Which zoo(s) keep(s)...

Sun Wukong · 25-05-2008, 09:39 PM

To give all those questions regarding searches for rarely kept species a thread of its own.
So, let's start:

Do You know any zoo that keeps Seychelles Blue Pigeons (Alectroenas pulcherrima)?

Writhedhornbill · 25-05-2008, 10:00 PM

Doesn't Jurong?

PAT · 26-05-2008, 09:38 PM

Does any zoo keep flying lemurs. I know Singapore has them wild/semiwild but are there any zoos that have successfully kept them.

Sun Wukong · 26-05-2008, 10:53 PM

@PAT: According to my data, most husbandries of members of this order were unsuccessful; however, one article mentions a private Australian husbandry as being successful in keeping the animal alive for a longer period of time. But that's about all the info it can offer. One of the major problems seems to be adequate feeding.

For Pinnipeda fans:
-Baikal Seal: Leipzig, several Japanese aquariums (Tokyo Sunshine), Russia
YouTube - Baikal seal
YouTube - Seals at the Aquarium Ikebukuro
-Ringed & Harp Seal: Oceanopolis Brest
-Leopard Seal: Taronga
-Northern Elephant Seal: Sausalito Marine Mammal Center

Anyone knowing a zoo keeping the San Esteban Chuckwalla (Sauromalus varius)?
@Writhedhornbill: You're sure?

jwer · 26-05-2008, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Sun Wukong

For Pinnipeda fans:
-Baikal Seal: Leipzig, several Japanese aquariums (Tokyo Sunshine), Russia
-Ringed & Harp Seal: Oceanopolis Brest

Ringed seals are also on show at Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands and if my information is correct, the Monaco Aquarium holds a young couple of Baikal seals...

Sun Wukong · 26-05-2008, 11:22 PM

@jwer: You're correct about Burger's-but the Monaco Baikal Seals is a 100% canard.

Zooish · 26-05-2008, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PAT

Does any zoo keep flying lemurs. I know Singapore has them wild/semiwild but are there any zoos that have successfully kept them.

A zoo in Malaysia tried keeping one but failed. Their diet is simply too difficult to replicate in captivity.

Zooish · 26-05-2008, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sun Wukong

To give all those questions regarding searches for rarely kept species a thread of its own.
So, let's start:

Do You know any zoo that keeps Seychelles Blue Pigeons (Alectroenas pulcherrima)?

Jurong has/had them, seen them on a couple of occasions in the massive Waterfall Aviary years back. Not sure of their status now.

jwer · 27-05-2008, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sun Wukong

@jwer: You're correct about Burger's-but the Monaco Baikal Seals is a 100% canard.

Just to show i'm not making things up, I read this in 2007, don't know how the story continued though...

BBC NEWS | Europe | Monaco prince gets Russian seals

Sun Wukong · 27-05-2008, 12:10 AM

@jwer: I talked to the curator responsible for the Baikal Seal at Leipzig this month and mentioned it, as I had previously heard about that alleged donation. He told me that the whole thing is a hoax; he had immediately approached Monaco when this story came out. The folks at the Oceanographic Museum told him in no uncertain terms that they did not get any Baikal seals. It's just a canard.
@Zooish: Thanks for the confirmation.

okapikpr · 27-05-2008, 08:02 AM

I believe that Arizona Sonora Desert Museum has them

Sun Wukong · 27-05-2008, 05:10 PM

@okapikpr: Hmm, can't remember seeing them there-yet it can be that I didn't take notice of them back then.

Tres Marias Raccoon (Procyon insularis) or any of the insular Procyon-species?

Sun Wukong · 30-05-2008, 01:12 AM

Might be able to answer the last question by myself: it seems that Ostrava Zoo keeps (kept?) at least one Tres Marias Raccoon-see
http://www.planet-mammiferes.org/

Can anyone confirm that?

Next question: Thick-billed Raven? New Caledonian Crows-besides Oxford & Auckland University?

Orycteropus · 31-05-2008, 09:58 PM

Does anybody have knowledge that one of the European zoos exhibits Hellbenders? Or had been exhibited this species ever in the past somewhere in Europe? Thanks ...

jwer · 31-05-2008, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Orycteropus

Does anybody have knowledge that one of the European zoos exhibits Hellbenders? Or had been exhibited this species ever in the past somewhere in Europe? Thanks ...

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26-05-2008, 09:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
PAT Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Victoria Posts: 496	Does any zoo keep flying lemurs. I know Singapore has them wild/semiwild but are there any zoos that have successfully kept them.

26-05-2008, 10:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
Sun Wukong Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Europe Posts: 848	@PAT: According to my data, most husbandries of members of this order were unsuccessful; however, one article mentions a private Australian husbandry as being successful in keeping the animal alive for a longer period of time. But that's about all the info it can offer. One of the major problems seems to be adequate feeding. For Pinnipeda fans: -Baikal Seal: Leipzig, several Japanese aquariums (Tokyo Sunshine), Russia YouTube - Baikal seal YouTube - Seals at the Aquarium Ikebukuro -Ringed & Harp Seal: Oceanopolis Brest -Leopard Seal: Taronga -Northern Elephant Seal: Sausalito Marine Mammal Center Anyone knowing a zoo keeping the San Esteban Chuckwalla (Sauromalus varius)? @Writhedhornbill: You're sure?

26-05-2008, 11:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
Sun Wukong Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Europe Posts: 848	@jwer: You're correct about Burger's-but the Monaco Baikal Seals is a 100% canard.

27-05-2008, 12:10 AM	#10 (permalink)
Sun Wukong Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Europe Posts: 848	@jwer: I talked to the curator responsible for the Baikal Seal at Leipzig this month and mentioned it, as I had previously heard about that alleged donation. He told me that the whole thing is a hoax; he had immediately approached Monaco when this story came out. The folks at the Oceanographic Museum told him in no uncertain terms that they did not get any Baikal seals. It's just a canard. @Zooish: Thanks for the confirmation.

30-05-2008, 01:12 AM	#13 (permalink)
Sun Wukong Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Europe Posts: 848	Might be able to answer the last question by myself: it seems that Ostrava Zoo keeps (kept?) at least one Tres Marias Raccoon-see http://www.planet-mammiferes.org/ Can anyone confirm that? Next question: Thick-billed Raven? New Caledonian Crows-besides Oxford & Auckland University?

31-05-2008, 09:58 PM	#14 (permalink)
Orycteropus Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: London, UK Posts: 218	Does anybody have knowledge that one of the European zoos exhibits Hellbenders? Or had been exhibited this species ever in the past somewhere in Europe? Thanks ...