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Carnivores in mixed exhibits

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  1. FBBird

    FBBird Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    no reason that shouldn't work. Newquay used to have them with Lechwe and Zebra.
     
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    I think some might have been trodden on. :(
     
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    It amazes me that the Sealions at Artis seem to have behaved themselves so far. Sealions elsewhere have had worse table manners.
    By giraffes?
     
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    Zoo Berlin had a mixed exhibit in the nocturnal house for striped skunks and southern flying squirrels. It was a success... for the skunks as they ate four of the squirrels!
     
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    Jacksonville Zoo exhibits Asian small-clawed otters with babirusa.

    Memphis Zoo had Reeves’ muntjac and red pandas together and Asian small-clawed otters with white-cheeked gibbons, though I’m not sure whether they still do.
     
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    World Aquarium has Kinkajou with Linne's Two-Toed Sloth.
     
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    At the Sunset Zoo in Manhattan, KS there is a family of Maned Wolves that share their exhibit with a Giant Anteater.
     
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    Could Raccoon Dogs and Red Panda's share a mixed exhibit?
     
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    A few others:

    Harbor Seal/California Sea Lion - Milwaukee County Zoo
    Bat-Eared Fox/Red River Hog - Saint Louis Zoo
    Red Panda/Transcaspian Urial - Minnesota Zoo
    Bobcat/Canada Lynx - Wildwood Zoo
    American Black Bear/Chukar/Great Horned Owl - Ochsner Park Zoo
    Malayan Tapir/Binturong - Minnesota Zoo (this mix no longer exists)
     
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    This is interesting. Can you provide more information on this exhibit?
     
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    There have been a few renovations to the exhibit since this photo was taken, but it was the best I could find in the gallery:

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    A pool was added since then.

    Until my last visit, I had no idea Chukars were in here. I had seen the sign, but assumed it was old and the zoo no longer kept them. Imagine my surprise when this summer I saw the elusive Chukar right next to the bear! I have never seen the owl. Supposedly he is a permanently injured owl that lives is usually found in the trees ( @Wild wolverine might know more).
     
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    Surprised they keep Chukar and an injured owl with a bear. Just seems like the bear would eat the birds, but apparently the Chukar at least do just fine. Any clue what the owl's injury is?
     
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    I have no idea.
     
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    I don't know about the owl's specific injuries, but I have seen it up in a tree in the exhibit. Truly I don't understand how the mixed species works, it seems to me like all of these animals would attack and eat each other, but there hasn't been an issue and all three species have shared the space since at least early this summer, if not more.
     
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    I can't believe this. GH Owls would surely take the partridges on their first night. Wouldn't trust the Bears with either species.
     
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    It looks like an open-topped enclosure, so the owl is presumably completely flightless - it is probably put in the tree each morning and taken out at night.

    But, yes, I wouldn't trust a bear with a flghtless owl in a tree!
     
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    I would have thought the owl would take out the partridges too. Maybe the injury inhibits the owl's ability to get ahold of the partridges?

    That was my assumption too, the enclosure appears open. A flightless or otherwise injured owl seems like it wouldn't last long with a bear though.

    Also, are the Chukar wing-clipped? Pretty tall fence, but they do have wings... but if they can't fly, how have the owl and bear not gotten them? Perplexing exhibit here.
     
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    The exhibits is open-topped. I assume the Chukar are wing-clipped.
     
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    Surprised that nobody has mentioned this tragic failure:
    Bears kill wolf in Dutch zoo as visitors watch
    Pretty horrific video. Maybe somebody who knows the exhibit well might better explain the situation. There doesn't appear to be a wide stretch of land between the pond and the viewing window, so I wonder whether the wolf was cornered (wrong place, wrong time?).
     
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    Central Park used to keep arctic fox with their harbor seals, not sure if they still have fox.

    Philadelphia keeps its aardvark in with the meerkats.

    Omaha has two separate exhibits of meerkat and klipspringer, one indoors and one outdoors. Asian small-clawed otter are kept with white-handed gibbon and grey gibbon.

    From the AZA ungulate tag mixed species manual:
    Africam Safari - black bear with collared peccary and white-tailed deer
    Buffalo - domestic dog with axis deer, gaur, one-horned rhino
    Los Angeles - bat-eared fox with aoudad, yellow-backed duiker, and mountain bongo
    Saint Louis - bat-eared fox with red river hog
    San Diego Safari - bat-eared fox with warthog
    Animal Kingdom - meerkat with dik-dik
    Sequoia Park - red panda with indian muntjac
    Granby - red panda with reeve's muntjac
    Point Defiance - Asian small-clawed otter with female lowland anoa (the male tried to stomp them)
     
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