Peel Zoo Peel Zoo

Peel Zoo (now actually called Ranger Red’s Zoo and Conservation Park – what a mouthful) doesn’t get much attention on this forum but they are currently in the process of a sizeable upgrade and have been consistently acquiring new animals for the collection. Here are some of their new additions over the past year or so (all from their Facebook page):

*January 2020: a Carpet Python and a Stimson’s Python were donated to the zoo.

*February 2020: six Shinglebacks arrived at the zoo; three King’s Skinks (Egernia kingii) arrived

*March 2020: three Torresian Imperial Pigeons were introduced to their walkthrough aviary

*April 2020: a male Death Adder arrived from Armadale Reptile Park. It joined the zoo’s other elapids – a Dugite and Tiger Snake. They hope to create a new venomous snake display and are in the process of acquiring display animals for this new space; six Magnificent Tree Frogs arrived from Armadale Reptile Park and were later placed on-display in their gift shop area; four Cattle Egrets were also received from Featherdale Wildlife Park and now live in the main walkthrough aviary

*May 2020: three Euros (O. r. erubescens) arrived from a wildlife carer

*June 2020: eight Swamp Wallabies arrived from Cohunu Koala Park; new frog exhibits were opened in the gift shop; Buff-banded Rail arrived from Caversham Wildlife Park and were introduced to the glider enclosure; three Tasmanian Pademelons (Thylogale billardierii) arrived; they also hatched a Lesser Sooty Owl (Tyto multipunctata) chick around this time

*July 2020: three Barn Owls arrived from Eagles Heritage Wildlife Centre; a male Tasmanian Devil arrived from Ballarat Wildlife Park

*August 2020: the zoo welcomed their first Tasmanian Pademelon joey; an Australian Tarantula display was opened

*November 2020: a new Common Wombat arrived from Amazement Farm and Fun Park, NSW

*January 2021: three Brush-tailed Bettongs arrived from Caversham Wildlife Park


Future Plans:
*a video released in April 2020 showed a number of exhibit renovations in development - a former koala enclosure will be home to a group of Grey-headed Flying Foxes and an aviary upgrade was in the process for new bird species - Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii), Inland Dotterel (Charadrius australis), Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Glossopsitta porphyrocephala), fairywrens and a few finch species.

*a news article shared in August 2020 also revealed some of the zoo’s future plans – Southern Cassowaries and Saltwater Crocodiles namely.

*Sugar Gliders are also arriving soon
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
Peel Zoo (now actually called Ranger Red’s Zoo and Conservation Park – what a mouthful) doesn’t get much attention on this forum but they are currently in the process of a sizeable upgrade and have been consistently acquiring new animals for the collection. Here are some of their new additions over the past year or so (all from their Facebook page):

*January 2020: a Carpet Python and a Stimson’s Python were donated to the zoo.

*February 2020: six Shinglebacks arrived at the zoo; three King’s Skinks (Egernia kingii) arrived

*March 2020: three Torresian Imperial Pigeons were introduced to their walkthrough aviary

*April 2020: a male Death Adder arrived from Armadale Reptile Park. It joined the zoo’s other elapids – a Dugite and Tiger Snake. They hope to create a new venomous snake display and are in the process of acquiring display animals for this new space; six Magnificent Tree Frogs arrived from Armadale Reptile Park and were later placed on-display in their gift shop area; four Cattle Egrets were also received from Featherdale Wildlife Park and now live in the main walkthrough aviary

*May 2020: three Euros (O. r. erubescens) arrived from a wildlife carer

*June 2020: eight Swamp Wallabies arrived from Cohunu Koala Park; new frog exhibits were opened in the gift shop; Buff-banded Rail arrived from Caversham Wildlife Park and were introduced to the glider enclosure; three Tasmanian Pademelons (Thylogale billardierii) arrived; they also hatched a Lesser Sooty Owl (Tyto multipunctata) chick around this time

*July 2020: three Barn Owls arrived from Eagles Heritage Wildlife Centre; a male Tasmanian Devil arrived from Ballarat Wildlife Park

*August 2020: the zoo welcomed their first Tasmanian Pademelon joey; an Australian Tarantula display was opened

*November 2020: a new Common Wombat arrived from Amazement Farm and Fun Park, NSW

*January 2021: three Brush-tailed Bettongs arrived from Caversham Wildlife Park


Future Plans:
*a video released in April 2020 showed a number of exhibit renovations in development - a former koala enclosure will be home to a group of Grey-headed Flying Foxes and an aviary upgrade was in the process for new bird species - Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii), Inland Dotterel (Charadrius australis), Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Glossopsitta porphyrocephala), fairywrens and a few finch species.

