No idea on sex yet... more from Taronga on the new little one...
Bongo birth provides boost for critically endangered species | Taronga
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Bongo birth provides boost for critically endangered species | Taronga
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Taronga Zoo Taronga Zoo News 2015
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And more on the Bongo-calf :
Rare Antelope Calf Born at Taronga Zoo - ZooBorns
Rare Antelope Calf Born at Taronga Zoo - ZooBorns
A Noisy pitta has been succesfully hand-raised. The parent left the young at an age of 4 days alone and the keepers took over the care. They succeeded and the young is now fully fledged and returned to the Rainforest Aviary.
yay, another male! As it says in the Taronga release (http://taronga.org.au/news/2015-03-09/bongo-calf-lives-his-name), this "is another success for Taronga’s conservation breeding program for this critically endangered species."
Oh, wait....
zooboy28
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yay, another male! As it says in the Taronga release (Bongo calf lives up to his name | Taronga), this "is another success for Taronga’s conservation breeding program for this critically endangered species."
Oh, wait....
The one plus side of the male births is that it does prevent (further?) inbreeding of the tiny population, as long as the one female in Australia isn't mated with her sons, and should really encourage ZAA to import further founding females if they want their "success" to continue.
New developments have been revealed for the future, including 'Sumatran Tiger Adventure' (currently in construction), 'African Savannah' (featuring giraffe, zebra, fennec foxes and meerkat), 'Congo Forest' (featuring gorilla, bongo and Pygmy hippo) and a new orangutan exhibit: https://taronga.org.au/about-us/development-program
apparently? A source for news like that would be nice, otherwise it is just rumour.
that's sad. Got to feel for the female too, now all alone.
Chameleons hatched :
A Wee Bit O? Green for St. Patrick?s Day - ZooBorns
A Wee Bit O? Green for St. Patrick?s Day - ZooBorns
Osprey71
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Visited Taronga today and were the fennec foxes and the two dholes were and the snow leopard there are signs stating new tiger enclosure opening soon.
Fennec Foxes moved to there new home this week up near the zebra's.
The two near the tigers are going to Hunter Valley Zoo.
The two new otters are getting along really well.
Meerkat boy are getting along with the girls they were all in together today.
Fennec Foxes moved to there new home this week up near the zebra's.
The two near the tigers are going to Hunter Valley Zoo.
The two new otters are getting along really well.
Meerkat boy are getting along with the girls they were all in together today.
do you (or anyone) know where the new otters came from?
And does anyone know where the female dhole will be going/has gone? (It was mentioned earlier she [they, before the male died] was being sent elsewhere).
both the male and female died a couple of weeks ago?! That seems strange. Do you have any more information, or just that they are dead?
Jangala (male) passed away suddenly due to an illness about 5 weeks ago.
Tunlay (female) passed away 2 weeks ago from old age related issues.
Their keepers are completely gutted by the loss of both of them in such a short timeframe... they were well loved by all the keepers, who did everything possible to make sure that all of their needs were met.
Sometimes **** just happens, no matter what you do to try to prevent it.
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Tunlay (female) passed away 2 weeks ago from old age related issues.
Their keepers are completely gutted by the loss of both of them in such a short timeframe... they were well loved by all the keepers, who did everything possible to make sure that all of their needs were met.
Sometimes **** just happens, no matter what you do to try to prevent it.
T.