Please include in your justification any and/or all of the following items:
Monetary advantages or disadvantages such as the cost of the animals or special diets. The need to chage exhibits or buy equipment
Educational advantages or disadvantages such as wether the animal is a better example of the adaptation it is supposed to show. If it is more or less handleable.
Conservation advantages or disadvantages such as wether they are available in captivity or have to be wild caught. If they are part of a conservation effort the museum can support. Their ability to be kept in captivity and the ethics of keeping them.
Public Appeal advantages and disadvantages such as wether or not they are nocturnal and hide durring the day, are they active, do they tell a good story,
Husbandry Expertise such as how our current abilities would lend themselves to successfully keeping the species would be or if additional training would be necessary and what knowledge do we already have that relates.
Any other items you wish to be considered such as uniqueness, ability to get funds because we have these animals, their potential value in a breeding program, etc.