*a news article shared in August 2020 also revealed some of the zoo’s future plans – Southern Cassowaries and Saltwater Crocodiles namely.

*Sugar Gliders are also arriving soon
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Red said:
G'day
Thought I'd introduce myself as I'am Red the owner or Redz Zoo.
We have had a lot of additions ,feel free to ask any questions and I'll do my best to answer them for you.
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Welcome to ZooChat @Red.

We have many other zoo owners on here (including a few Australian ones) and it’s always great to be able to chat directly to them about their collection and to give feedback etc.

Thanks for inviting us to submit questions. The number one question any ZooChatter will have is: Can we see a species list for your zoo?

It’s always fascinating to look over what a collection holds, beyond the information that can be gained through perusing the zoo’s website.

Cheers,

@Zoofan15
 
Red said:
G'day
Thought I'd introduce myself as I'am Red the owner or Redz Zoo.
We have had a lot of additions ,feel free to ask any questions and I'll do my best to answer them for you.
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Welcome to Zoochat!

I was wondering what exact species are your ferrets?
 
Species list Ranger Reds Zoo & Conservation Park
Reptiles
Black Headed Pythons
Shingle Back Lizards
Merton Water Monitors
Death Adders
Dugite
Tiger Snakes
Eastern Blue tongue lizards
Centralian Blue tongue lizards
Western Blue tongue lizards
Northern Blue tongue lizards
Frill Neck lizards
King Skinks
Flat Shell Turtle
Oblong Turtle
Knob-Tailed Gecko
Western Bearded Dragon
Magnificent Green Tree Frog
Northern Green Tree Frog
Olive Python
Stimson Python
South Western Carpet Python
Woma Python
Mammals
Brush tail Possum
Common Ring tail Possum
Sugar Gliders
Squirrel Gliders
Tiger Quoll
Tasmanian Devil
Dingo
Common Wombat
Southern Hairy nosed Wombat
Grey Headed Flying Fox
Rufous Bettong
Woylie
Tasmanian Pademelon
Swamp Wallaby
Euro
Western Grey Kangaroo
Red Kangaroo
Southern Koala
Domestic
Bantams
Ferrets
Guinea Pigs
Goats
Sheep
Shetland Pony
Camels
Red Deer
Free Range birds
Pea Fowl
Red Jungle Fowl
Birds
Royal Spoon Bills
Nankeen Night Herons
Cattle Egrets
Glossy Ibis
Water Whistling Ducks
Mountain Shelducks
Egyptian Geese
Maned Geese
Black Ducks
Buff banded rail
Curlews
Golden Pheasant
Reeves Pheasant
Lady Amhurst Pheasant
Silver Pheasant
Jap quail
Brown quail
King quail
Banded Lap wing
Masked Lap wing
Spur wing Lap wing
Barn owls
Boo book owls
Sooty owls
Barking owls
Laughing Kookaburras
Tawny Frog mouth
Blue faced honey eaters
Australian Magpie
Butcher Bird
Grey Gos Hawks
Nankeen Kestral
Red tail Blacks
White tail Blacks
Sulphar Crest
Galahs
Short Bill & Long Bill corellas
Major Mitchell
28's
Regent
Crimson Wings
Eastern King
Red caps
Cockatiels
Red rumps
Budgies
Musk lorikeets
Rainbow Lorikeets
Red collard lorikeets
Scaly Breasted Lorikeets
Varied Lorikeets
Western Rosellas
Eastern Rosella
Crimson Rosellas
Hooded Parrots
Princess Parrots
Barraband Parrots
Alexandrine Parrots
Moustache Parrots
Peach face love birds
Eclectus
Wonga Pigeons
Bar Shoulder Pigeons
Common Bronze wing pigeons
Crested Pigeons
Brush Bronze wing
Diamond Dove
Peaceful doves
Bleeding heart doves
Barbary doves
Java Sparrows
Zebra finches
Hecks
Cut throat
Gold finches
Gouldians
Diamond Sparrows
Painted Finches
Canarys
Scarlet chested Parrots
Blu & Gold Macaws
Variety of Spiders & Stick Insects


