Australasian Gibbon Population

Zorro said:
Also add Rockhampton zoo to the list
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Rockhampton will soon become the ninth holder of Northern white-cheeked gibbon. They seem to have a focus on expanding their primate collection with also lemurs confirmed and interest in hiring somebody either experience of tamarins and marmosets.

It’s possible they will acquire Siamang and Javan gibbon long term,
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
1.0 Nakai and 0.1 Tuson the Northern White-cheeked Gibbons will soon be moving to Rockhampton Zoo from Perth and Adelaide Zoo respectively. When they arrive there will be eight holders of this species in Australasia and they will be only the second Queensland zoo to have housed this species following Wildlife HQ: Northern white-cheeked gibbons
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Excellent news.
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
1.0 Nakai and 0.1 Tuson the Northern White-cheeked Gibbons will soon be moving to Rockhampton Zoo from Perth and Adelaide Zoo respectively. When they arrive there will be eight holders of this species in Australasia and they will be only the second Queensland zoo to have housed this species following Wildlife HQ: Northern white-cheeked gibbons
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Very glad to see the Rockhampton zoo expanding their primate collection would love to see then add some Orangs :cool:
 
Zorro said:
Very glad to see the Rockhampton zoo expanding their primate collection would love to see then add some Orangs :cool:
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Hamadryas Baboon would be another choice. Melbourne will possibly need to offload some of their males to another facility in the future if they wish to continue breeding, so Rockhampton have an opportunity there.
 
Zorro said:
I agree but it just boils down to if they want them perhaps they have not considered them!
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True, but they would be a great consideration, especially as they already have the facilities for them. Orangutans would require a much more expensive enclosure; which could be done, but baboons would be an easy initiative in the meantime.
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
1.0 Nakai and 0.1 Tuson the Northern White-cheeked Gibbons have now safely arrived at Rockhampton Zoo, creating a new holder of this species within the region: It’s a ‘gibbon’ that the new Zoo exhibit will be a community favourite
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What’s most encouraging of all is the article mentions they’re interesting in acquiring more Northern white-cheeked gibbons, including importing from outside the region to source new bloodlines.

Given how well represented the Tieu x Vang line is in Australasia, it’ll be great to have some new founders.
 
Zoofan15 said:
What’s most encouraging of all is the article mentions they’re interesting in acquiring more Northern white-cheeked gibbons, including importing from outside the region to source new bloodlines.

Given how well represented the Tieu x Vang line is in Australasia, it’ll be great to have some new founders.
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Would that mean they will hold two pairs in the future?
 
Zorro said:
Would that mean they will hold two pairs in the future?
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It’s implied they will as they mentioned sourcing gibbons to pair with Nakai *and* Tuson.

That said, it could be challenging to have them both onsite and getting them to bond with new mates after forming a bond together. Perhaps they’re collaborating with another zoo on an import that will see them both re-paring with an imported male and female - and one pair sent to the other zoo sharing the import costs.
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
0.1 Maka the Northern White-cheeked Gibbon has been imported from the Branfere Zoo, France by Tasmania Zoo. She is settling into a new enclosure and will soon receive a male. This was the particular individual Wildlife HQ planned on receiving initially so she brings new genetics to the region: Log into Facebook | Facebook
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It’s great to see the surge of interest in Northern white-cheeked gibbon on a regional level - with new holders and imports of new genetics (with Rockhampton also planning imports).

In terms of holders, they’re catching up with Siamang (with eight holders versus eleven) and as a South East Asian species, could be something for zoos like Auckland to consider in the future.
 
Zoofan15 said:
It’s great to see the surge of interest in Northern white-cheeked gibbon on a regional level - with new holders and imports of new genetics (with Rockhampton also planning imports).

In terms of holders, they’re catching up with Siamang (with eight holders versus eleven) and as a South East Asian species, could be something for zoos like Auckland to consider in the future.
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I agree its good to see more holders in the region. I would hope to see more holders also with the Silverly gibbons within the region.
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
Tien is at Wildlife HQ currently and is part of an new pairing for breeding purposes with male Tao.
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It seems they'll have to look overseas then; the other candidates all being closely related to Nakai.

I think the plan was for a female from France to be paired with him; but she's now at Tasmania.
 
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