international studbook hartmann's mountain zebra - Marwell Zoo
international studbook hartmann's mountain zebra - Marwell Zoo
international studbook hartmann's mountain zebra - Marwell Zoo
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Introduction<br />
The <strong>international</strong> <strong>studbook</strong> for Hartmann’s <strong>mountain</strong> <strong>zebra</strong>, Equus <strong>zebra</strong> hartmannae, 2007 gives a full<br />
overview of the living population, births, deaths and transfers over the last year, and also a full historical<br />
listing (a printed version of this list is only available on request).<br />
PLEASE, WOULD ALL REGISTRARS (HOLDERS AND OWNERS) ENTER THE PERMANENT STUDBOOK NUMBERS IN<br />
THEIR RECORDS TO MAKE FUTURE COMMUNICATION ABOUT INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS EASIER. THANK YOU!<br />
CNYN COLO:<br />
Many of you will know that Canyon Colorado Equid Sanctuary in New Mexico, probably the largest holder<br />
of equids in captivity, has begun to move all their animals to new owners. Unfortunately, it is not possible for<br />
them to identify all animals individually (which <strong>studbook</strong> number) and to inform the <strong>studbook</strong>s which equid<br />
is going where, and thus how these animals are related. I have therefore decided to give all Hartmann’s<br />
<strong>mountain</strong> <strong>zebra</strong> which are transferred out of CNYN COLO a temporary <strong>studbook</strong> number until the North<br />
American Equid TAG has decided how to deal with this situation. By issuing temporary numbers the<br />
<strong>studbook</strong> can keep track of all Hartmann’s with CNYN COLO origin and their offspring as well. This allows<br />
coordinators to analyse the relationship of future generations descending from these animals.<br />
For this year I will keep all animals recorded for CNYN COLO in the published <strong>studbook</strong>, but please bear in<br />
mind that some of them have by now been transferred to other institutions and therefore appear twice in this<br />
<strong>studbook</strong> (once with a permanent number at CCES, once with a temporary number at the new institution). I<br />
have also removed all inbreeding coefficients for these animals, since this information appears to be<br />
incorrect.<br />
Captive Population:<br />
The total number of Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra in captivity as reported to the <strong>studbook</strong> keeper by<br />
31 st December 2007 was 126.164.0 (290) in 37 institutions. In Europe 25.56.0 (81) Hartmann’s <strong>mountain</strong><br />
<strong>zebra</strong> were reported in 18 institutions to be held in the EEP.<br />
An annual breakdown of births and deaths during the period of 01.01.2007 – 31.12.2007 is as follows:<br />
2007 globally: 2007 in Europe:<br />
Total births reported: 10.4.1 (15) Total births reported: 4.3.1 (8)<br />
Total deaths reported: 6.5.1 (12) Total deaths reported: 3.5.1 (9)<br />
The EEP suffered several losses of adult breeding stallions and is still very short of established breeding<br />
groups. It is hoped that some of the new groups, which were set up last year, will have settled down enough<br />
now to begin breeding and produce some foals for next year. On this note, the EEP is in need of another<br />
institution to hold a small bachelor group. If your institution is interested in this species, please contact the<br />
EEP coordinator on TanyaL@marwell.org.uk<br />
Husbandry Guidelines:<br />
EEP African Equids Husbandry Guidelines, edited by Ulrike Rademacher and Achim Winkler, were<br />
published by Wilhelma <strong>Zoo</strong>, Stuttgart 2000.<br />
Wild Population:<br />
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004 lists Hartmann’s Mountain Zebra, Equus <strong>zebra</strong> hartmannae,<br />
as ENDANGERED (EN A1a, last assessed in 1996). For more information please have a look at<br />
www.redlist.org .<br />
I would like to thank all institutions, curators and registrars for their ongoing cooperation.<br />
TANYA LANGENHORST<br />
INTERNATIONAL STUDBOOK KEEPER & EEP COORDINATOR FOR HARTMANN’S MOUNTAIN ZEBRA<br />
AI