International Giant Otter Studbook Husbandry and Management

Table 3 : Summary of the international reproductive and rearing
success of giant otters in zoos 1998 - 2002
Institution*
Survey
Period**
No. Of Successful Litters***/
No. Of Litters
No. Of Cubs to live to 1 yr. ♠ /
No. Of Cubs Born
Brasilia Zoo 2000 – 2002 2 / 2 8 / 8
Cali Zoo 1999 – 2002 2 / 5 5 / 12
Dortmund Zoo 1998 – 2002 0 / 7 0 / 19****
Belem***** 1998 – 2002 3 / 3 3 / 3
Total 1998 – 2002 7 / 17 16 / 42
* Each zoo has one breeding pair.
** Survey period includes only the years in which breeding was reported to occur at each institution.
*** At least one cub in the litter survives one year or more.
♠
A successfully reared cub is one that survived to one year of age or older.
**** Two of the 19 cubs were stillborn.
***** Both Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi (Belem, Brazil) and Criatorio Crocodilo Safari (Belem,
Brazil), the private facility associated with Museu Goeldi, are referred to under “Belem”. The
breeding pair at Museu Goeldi was loaned to Criatorio Crocodilo Safari in 2001 where the pair had
one litter (in 2002) while they were held at this institution. Because the same pair gave birth to at
least one or more successful litters at both of the two aforementioned institutions, these institutions
are associated, and no other breeding pairs were known to be held at these institutions, these two
institutions, except where noted, are counted as one institution for all data within this manual and are
referred to as “Belem”.
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