2006-10-07 09:38:33 · 7 answers · asked by 777 2 in Pets ➔ Birds
Like livesimply said, really zoos don't "buy" animals like you would buy a pet from a pet store. Most of the time what will happen is one zoo will have an animal that for one reason or another they want to give up and so they will post an ad on the American Zoo and Aquarium Association website saying that they have an animal they are looking to give up. Sometimes the zoo is willing to just give away an animal, and sometimes a zoo is interested in a trade; say a California condor for a harpy eagle. The zoo then decides who they would like to give their animal over to or make a trade with. It is extremely rare for zoos to acquire healthy animals from the wild anymore; most of the time the animals you see in zoos are either bred in captivity, injured wild animals, or donated to the zoo from private individuals.
We actually just recently acquired a California condor in our program! He was given to us by a zoo after the main trainer who used to work with the condor went to another zoo. One of our staff used to work with the condor at that zoo and so we were the first people the zoo thought of to give him to! So we didn't buy our condor, he was donated to us by another zoo. :)
2006-10-07 15:08:11 · answer #1 · answered by Pnutsmom 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Zoos cannot purchase a California Condor, they are endangered and only 2 zoos have them, Los Angeles and San Diego, and they only have them because they are breeding them to release them into the wild to repopulate the species. No one would EVER sell one to another zoo.
2006-10-07 16:45:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Zoos do not BUY animals. There are very strict protocols set out by the AZA (governing org. for American zoos) where each animal is extensively catalogued, with information on it's genetics and history. Zoos work together if they want to aquire or get rid of an animal, researching where it can be sent based on its relationship to other populations. (I realize your question probably wasn't serious, but hey, someone might be curious!)
2006-10-07 11:21:44 · answer #3 · answered by livesimply 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carrion followed by a Starbucks Grande Mocha Latte
2016-03-28 01:03:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
$46.99, plus tax.
2006-10-07 09:45:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have NO idea
2006-10-07 12:46:26 · answer #6 · answered by Linda_Cubanita 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they are endangered, SO alot!!!
2006-10-07 09:49:29 · answer #7 · answered by Renee R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