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A woman was bitten by a wild green tree snake: Wild snake bites 'guest' at Australia Zoo
Another woman was bitten by a green tree snake: Second woman bitten by snake at Australia Zoo
BennettL
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Good to see they are doing well with Giraffes there's not much else happening there, The ten year plan from 2006 to expand the zoo has still only resulted in stage one (of three) being built to date.
No mention any more in regards to the wanted species mentioned in the past such as Gorillas, Orangs among others. No monkeys or Apes there. Ringtail Lemurs appear to be the only primate on public view, No Lions or Antelopes can be seen in fact even the Cheetah don't appear to have an exhibit and the public can only see them if the staff have them out on a walk somewhere!
No mention any more in regards to the wanted species mentioned in the past such as Gorillas, Orangs among others. No monkeys or Apes there. Ringtail Lemurs appear to be the only primate on public view, No Lions or Antelopes can be seen in fact even the Cheetah don't appear to have an exhibit and the public can only see them if the staff have them out on a walk somewhere!
The bird and herbivore restrictions are about potential exotic diseases that might harm the agricultural industry, not about the possibility of these animals being invasive. My feeling is that the regulations are unnecessarily restrictive, but that probably speaks to the economic importance of the agricultural industry vs the zoo industry and the priorities of zoos.
Exotic reptiles are legally restricted to zoos, and it is fair to say there have been no feral populations of reptiles established from zoo sources over the last 150 years. And we already have a few highly venomous snakes. (Having said that there are concerns about populations of exotic reptiles illegally in private hands)
Is there any new exhibits planned?
They've got ten females. They arrived a little while ago now but I don't know from where.
Ten?! Holy cow. I assume they'd all come from the same family since rivals are difficult to introduce. I'm putting my money on either Melbourne or Altina. Or maybe they imported?
That sounds exciting with Auckland Zoo and Orana Wildlife Park hoping to acquire Sumatran orangutans in the near future.
It'd be good if Australia Zoo decided to hold chimpanzee and gorillas in the future too. Would provide our current holding zoos with some more options.
A white koala joey has been born!:Daenerys, Snowflake, or Stevie? Rare white koala needs a name