Lions of Timbavati

[Dr Panthera]

(04-09-2016, 04:48 AM)Pckts Wrote: Great info, thanks for the clarification. My nest question is this, how could the sd wild animal park claim their animals to be from Kruger?

Kruger used to be fenced on the west side, this fence was taken down and it helps transient animals to disperse from there to neighboring private reserves like Timbavati, Klaserie, Sabi Sands, and Mala Mala among others so it could be that an animal originated in Kruger , migrated west to a reserve, was captured and sold to unaccredited facility, it could be also that the animal is captive born with known genealogy and it is a descendant of Kruger animals. They could also mean from the Greater Kruger system.
The accredited zoos in many countries in the world participate in a Species Survival Plan where international studbooks are kept and the parents of each animal are documented, the participating zoos ensure the purity of the genetic make up of a given subspecies and exchange breeding animals to prevent inbreeding.
The issue of animal parks, private collections, roadside zoos, and circus animals is of grave concern, any human who wants to possess wild endangered animal should only allowed to do so if the strictest measures for the health, welfare, and breeding that allows species integrity are all in place and officially inspected and regulated. Reply