Ringnecks
 
@Red

Hi Ranger Red, was wondering if you might have time to confirm whether the species/sub-species/colour-morphs/domestic breeds listed below are indeed no longer kept at your park? :)

MAMMALS
* Red-necked wallaby
* Quokka
* Long-nosed potoroo
* golden-coated morph Common brushtail possum (Northern sbsp.) individuals
* Eastern quoll
* Northern quoll
* Bengal cat
* Fallow deer
* Black-footed tree-rat

REPTILE
* Eastern water dragon

BIRDS
* Emu
* Masked owl
* Gang-gang cockatoo
* Bourke's parrot
* Elegant parrot
* Turquoise parrot
* Mallee ringneck parrot (sbsp.)
* Port Lincoln ringneck parrot (sbsp.)
* Yellow-crowned parakeet
* Plum-headed parakeet
* Red-crowned parakeet
* Sun conure
* Dusky lory
* Purple-crowned lorikeet
* Yellow rosella
* Chinese goose
* Domestic guineafowl
* Domestic turkey
* Yellow-billed spoonbill
* Kalij pheasant
* Swinhoe's pheasant
* Inland dotterel
* Emerald dove
* Splendid fairywren (though I assume wild ones might visit grounds at times)
* Spotted dove
* Jacobin pigeon
* Torresian imperial-pigeon
* Red-capped robin
* Star finch

(sorry was wondering too if with Ringneck parrots you mean you have Australian or Indian or maybe both?)
 
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On June 20th, the zoo announced that (0.0.3+?) domestic chickens (breed not specified) hatched.

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On February 20th, 2023, the zoo announced they acquired a (0.1) sulphur-crested cockatoo named Barnaby.

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On April 6th, the zoo announced they acquired (0.0.2) grey-headed flying foxes from Albany's Australia Wildlife Park in Discovery Bay in Western Australia which are now on exhibit.

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On April 16th, the zoo announced they acquired a (1.0) northern koala named Ryder which is now on exhibit.

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On May 5th, the zoo announced they acquired a (1.0) olive python named Ollie which is now an ambassador animal.

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On May 17th, the zoo announced they acquired (1.1) southern hairy-nosed wombats named Gary and Betty which are now on exhibit.

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On July 17th, the zoo announced that a (0.0.1) king quail hatched.

this is a JUST hatched King Quail chick that Macc dropped on the keyboard where I work (Macc is one of our Keepers here at Ranger Reds, she's the one with Ollie from a few days ago) These tiny liitle birds get rescued and brought to the incubator where they can hatch safely rather than be at risk in the billabong at the Zoo where they can be predated on. They ae tiny! and so fluffy. | Red Zoo | Red Zoo · Original audio

On July 30th, the zoo announced that a (0.0.1) tawny frogmouth hatched.

This is a Tawny Frogmouth chick which hatched at the Zoo. Cute is the word to use to describe it (The dictionary describes "Cute" as: Ugly but... | By Red Zoo | Facebook
 
G'day Zoochat members earlier this year at the ASZK conference we were able to announce that within the next 3 years we are relocating.
We have found a property at Preston Beach which is 20minutes from our current location heading down South on the Forrest Hwy .
We are currently working through council regulations that need sough ting ,hopefully start surveying work in the start of 2025.
Its a 30hectare property so will see a range of new species ,café/reception Centre, vet clinic & onsite overnight accommodation.
Everything going to plan we expect to be open and expecting our first visit from the public within 3 years.
Thanks Red
 
@Red

That sounds so exciting, wow 30 hectares is gonna be amazing. All the best with the moving and transition and hoping the council regulations process isn't too arduous. Can't wait to hear about the next chapter and the new additions to your animal family.
 
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