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Number of Holders of Marine Mammals in America vs. Europe (and in other regions)

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  1. Nikola Chavkosk

    Nikola Chavkosk Well-Known Member

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    I have tried to find answer by search tool, but that seems it is almost impossible (or I don'y know to search on best way possible) or will take me a lot of time. I am interested for that how many holders there are in America in particular for:

    -California sea lions
    -Bottle-nosed dolphins
    -But also other species/subspecies listed below.


    Situation in Europe (ZTL) is:
    -90 holders (!!) of California sea lions
    -29 holders of Cape fur seal
    -11 holders (5 in Russia) of Northern fur seal
    -9 holders of South American fur seal
    -46 holders of South American sea lion
    -22 holders of Atlantic gray seal
    -21 holders (6 in Poland) of Baltic sea gray seal
    -97 holders (!!) of Eastern Atlantic harbour seal
    -7 holders of steller sea lion

    -28 holders of Atlantic bottlenose dolphin
    -20 holders (16 in Russia & Ukraine) of Black sea bottlenose dolphin
    -1 holder (in Romania) of Pacific bottlenose dolphin
    -3 holders of killer whale
    -16 holders (10 in Russia) of beluga

    !! The numbers are almost unbelieveable; I did not expected that will be this high (Wich is of course a positive thing - extensive ex-situ populations). But I have no idea about the number of holders of these species in America, so can anyone help with this out? Also it is welcomed, info, from other regions in the world. Thanks.
     
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    aardvark250 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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  3. Shellheart

    Shellheart Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I've been able to find
    32 holders of Bottlenose Dolphin (a few,surprisingly,were actually hotels in Hawaii,and one of the holders was a military organization)
    4 holders of killer whale
    6 holders of beluga whale

    Out of curiosity,when you say three holders of killer whale in Europe,do you mean Loro Parque, Marineland France,and the Moskvarium? If so,I believe the Tinro Center in Russia also holds orcas. Frequently, images of orcas at the facility arise,and so far as I can see they don't discuss their stock, so I don't know that you'd count that.
     
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  4. Nikola Chavkosk

    Nikola Chavkosk Well-Known Member

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    Yes, I mean on these three, according to Zootierliste. Although the Loro parque is not geographically part of Europe, but it is politically (part of Spain).
     
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    oflory Well-Known Member 10+ year member Premium Member

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    1x Orinoco river dolphin at Duisberg and some harbour porpoises at Hardewijk too. There are also walruses at Valencia and Hamburg, maybe other collections, without checking ZTL...
     
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  6. Nikola Chavkosk

    Nikola Chavkosk Well-Known Member

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    Also I would love to know how many holders of manatees are in America; In Europe there are 10 holders of Antillean manatee (West Indian).
     
    Nikola Chavkosk, 24 Mar 2017
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