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River Dolphins in captivity!

Discussion in 'General Zoo Discussion' started by Dallaspachyderm, 5 Feb 2011.

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  1. vogelcommando

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    They unfortunately don't anymore. The situation in Venezuela is truly dire and zoo animals have been victims of abandonment, lack of resources or straight-out poaching. I found this article from 2016 saying that all of the 6 individuals have died. A truly saddening situation.

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    Thanks for this update @toto98 ! Realy sad to read about the situation in Venezuela :(.
     
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    Really tragic news but I have to say I am not really suprised given the situation in Venezuela.
     
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    These photos are supposed to be from November this year (2020) taken at Zoologico de Guistochoca in Peru. So is it possible that they still got one Amazon river dolphin and that Baby was not the last one in captivity? :confused:

    2 photos of the individual and one of the enclosure.
     

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    So after Baby's death at Duisburg it is looking like this place in Peru is the only facility holding them?
     
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    So the enclosure is just a small pond with a net around it?
     
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    I hope other South American zoos and aquariums (I'm not counting the Quistococha zoo, because they might still have some) are able to obtain some specimens and breed them in captivity.
     
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    I read somewhere that they tend to kill each other if multiple are put together, although this of course depends on personality.
     
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