondering whether these are...
Out of curiosity does anyone know whether the brown howler monkey (Alouatta guariba) is currently being kept in any of the European zoos ? I...
Having followed fairly closely the studies done by ZSL and EDGE in the Dominican Republic and Haiti for over a decade it has always puzzled me as...
Here is an open-ended question to all: 'Good' means many different things to many different people. People go to zoos with different objectives....
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