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Encouraging news to learn they are now in the process of setting up a second breeding population away from Yellingbo NR. Given the rate of success with captive-breeding and reinforcement of wild population one would expect more release sites coming on stream in the next year or 2.
13 Tasmanian Devils have been born at Healesville Sanctuary this season: Log into Facebook | Facebook
Transferring some of the key information from Healesville's Sanctuary inventory report [Healesville Sanctuary Inventory Report 2020-2021 [Healesville Sanctuary]] into the news thread especially due to the limited amount of news recently reported as a result of lockdowns etc., here are some notable births/hatchings and transfers involving Healesville's collection over the past 12 months from July 2020 to June 2021.
Notable Births/Hatchings:
Notable Births/Hatchings:
- 0.0.6 Southern Corroboree Frog
- 1.1.1 Eastern Cattle Egret
- 1.0.1 Bush Stone-Curlew
- 1.1 Gang-gang Cockatoo
- 0.0.4 Superb Parrot
- 0.0.7 Emerald Dove
- 1.1.1 White-headed Pigeon
- 0.0.5 Peaceful Dove
- 0.0.4 Wonga Pigeon
- 4.2 Gouldian Finch
- 0.0.4 Diamond Firetail
- 9.3.3 Helmeted Honeyeater [not including other groups of Yellow-tufted Honeyeaters]
- 1.1 Eastern Whipbird
- 0.0.10 Tasmanian Devil
- 1.4 Feathertail Glider
- 2.2 Mountain Pygmy Possum
- 0.0.1 Leadbeater's Possum [did not survive]
- 1.0 Kangaroo Island Kangaroo
- 1.0 Bilby
- 2.4 Feathertail Glider
- 0.1 Powerful Owl
A state-funded $5-million facility "Australian Platypus Conservation Centre" will be constructed at Healesville soon. It will provide emergency housing/care for wild platypus and be used as a space to conduct biological and behavioural research: Boost For Platypus Conservation And Icon Species
Seems fitting for their work with the species.
Three Mountain Pygmy Possums have been born at Healesville. Information from their social media page.
Zoos Victoria have assisted with a translocation trial involving wild Leadbeater's Possums, relocating a population to bushland near Mansfield.
Source: Zoos Victoria
Source: Zoos Victoria
@WhistlingKite24 So awesome. There's an actual mention of Leadbeater's Possums in Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park novel from 1990, when discussing animals recently found to not be extinct after all they talk about them as an example (but still a critically endangered plight for them none-the-less of course) Healesville really do some amazing conservation work, and keep hearing how amazing the sanctuary is to visit (but so far am yet to get there to visit, maybe later this year, fingers crossed).
An additional 18 Helmeted Honeyeaters raised at Healesville have been released joining the previous release group of 32 individuals - reported on their social media page.
A Long-nosed Potoroo has been born at Healesville.
Source: Zoos Victoria
Source: Zoos Victoria
Two Guthega Skinks have been born at Healesville. They are the product of skinks from two different wild populations - a female from Victoria's Alps and a male from New South Wales's Kosciusko region: Log into Facebook | Facebook
Edit - additional video from Zoo's Victoria's Facebook page:
Edit - additional video from Zoo's Victoria's Facebook page:
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Significant news! Two Leadbeater’s Possums have been born at Healesville Sanctuary. According to the article it had been twenty years since this species had been bred successfully in captivity. This species was bred successfully in the 1990s but breeding ceased due to ageing animals, limited genetics and no requirements for wild release. They have been actively trying to breed them again since 2012: https://www.miragenews.com/breakthrough-for-critically-endangered-804167/
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More excellent news! A female Goodfellow’s Tree-Kangaroo has been born and named Ori. After a long string of male joeys in the region this will be an essential breeding female in the future: Log into Facebook | Facebook
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A new species for Healesville. Two Eastern Quolls (one black and one fawn individual) have been added to their nocturnal house. The two females have arrived from Tasmania.
Source: Zoos Victoria's YouTube page.
Source: Zoos Victoria's YouTube page.
A pair of Red-bellied/Tasmanian Pademelons have arrived at Healesville: 登录 Facebook | Facebook
There is. I noted it down as "long-nosed potoroo" on my visit on Sunday but did think it looked really big. Clearly I wasn't paying close enough attention to the sign.