About us
A worldwide network
Contacts with over 15000 institutionsOur organization is coordinating the exchanges as well the transportation of animals to zoos worldwide; our team is maintaining a databank of thousands of zoos. This worldwide network can assist you collecting the suitable information for realizing your breeding programs.
John Rens
Founder of International Zoo ServicesOur services
Location-service: how we work
We could help you locate a particular animal that you wish to include in your collection or to find a new home for your surplus specimens. The new home for your surplus specimens will naturally be subject to your approval.
Transport and documentation-service: work for specialists
International Zoo Services can assist your organization with relevant documentation. Our team can coordinate animal transports by truck, boat or airplane; this includes taking care of crates or other suitable containers. On various occasions we have chartered a complete airplane for an animal transport.
Breeding-loan and donations: especially for EAZA or AZA -members
International Zoo Services also put them in direct contact with each other. This service is often used when a zoo desires an animal on a breeding-loan terms or wishes to make a donation.
Exchange
In case you want to exchange your surplus specimen for specimens that you wish to include in your collection, we can be of assistance to you. We will locate a zoo that is interested in your surplus-animals and provide you with the specimen that you are looking for on an exchange-base.
Special projects: donations from government to government
Whenever the relocation of an animal involves extremely rare species that are being donated by governmental institutions; International Zoo Services knows all the ins-and-outs of the laws and practices of that particular country and can secure the support of the governmental authorities involved.
Our projects
The best way to illustrate the work of International Zoo Services is perhaps to present you with a survey of some of the favourite projects that have been completed over the past years. See here below a selection
Penguins
A large group of penguins, including King penguins, Rock hopper-penguins, Magelhaen-peguins and Gentoo-penguins were located in South-America and transported to a new zoo in Spain.
Giraffes
A pair of giraffes was transported from Europe to Brazil, needless to say, a highly complicated project.
King-cheetahs
A pair of rare King-cheetahs left Africa under our care to their new home in a special breeding-facility in the Middle East.
Giant tortoises
Giant tortoises are very attractive to the public. A large group of these huge reptiles from a special breeding -centre were delivered to several zoos in Europe and Asia.
Asian Elephants
Several Asian elephants accompanied by some Mahouts were imported into Germany, coming from different South-East Asian countries.
Gang-gang cockatoos
A pair of Gang-gang cockatoos were located, a highly desired and subsequently rarely offered species.
Bongo
One of our first projects took place during the eighties when Eastern and Western Europe were still separated. We managed the transfer of a male Bongo from Czechoslovakia to a zoo in West Germany where it participated in a very successful breeding program.
Clouded leopards
A pair of clouded leopards was sent from a private breeding- center in the U.S.A to a zoo in Tokyo.
Manatees
We located a pair of Manatees, of a governmental authority in South-America, which was willing to offer them on permanent loan to a zoo in Spain; they were transported by using a chartered plane.
Indian rhinos
We located a zoo in the Netherlands that was willing to donate a male Indian rhinoceros to a zoo in South-East Asia to complete a pair. International Zoo Services provided the crate and arranged for its transport.
White lions
White lions are rarely seen in zoos. We relocated a white lion from a private collection in Africa to a governmental zoo in the U.S.A.
Night Safari
Another large transport took place in the 90's when a group of 65 animals were transferred from several different zoos in Europe to a Night-safari in Southeast Asia.
Orangutan
In 2017 a new home was found for an adult Orangutan in China. Transport from Spain was successful and with minimum stress for the animal.
Otters
Nice groups of small-clawed otter from Europe were relocated to excellent destinations in China and U.S.A. during 2018.
White Tigers
A couple of White tigers has found their new home in a big zoo in Thailand.