 Reference Base  Past and future breeding of the Indian rhinoceros in capt... |
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Captivity - Zoo Records |
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Indian Rhino |
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The size of the captive population increased steadily between 1950 and 1991, but has remained fairly stable in the nineties. The increase in population size was due partly to the continued introduction of wild-caught animals, and partly to the succesful breeding in many zoos around the world. Of 129 currently living, 85 (66%) were zoo born. However, 18 wild-caught animals were introduced into zoo populations over the last 10 years, the last 1993 in Stuttgart.
Of the 33 founders of the current captive population, 24 (including the three best represented ones) were caught in Assam. All in all they have contributed 84.7% of the genes in the captive population. The origin of another 5 founders is uncertain, but probably also in Assam (following capture, four of the five were held at Assam State Zoo, Guwahati, and one was given to Antwerp Zoo as a present from the Assam government). One founder (#157) was caught in eastern India (Bihar State, just south of Nepal), and 3 founders were caught in Nepal.
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