Eastern Quoll is becoming more Popular in European Zoos

KönigDerKaffeebohnen

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We can thank zoo leipzig great breeding programm for the fact that this year 4 zoos all across europe recieved this species for the first time.
They allready were in 2 german zoos, but since this year also in one in denmark, england, italy and the Czech republic.
Hopefully this trend will remain and this beautifull creature will become a mainstay in european zoos, cause dear god our australia sections need them.

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Chuditch

Chuditch
Quoll sweep quoll sweep

Although Tasmanian devils are decidedly the priority dasyurid to add to PZ (most widespread species in zoos both inside and outside Australia), if my username and profile picture are anything to go by then it's clear that quolls are my absolute favourites and I'd kill to see one in game. Spotted-tailed/tiger quolls are awesome and so it's understandable how they're the most requested species (14 votes on the metawishlist vs 4 for eastern and 0 for the others), but given the last individual at Hamerton Zoo unfortunately passed away earlier this year they are now only kept in Australia. Eastern quolls on the other hand are not only the only quoll species still kept internationally (though still only in Europe AFAIK), but they're also the ones with the funky colour variation!

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Funnily enough I have seen northern quolls (previously held at Adelaide Zoo) and western quolls/chuditch (at Alice Springs Desert Park, and one was briefly on display at Adelaide Zoo) in zoos, but not spotted-tailed or eastern quolls yet. I also had a fleeting encounter a wild western quoll in the Flinders Ranges earlier this year, definitely a special experience!
 

AlexSea

AlexSea
I'd like to see them, but captive presence is not the only factor for animal inclusions. The Proboscis Monkey, for example, is found in very few zoos due to its specialized diet, but we still have it nonetheless. Same goes for the Platypus, which require very pure water to live in and get stressed easily.
 

ElectricMonk

ElectricMonk
Chuditch said:
Quoll sweep quoll sweep

Although Tasmanian devils are decidedly the priority dasyurid to add to PZ (most widespread species in zoos both inside and outside Australia), if my username and profile picture are anything to go by then it's clear that quolls are my absolute favourites and I'd kill to see one in game. Spotted-tailed/tiger quolls are awesome and so it's understandable how they're the most requested species (14 votes on the metawishlist vs 4 for eastern and 0 for the others), but given the last individual at Hamerton Zoo unfortunately passed away earlier this year they are now only kept in Australia. Eastern quolls on the other hand are not only the only quoll species still kept internationally (though still only in Europe AFAIK), but they're also the ones with the funky colour variation!

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Funnily enough I have seen northern quolls (previously held at Adelaide Zoo) and western quolls/chuditch (at Alice Springs Desert Park, and one was briefly on display at Adelaide Zoo) in zoos, but not spotted-tailed or eastern quolls yet. I also had a fleeting encounter a wild western quoll in the Flinders Ranges earlier this year, definitely a special experience!
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I’m lucky enough to have seen both in the wild - Fieldwork in central Tasmania is great for animal spotting.
 

Chuditch

Chuditch
AlexSea said:
I'd like to see them, but captive presence is not the only factor for animal inclusions. The Proboscis Monkey, for example, is found in very few zoos due to its specialized diet, but we still have it nonetheless. Same goes for the Platypus, which require very pure water to live in and get stressed easily.
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Of course it's far from the only factor, but it's still something to consider, especially when comparing similar species. For example, an eastern quoll is likely to be a useful species for far more people than a western quoll, despite them being very similar. In my case, as someone who predominantly builds zoos based in Australia, any of the Australian quoll species would be welcome and heavily used by me (the two New Guinean species are extremely little-known unfortunately), but it wouldn't be the same for everyone.

ElectricMonk said:
I’m lucky enough to have seen both in the wild - Fieldwork in central Tasmania is great for animal spotting.
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God I'm jealous! I really want to get down to Tasmania as soon as possible - hopefully sometime in the next few years.
 

FoxyDee

FoxyDee
Whaat, I didnt know we recieved Quolls in Czech Republic! Prague Zoo I presume? They really have quite a collection of Oceanian animals - Tasmanian Devils, Wombats, Echidnas among others. Very cool !
 

Cynogale bennettii II

Cynogale bennettii II
I guess we'll see how well this little resurgence lasts. Since 2011, when the first Eastern quolls arrived at Leipzig Zoo, nine zoos across Europe have got quolls that have subsequently died off a few years later. They have lifespans that are ridiculously short (the longest-lived Eastern quoll ever was 6.8 years old, with most living closer to 2 to 4 years) and if they don't start breeding almost immediately, they will never breed. They are lovely animals, but I'm not entirely sure how sustainable they (or any of the carnivorous marsupials) are in European zoos.
 

peafowl

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Cynogale bennettii said:
I guess we'll see how well this little resurgence lasts. Since 2011, when the first Eastern quolls arrived at Leipzig Zoo, nine zoos across Europe have got quolls that have subsequently died off a few years later. They have lifespans that are ridiculously short (the longest-lived Eastern quoll ever was 6.8 years old, with most living closer to 2 to 4 years) and if they don't start breeding almost immediately, they will never breed. They are lovely animals, but I'm not entirely sure how sustainable they (or any of the carnivorous marsupials) are in European zoos.
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Oh, god, thats horrible.....
 

Hugo98

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Cynogale bennettii said:
I guess we'll see how well this little resurgence lasts. Since 2011, when the first Eastern quolls arrived at Leipzig Zoo, nine zoos across Europe have got quolls that have subsequently died off a few years later. They have lifespans that are ridiculously short (the longest-lived Eastern quoll ever was 6.8 years old, with most living closer to 2 to 4 years) and if they don't start breeding almost immediately, they will never breed. They are lovely animals, but I'm not entirely sure how sustainable they (or any of the carnivorous marsupials) are in European zoos.
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Yeah, this unfortunately is a problem. Even Leipzig had to import quolls a second time from Australia in 2019 because they didn't breed them for two years and the population was down to 5 older specimens.

@FoxyDee Not Prague but Plzen got some :)
 
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