First zoological collection known to exhibit African buffalo was London Zoo (1839).
St. Louis Zoo was the first in North America to exhibit the species (1923).
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SDZG)
San Diego Zoo received 1.1 Cape buffalo from St. Louis in 1946; the first calf born in 1949. 1.0 forest buffalo received from Bronx Zoo in 1968, and the first birth occurred in 1980 at the Wild Animal Park.
Husbandry
Management and husbandry considerations are addressed by Kleiman et al. (1996) and Shoemaker (1997).
