Perhaps they could ask the SES if they could help out?I just saw on the local news that one of Wildlife HQ's Tasmanian Devils (two-year-old Vee) escaped her enclosure after a tree fell into the devil enclosure. She has not been found yet. I hope they find her soon and get her back into her exhibit.
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This is particularly worrying considering the zoos proximity to both the motorway and the Bruce Highway.I just saw on the local news that one of Wildlife HQ's Tasmanian Devils (two-year-old Vee) escaped her enclosure after a tree fell into the devil enclosure. She has not been found yet. I hope they find her soon and get her back into her exhibit.
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I was hoping they had plans for squirrel monkeys.
This species would be a particularly good addition and one that would complement their primate collection very well. The gibbons and quolls should hopefully be arriving soon as the redevelopment/construction of their future enclosures was well underway on my last visit.
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I would think that they would either be obtained from Canberra ZooI was hoping they had plans for squirrel monkeys.
or Darling Downs Zoo.
Well Darling Downs Zoo only just got their three males earlier in the year and are hoping to receive some females for them soon, so that seems unlikely. Quite a few zoos now hold squirrel monkeys (the species has been breeding well at Hunter Valley Zoo and at some of the New Zealand Zoos recently for example) so there are several possibilities where they could be sourced from.
Really fantastic news. Wildlife HQ have bred their first ever Ring-tailed Lemurs! One of their females Zanika gave birth to twins recently. This follows the arrival of their new male Leeroy seven months ago who was quickly integrated into the group. The zoo will also be expanding their enclosure which is again, very good news.
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Good news. I believe they have no plans for obtaining any females for the 3 Black and White Ruffled Lemurs!
Wow how long since they got them, that is good news.
I have just looked at their FB page cant seem to find any mention of it.
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I have been aware for some time they had 3 males so are you saying they now have 4 females as well?
They have never had any male ruffed lemurs. They received the four females in 2018 to allow Perth Zoo to have more room to breed more ruffed lemurs.
I had a great visit to Wildlife HQ today. It’s incredible how quickly the zoo has worked to upgrade and expand – it is completely unrecognisable from my first visit in 2018. The grounds are looking very lush after all the recent rain south-east Queensland has been receiving especially as we enter into the more hot and humid time of the year. Some news/observations from my visit:
-The most exciting news is that the Eastern Quoll have arrived and are on-display! I saw one individual throughout the day and it was very active patrolling its enclosure. The zoo have extended the main glass-fronted enclosure [this one: Tasmanian Devil Enclosures - ZooChat] and added a new exhibit [this one: Eastern Quoll Enclosure - ZooChat] along the side for this species. The main exhibit is still vacant so I assume that will be for the Tiger Quoll when it arrives as indicated by the map.
-In other news, the zoo will be receiving Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo! It will live in this enclosure [see here:Future Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo Enclosure - ZooChat] opposite some bird aviaries and near the café area. A really nice addition and its exhibit will be located in a part of the zoo that I always felt needed more attention.
-The new café and seating area are now completed including an area for guests to book animal encounters. The glass-fronted tamarin enclosure also has some plantings now which has helped soften the wooden exterior. The zoo moved their echidna into the wombat enclosure and its former exhibit has been converted into an area for animal photos.
-A very large aviary-style enclosure has been built next to the Servals. They have full access to this new exhibit which is about twice the size of their original one. I am not sure if the zoo has plans for a new species in that area or are allowing the servals access to two different exhibits plus the aerial walkway. It could certainly accommodate comfortably a larger species so we will have to wait and see. On the subject of aerial walkways, it was great to see that all of the walkways have been completed, enabling their marmosets and tamarins the opportunity to travel into denser vegetation.
-A fourth meerkat enclosure has been constructed near the largest meerkat enclosure. The two meerkats have already moved in and no doubt will be very popular for visitors as encounter animals.
-A Spotted Python is now on-display in the Reptile Barn in the former Bredl’s Python exhibit. A few snakes have also swapped enclosures as they continue growing in size. Also, the South-west Carpet Pythons have moved outdoors into an aviary-style exhibit in the kangaroo walkthrough.
-I caught a glimpse of the two-week-old Ring-tailed Lemur twins on their small island exhibit. Whilst ring-tailed lemurs aren’t exactly the most interesting species from a zoo nerd’s perspective, it’s great the zoo has managed to breed the species for the first time after many years of housing single sex groups of females. The zoo now have six (1.3.2) lemurs on the island exhibit so I’m glad they are considering an expansion of the enclosure. Wildlife HQ is only the second zoo in Queensland to breed ring-tailed lemurs after Australia Zoo did for the first time in 2016.
