Has anyone seen Minnesota's last pig recently? I think there is a very real possibility that he?/she? has died.
I saw them on my last visit in December 2021, although @Dhole dude reported them unseen in December 2022.
@TinoPup's thread lists all of the following facilities as keeping wildcat (some are apparently generic and not African though). Are you sure none of them hold anymore?: Audubon Nature Institute, LA Birmingham Zoo, AL Great Cats World Park, OR (African) Lee Simmons Wildlife Safari, NE (African) Wild Felid Advocacy Center, WA
The Birmingham, Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center, and Lee Simmons individuals have all passed. It is possible the two sanctuary cats are still alive —The Great Cats World Park still lists theirs on their website — but all of the last remaining African wildcats in the United States were all descendants from the breeding and cloning projects conducted at the Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species (now the Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center) in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and so any remaining cats are at least 18 years old and are either clones or offspring of clones…
Yeah, I haven't seen the Wild Boar since at least last summer. I'd rather not speculate. but it's quite possible he was either transferred or has passed away.
I have gone into contact with this institution about this animal - and can confirm that the single Felis lybica at GCWP is still alive.
Yes, I've actually been a keeper for one myself, though the institution itself doesn't have them anymore. I feel like they are one of those inverts that, on account of their size, appearance, and the fact they don't require special PPQ permitting, are one of the go-to species for invert/insect displays.
