VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

SPACE

• Space is a must for any wild animal species. The availability of space is influenced by followings:
• Edges.
• Ecotones.
• Territory.
• Home ranges.
• Interspersion.
• Availability of mates.
• Mongamous species suffer a lot in breeding as the case with rhinos or Sarus cranes. The mates may not be adequate for these species in a given space some times.
• The problem has happened with rhinos of Jaldapara in West Bengal. This problem is not an acute one in nature in case of polygamous species like spotted deer because one male can mate with three to four females.
• The space should provide suitable niches for various wild animal species.