Darling Downs Zoo Darling Downs Zoo News 2021

Darling Downs Zoo have now actually announced all of these cat-related developments - three Caracal kittens have been born (a first for DDZ), the pair of Sri Lankan Leopards arrived, a Cheetah was imported from South Africa and…two young female Serval have just been imported from Europe, providing new bloodines for the regional population. The servals have been introduced to their male Tafari:

"Our cat department has had an exciting few months! Recently we have seen the arrival of two young female Servals from Europe, a pair of Sri Lankan Leopards from Europe, a young male Cheetah from Africa and a litter of three Caracal kittens.The Servals are unrelated to any in Australia and have already been introduced to our beautiful male, Tafari. The Darling Downs Zoo is one of only two Australian zoos to hold Sri Lankan Leopards under an international breeding program – the other zoo being the National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra. Both Ecko, our male, and Maysha, the female, are very laid back animals and we have high hopes that they will help us to increase the global numbers of this important species.

Our young Cheetah, Valiant, was imported specially to help us establish a breeding group of Cheetah here as part of the Species Management Program. He is still a bit young to breed but is a very sociable animal and a great hit with our keepers. We have been incredibly lucky to breed from one of our Caracal pairs so soon after their release from quarantine. The kittens are now becoming quite mobile and will be out and about during the summer holidays. They will soon have their first health check, at which time we will learn how many are girls and how many are boys. Exciting times at the Darling Downs Zoo! A lot of our species preservation work takes place behind the scenes with animals that our visitors hardly ever see. The Darling Downs Zoo Species Preservation fund is a registered charity which accepts tax free donations to help us to fund this work. Please email the zoo at admin@darlingdownszoo.com.au if you would like more information about how you can help to support this work."
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
Darling Downs Zoo have now actually announced all of these cat-related developments - three Caracal kittens have been born (a first for DDZ), the pair of Sri Lankan Leopards arrived, a Cheetah was imported from South Africa and…two young female Serval have just been imported from Europe, providing new bloodines for the regional population. The servals have been introduced to their male Tafari:

"Our cat department has had an exciting few months! Recently we have seen the arrival of two young female Servals from Europe, a pair of Sri Lankan Leopards from Europe, a young male Cheetah from Africa and a litter of three Caracal kittens.The Servals are unrelated to any in Australia and have already been introduced to our beautiful male, Tafari. The Darling Downs Zoo is one of only two Australian zoos to hold Sri Lankan Leopards under an international breeding program – the other zoo being the National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra. Both Ecko, our male, and Maysha, the female, are very laid back animals and we have high hopes that they will help us to increase the global numbers of this important species.

Our young Cheetah, Valiant, was imported specially to help us establish a breeding group of Cheetah here as part of the Species Management Program. He is still a bit young to breed but is a very sociable animal and a great hit with our keepers. We have been incredibly lucky to breed from one of our Caracal pairs so soon after their release from quarantine. The kittens are now becoming quite mobile and will be out and about during the summer holidays. They will soon have their first health check, at which time we will learn how many are girls and how many are boys. Exciting times at the Darling Downs Zoo! A lot of our species preservation work takes place behind the scenes with animals that our visitors hardly ever see. The Darling Downs Zoo Species Preservation fund is a registered charity which accepts tax free donations to help us to fund this work. Please email the zoo at admin@darlingdownszoo.com.au if you would like more information about how you can help to support this work."
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That is ridiculously impressive. Puts most of the bigger zoos to shame.
 
tetrapod said:
That is ridiculously impressive. Puts most of the bigger zoos to shame.
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What more can one say, This small regional zoo seems to be setting the pace for others to follow,I find it amazing how a small family owned zoo can do what many other much larger zoos appear to struggle with. I do agree with your @tetrapod comment about putting most of the bigger zoos to shame, it appears to me that when people are motivated and have a driving passion for what they are doing instead of one just doing a job it becomes obvious which has the better results.
 
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WhistlingKite24 said:
Darling Downs Zoo have now actually announced all of these cat-related developments - three Caracal kittens have been born (a first for DDZ), the pair of Sri Lankan Leopards arrived, a Cheetah was imported from South Africa and…two young female Serval have just been imported from Europe, providing new bloodines for the regional population. The servals have been introduced to their male Tafari:

"Our cat department has had an exciting few months! Recently we have seen the arrival of two young female Servals from Europe, a pair of Sri Lankan Leopards from Europe, a young male Cheetah from Africa and a litter of three Caracal kittens.The Servals are unrelated to any in Australia and have already been introduced to our beautiful male, Tafari. The Darling Downs Zoo is one of only two Australian zoos to hold Sri Lankan Leopards under an international breeding program – the other zoo being the National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra. Both Ecko, our male, and Maysha, the female, are very laid back animals and we have high hopes that they will help us to increase the global numbers of this important species.

Our young Cheetah, Valiant, was imported specially to help us establish a breeding group of Cheetah here as part of the Species Management Program. He is still a bit young to breed but is a very sociable animal and a great hit with our keepers. We have been incredibly lucky to breed from one of our Caracal pairs so soon after their release from quarantine. The kittens are now becoming quite mobile and will be out and about during the summer holidays. They will soon have their first health check, at which time we will learn how many are girls and how many are boys. Exciting times at the Darling Downs Zoo! A lot of our species preservation work takes place behind the scenes with animals that our visitors hardly ever see. The Darling Downs Zoo Species Preservation fund is a registered charity which accepts tax free donations to help us to fund this work. Please email the zoo at admin@darlingdownszoo.com.au if you would like more information about how you can help to support this work."
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Just outstanding news
 
The lemurs have been announced. The zoo recently received three Ring-tailed Lemurs and a pair of Black-and-white Ruffed Lemurs. They are now on-display in the new exhibits between the lions and meerkats/porcupine, opposite the hippo/grey parrot and zebra: Log into Facebook | Facebook

Images of the lemur enclosures from my last visit: New Enclosures - ZooChat, New Enclosures - ZooChat
 
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