-I did an animal encounter today as I had some time to kill. I selected the pygmy marmoset encounter because I knew I would also get to go in with the lion tamarins in the mixed species exhibit. I thoroughly enjoyed it and got to feed both species a container of sap. You can only appreciate how small Pygmy Marmosets actually are when you have five of them grasping onto your shirt. I cannot think of many places that offer visitors the opportunity to go in with Golden Lion Tamarins either.
-Finally, there were some squirrel monkey toys in the gift shop, perhaps foreshadowing what’s to come!
I will also be posting a species list exhibit by exhibit in a similar style to the recent one I did for Australia Zoo to have a working resource that will be regularly updated. This will also be a way I can document the incredible momentum and progress of this very promising zoo.
More photos of today’s visit can be seen here: Wildlife HQ Zoo - ZooChat
-The most exciting news is that the Eastern Quoll have arrived and are on-display! I saw one individual throughout the day and it was very active patrolling its enclosure. The zoo have extended the main glass-fronted enclosure [this one: Tasmanian Devil Enclosures - ZooChat] and added a new exhibit [this one: Eastern Quoll Enclosure - ZooChat] along the side for this species. The main exhibit is still vacant so I assume that will be for the Tiger Quoll when it arrives as indicated by the map.
-In other news, the zoo will be receiving Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo! It will live in this enclosure [see here:Future Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo Enclosure - ZooChat] opposite some bird aviaries and near the café area. A really nice addition and its exhibit will be located in a part of the zoo that I always felt needed more attention.
-The new café and seating area are now completed including an area for guests to book animal encounters. The glass-fronted tamarin enclosure also has some plantings now which has helped soften the wooden exterior. The zoo moved their echidna into the wombat enclosure and its former exhibit has been converted into an area for animal photos.
-A very large aviary-style enclosure has been built next to the Servals. They have full access to this new exhibit which is about twice the size of their original one. I am not sure if the zoo has plans for a new species in that area or are allowing the servals access to two different exhibits plus the aerial walkway. It could certainly accommodate comfortably a larger species so we will have to wait and see. On the subject of aerial walkways, it was great to see that all of the walkways have been completed, enabling their marmosets and tamarins the opportunity to travel into denser vegetation.
-A fourth meerkat enclosure has been constructed near the largest meerkat enclosure. The two meerkats have already moved in and no doubt will be very popular for visitors as encounter animals.
-A Spotted Python is now on-display in the Reptile Barn in the former Bredl’s Python exhibit. A few snakes have also swapped enclosures as they continue growing in size. Also, the South-west Carpet Pythons have moved outdoors into an aviary-style exhibit in the kangaroo walkthrough.
-I caught a glimpse of the two-week-old Ring-tailed Lemur twins on their small island exhibit. Whilst ring-tailed lemurs aren’t exactly the most interesting species from a zoo nerd’s perspective, it’s great the zoo has managed to breed the species for the first time after many years of housing single sex groups of females. The zoo now have six (1.3.2) lemurs on the island exhibit so I’m glad they are considering an expansion of the enclosure. Wildlife HQ is only the second zoo in Queensland to breed ring-tailed lemurs after Australia Zoo did for the first time in 2016.
-I did an animal encounter today as I had some time to kill. I selected the pygmy marmoset encounter because I knew I would also get to go in with the lion tamarins in the mixed species exhibit. I thoroughly enjoyed it and got to feed both species a container of sap. You can only appreciate how small Pygmy Marmosets actually are when you have five of them grasping onto your shirt. I cannot think of many places that offer visitors the opportunity to go in with Golden Lion Tamarins either.
-Finally, there were some squirrel monkey toys in the gift shop, perhaps foreshadowing what’s to come!
I will also be posting a species list exhibit by exhibit in a similar style to the recent one I did for Australia Zoo to have a working resource that will be regularly updated. This will also be a way I can document the incredible momentum and progress of this very promising zoo.
More photos of today’s visit can be seen here: Wildlife HQ Zoo - ZooChat
Nice review and nice to see them improving and expanding. Any news about the import Gibbons?. So when the Goodfellows arrive they will have two species of tree roos?I had a great visit to Wildlife HQ today. It’s incredible how quickly the zoo has worked to upgrade and expand – it is completely unrecognisable from my first visit in 2018. The grounds are looking very lush after all the recent rain south-east Queensland has been receiving especially as we enter into the more hot and humid time of the year. Some news/observations from my visit:
-The most exciting news is that the Eastern Quoll have arrived and are on-display! I saw one individual throughout the day and it was very active patrolling its enclosure. The zoo have extended the main glass-fronted enclosure [this one: Tasmanian Devil Enclosures - ZooChat] and added a new exhibit [this one: Eastern Quoll Enclosure - ZooChat] along the side for this species. The main exhibit is still vacant so I assume that will be for the Tiger Quoll when it arrives as indicated by the map.
