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Pittsburgh zoo still waiting for elephant semen
PITTSBURGH - Officials at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium say they're still waiting for South African officials to ship elephant semen to the United States so the zoo can establish North America's first elephant sperm bank.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (http://bit.ly/qS5twH) says the zoo has been working on the plan for nearly two years, but they've had difficulty getting export and import permits for16 liters of semen being stored in the National Zoo's BioBank in Pretoria, South Africa.
The Pittsburgh Zoo is working with officials in Germany and France to establish sperm banks in Europe and the United States so elephants can be bred without having to ship the animals themselves internationally to mate.
Pittsburg Zoo president and chief executive officer Barbara Baker says, "It is taking longer than we hoped" though officials expected delays because this hasn't been done before.
Information from: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, http://pghtrib.com
-Big Ran
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