Where do the Deer & Antelope Play?: A Look at America's Ungulate Populations

Sorry I meant the oryx and gazelle have been gone for roughly a year. Possibly less but I last saw the oryx in late May of last year and the gazelle some time before that.

 

Haha — well, thank you I would’ve found time for it, eventually! I wouldn’t have minded

They were. They received a bachelor group from San Diego this spring.

Within the last couple of weeks. They were down to a single female for awhile, but she is now gone as well.

 

Muntjac, Reeve's
Elmwood Park Zoo, PA

 

I'm surprised it took 9 days for someone to notice I also forgot one of the most common species

Oryx, Scimitar

Spoiler

Aggieland Wild Animal Safari, TX
Aikman Wildlife Adventure, IL??
Aloha Safari Zoo, NC??
Animal Adventure Park, NY
Austin Savanna*, TX
Bayou Wildlife Zoo, TX
Bee City Zoo, SC
Big Joel's Safari, MO
Blue Springs Safari, MS??
Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park, MI
Brevard Zoo, FL
Brights Zoo, TN
Busy B Ranch Wildlife Park, TX
Cape May County Zoo, NJ
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve, MD
Disney’s Animal Kingdom, FL??
Eudora Wildlife Safari Park / Eudora Farms, SC??
Exotic Resort Zoo, TX
Fort Chiswell Animal Park, VA
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, TX
Giraffe Ranch, FL
Global Wildlife Center, LA
Guymon Municipal Game Reserve, OK
Harmony Park Safari, AL??
Highland Hills Farm Adventure, GA??
Iron Mountain Ranch, TX*
Kansas City Zoo, MO
Keystone Safari, PA
Laredo Safari and Adventure Park, TX
Lazy 5 Ranch, NC
Lazy L Safari Park, MO
Lee G. Simmons Wildlife Safari Park, NE
Lehigh Valley Zoo, PA
Lion Country Safari, OH
Lonesome Dove Drive-Thru Safari, TX
Lost Creek Safari, OK
Louisiana Purchase Gardens & Zoo, LA
Lupa Zoo, MA
Memphis Zoo, TN
Metro Richmond Zoo, VA
Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch, TX
North Texas Safari Park, TX??
Out of Africa Wildlife Park, AZ??
Promised Land Zoo Branson, MO
R Lazy J Wildlife Ranch, AZ
Rolling Hills Zoo, KS
Safari Lake Geneva, WI
Safari West, CA
San Diego Safari Park, CA
Sanctuary Serengeti, TX
Shamba Safari, WI
Silver Wolf Animal Refuge & Sanctuary, TX??
Six Flags Great Adventure, NJ
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, VA
Smithsonian National Zoo, DC
Snider Family Exotics, OK
Southwicks Zoo, MA
Texas Safari Ranch, TX
The Wilds, OH
Timbavati Wildlife Park, WI
Topsey Exotic Ranch, TX??
Trowbridge Creek Zoo, MN
Virginia Safari Park, VA
Wild Adventures, GA
Wild Florida, FL
Wildlife Safari, OR
Wildlife World Zoo, AZ
Wildwood Wildlife Park & Safari, WI
Wilstem Wildlife Park, IN
Wonder World Cave & Adventure Park, TX
Zoosiana, LA
Zootastic Park, NC

Oryx, Beisa
Aikman Wildlife Adventure, IL??
Aloha Safari Zoo, NC
Creation Kingdom Zoo, VA??
Micanopy Zoological Preserve*, FL
Natural Bridge Zoo, VA
Six Flags Great Adventure, NJ
Wildlife World Zoo, AZ
Wildwood Wildlife Park & Safari, WI
Zootastic Park, NC

 

Ox Ranch, one of the biggest and most well-known hunting ranches in Texas, has officially opened a safari. Their website provides no info on how to visit. Species to add Ox Safari, TX to:

Blackbuck, Thomson's Gazelle, Springbok
Bison
Bongo, Eland, Greater Kudu, Nyala, Sitatunga
Bharal, Markhor, Barbary Sheep, Himalayan Tahr
Axis, Barasingha, Eld's, Fallow, Hog, Pere David's, Sika, White-tail deers
Elk
Addax, Roan, Sable, Blesbok, Gemsbok, Arabian Oryx, Scimitar Oryx, Blue Wildebeest
Red Lechwe, Waterbuck
Red River Hog, Warthog
Giraffe
White Rhino, Plains Zebra

 

Duiker, Red-flanked
ADD Montgomery Zoo, AL

 

Disney's Animal Kingdom keeps Impala and Yellow-backed Duiker.

Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge keeps Springbok, Common Eland, Lesser Kudu, White-bearded Wildebeest, Generic Giraffe, and Okapi.

I see you have Lesser Kudu, Addax, and Red River Hog listed under DAK. I don't know for sure if they have those species or not (they could have easily hid on the safari ride), but DAK Lodge has all of those species, so it possible that these listings were actually from the lodge?

 

The animals at DAK and DAK Lodge are managed together so they're not really separate places from a management standpoint. Animals get moved between the lodge and the park quite regularly as I understand it.

 

Addax were replaced with the domestic Goats a few years ago. As far as I know, it's always been Greater Kudu at the park and Lesser at the lodge. Red River hogs I'm also not aware of being kept at the park.

 

No, those listings were for the park. If there's no question mark then I was able to confirm them through photos of social media (either from the place itself, or recent photos from visitors).

The species you listed, are those in addition to being kept at the other facility?

They're overall managed as one facility, like Ituri said, but they still have separate USDA inspections and have to have transfer paperwork and all that.

 

What is your proof for those three species in question? Because before my trip to Disney, I did a lot of research including watching hours of footage from people's visits in order to figure out what species to look out for and never found any evidence of any of those three species being kept in the park.

 

I have no idea. It's been several months since I finished the list and 10 months since I started, and I went through a thousand or so places. I don't have a clue what any specific piece of proof was. If it was on USDA or ZIMS and I couldn't find photographic evidence, it has two question marks (and on my spreadsheet, is in yellow).

 

The Transcaspian Urail at the Minnesota Zoo was recently either taken off exhibit, shipped to a different zoo, or passed away. I'm not sure what happened yet, but a question mark should probably be put over that listing for the time being.

 

I'm pretty sure they are completely gone.

Milwaukee just obtained Scimitar-horned Oryx.

Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo keeps Dall Sheep.

I can confirm that Animal Haven keeps Sika Deer and Plains Zebra.

Brookfield just obtained a Pygmy Hippo.

 

I went to Grant's Farm recently (July 27th of this year) and they actually still have zebras. They aren't free-roaming in the Deer Park, they're in a separate enclosure within the deer park that the tram drives by as it takes you to the Tiergarten. They even had a zebra-donkey hybrid in their enclosure. There's not really a way to get a good look at them, but they're there. It's beenlike that for as long as I can remember. I know they do special vip experiences where you can get exclusive looks at some of their animals so maybe a closer and better view of that enclosure is part of it. There weren't any blackbuck that I could see though.

 

Does Guam count in this list? Philippine deer, not seen in the mainland I believe, are held by the Guam Zoo and the Valley of the Latte

 

That's helpful to know! I think Guam counts, but they don't have anywhere with a USDA license so it's harder to track.

 

The following are listed under the Wild Wilderness Drive Thru Safari's USDA inspection report

Black wildebeest
Brindled wildebeest
Red lechwe
Scimitar horned oryx
Common elan
Chital
Sika deer
Fallow deer
Pere David's deer
Black muntjac
Grant's zebra
Himalayan tahr
Warthog
Bornean bearded pig
Gaur
Nilgai
Giraffe
Common hippo
Southern white rhino
Addax
Blackbuck
American bison
Barbary sheep
Przewalski's wild horse

These were also kept, not sure if they count if they are domestics
Bactrian camel
Dromedary camel
Yak
Llama
Alpaca

 

Several of those are definitely incorrect. That's why I don't rely on just USDA. I'm just super behind on stuff, sorry. And yes, those are all domestics not covered here.

 

I apologize, I was unaware that USDA reports were not correct. I admit I got a bit excited when I saw black muntjac and bearded pigs on here. I once again am sorry.