Krookaburra
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Shame about the bats, I feel lucky to have seen them before they leave now. That does make sense though, I hadn't thought of the possibility of infection from wild bats in the area.
Kyabram Fauna Park Kyabram Fauna Park
- Thread starter Monty
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Piece of July 2025 News Not Mentioned:
On July 16th, it was reported that, alongside the splash park, the zoo started construction on several green spaces, as well as removed the fence and dead foliage from the wetland area.
Splash park among new features coming to zoo
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On October 28th, it was reported that the zoo renovated several exhibits, and acquired a new meerkat and quoll (species not specified), as well as the aforementioned wombat. It was also reported that the zoo installed 2km of pathways, and will be opening a $2.8 million wildlife hospital in the future.
A new family-friendly water park has opened in this beloved regional wildlife sanctuary
On October 30th, the zoo announced they opened a new splash park to the public.
6.1K views · 46 reactions | Make a splash! Kyabram Fauna Park's new splash park is now open. Access to the play zone is free with park entry. Become a member and enjoy unlimited visits over the hot season.
| Zoos Victoria
On July 16th, it was reported that, alongside the splash park, the zoo started construction on several green spaces, as well as removed the fence and dead foliage from the wetland area.
Splash park among new features coming to zoo
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On October 28th, it was reported that the zoo renovated several exhibits, and acquired a new meerkat and quoll (species not specified), as well as the aforementioned wombat. It was also reported that the zoo installed 2km of pathways, and will be opening a $2.8 million wildlife hospital in the future.
A new family-friendly water park has opened in this beloved regional wildlife sanctuary
On October 30th, the zoo announced they opened a new splash park to the public.
6.1K views · 46 reactions | Make a splash! Kyabram Fauna Park's new splash park is now open. Access to the play zone is free with park entry. Become a member and enjoy unlimited visits over the hot season.
| Zoos Victoria
So Zoos Victoria will build a ‘water park’ but phase out 20% of their entire collection in one calendar year. You know how in Greek Mythology there’s the ‘Midas Touch’ where when something is touched it turns into gold? I feel like Zoos Victoria have a ‘reverse Midas Touch’ where everything they touch turns into decaying matter and rot.
Never did I imagine anyone would look at Kyabram Fauna Park’s species list and come to the conclusion they needed to reduce the number of animals.
It’s even more baffling when you consider the site is 55ha (more than double the size of Melbourne Zoo).
Doing further calculations and now including the animals with @ marked (meaning they were moved to Melbourne Zoo) the total percentage rises to 26% which is over a quarter of their collection (in pure species numbers) from June 30 2024
EDIT: I miscalculated, the true percentage is 27.4%, for some reason I thought Kyabram had 96 species at June 30 2024 rather than 91. Their current total is 66.
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