-In other news, the zoo will be receiving Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo! It will live in this enclosure [see here:Future Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo Enclosure - ZooChat] opposite some bird aviaries and near the café area. A really nice addition and its exhibit will be located in a part of the zoo that I always felt needed more attention.
-The new café and seating area are now completed including an area for guests to book animal encounters. The glass-fronted tamarin enclosure also has some plantings now which has helped soften the wooden exterior. The zoo moved their echidna into the wombat enclosure and its former exhibit has been converted into an area for animal photos.
-A very large aviary-style enclosure has been built next to the Servals. They have full access to this new exhibit which is about twice the size of their original one. I am not sure if the zoo has plans for a new species in that area or are allowing the servals access to two different exhibits plus the aerial walkway. It could certainly accommodate comfortably a larger species so we will have to wait and see. On the subject of aerial walkways, it was great to see that all of the walkways have been completed, enabling their marmosets and tamarins the opportunity to travel into denser vegetation.
-A fourth meerkat enclosure has been constructed near the largest meerkat enclosure. The two meerkats have already moved in and no doubt will be very popular for visitors as encounter animals.
-A Spotted Python is now on-display in the Reptile Barn in the former Bredl’s Python exhibit. A few snakes have also swapped enclosures as they continue growing in size. Also, the South-west Carpet Pythons have moved outdoors into an aviary-style exhibit in the kangaroo walkthrough.
-I caught a glimpse of the two-week-old Ring-tailed Lemur twins on their small island exhibit. Whilst ring-tailed lemurs aren’t exactly the most interesting species from a zoo nerd’s perspective, it’s great the zoo has managed to breed the species for the first time after many years of housing single sex groups of females. The zoo now have six (1.3.2) lemurs on the island exhibit so I’m glad they are considering an expansion of the enclosure. Wildlife HQ is only the second zoo in Queensland to breed ring-tailed lemurs after Australia Zoo did for the first time in 2016.
-I did an animal encounter today as I had some time to kill. I selected the pygmy marmoset encounter because I knew I would also get to go in with the lion tamarins in the mixed species exhibit. I thoroughly enjoyed it and got to feed both species a container of sap. You can only appreciate how small Pygmy Marmosets actually are when you have five of them grasping onto your shirt. I cannot think of many places that offer visitors the opportunity to go in with Golden Lion Tamarins either.
-Finally, there were some squirrel monkey toys in the gift shop, perhaps foreshadowing what’s to come!
I will also be posting a species list exhibit by exhibit in a similar style to the recent one I did for Australia Zoo to have a working resource that will be regularly updated. This will also be a way I can document the incredible momentum and progress of this very promising zoo.
More photos of today’s visit can be seen here: Wildlife HQ Zoo - ZooChat
I couldn't find any keeper that could provide further details about the gibbons. I imagine their arrival will be further delayed as the female would also still need to be introduced to her mate at Perth Zoo (these gibbon pairings and introductions can take time). Construction is continuing on their enclosure.
The Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo is no longer at the zoo and hasn't been for awhile; I never found out what happened to him. The Goodfellow's will be moving into a former bettong enclosure which has been expanded with glass-fronted viewing.
To bad about the Lumholtz's tree kangaroo, an iconic species for northern Australia and ambassador species for lesser known Queensland wildlife (like with your southern cassowary).
It is indeed a shame. However, I think it's also important to consider that the majority of Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroos enter into captivity with a myriad of existing health problems; some seem to adjust better than others especially with the vision problems they are increasingly facing. Let's hope they have more success with the Goodfellow's.
Exactly because they are a native and endangered species it would be crucial that the local zoo community invest in husbandry, management and vet care in order to come on top of the "pre-existing" health conditions and assist with setting up in situ programs to address the habitat, nutritional and health requirements of tree kangaroos in northern Australia (this also pertains to the other native Bennett's tree kangaroos).It is indeed a shame. However, I think it's also important to consider that the majority of Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroos enter into captivity with a myriad of existing health problems; some seem to adjust better than others especially with the vision problems they are increasingly facing. Let's hope they have more success with the Goodfellow's.