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Recommendations made for Fossil Rim to breed specific addax for the Species Survival Plan (SSP) for 2007

We finished capturing addax for the SSP (Species Survival Plan) herd.. We had to capture several animals out of the main pasture and Retirement pasture to facilitate this. We now have a total of 16 addax in the Klein Grass pasture next to the Grevy's Zebra Pasture.

A young male will come out of that group and 2 females will come out that were born last year. This will leave that herd at a breeding bull and 12 cows that we hope will all conceive. Historically, after a breeding hiatus some of the cows will not conceive. Most likely we won't have 12 calves, but will try to keep the herd unchanged for the 2008 breeding season.

We have also introduced an addax bull into the main pasture and so will have calves out there in about 9 months too. The two females that will come out of that pasture are destined for San Diego Wild Animal Park where they will be in quarantine until they fly out for Tunisia for reintroduction. We are also sending 2 female Scimitar Horned Oryx for this same reintroduction. There are 5 national parks in Tunisia and the zoos have been working for several months to bring some of our animals back to the wild. They shipped some out several years ago to one of the parks and this shipment is slated for one of the other parks to begin their herds. This is good stuff for Fossil Rim. It is why we breed these animals.