I agree but it's expected.
With the "extra paddock" that would of been an ideal place for the Aucklands cow and the other cow in Perth?. heaps of room now.
Auckland made it pretty clear in their public responses after Australia Zoo dropped Burma that she wouldn't be going there, even if they decided they wanted her again, saying they wanted a "home that actually wants her." Which is completely understandable, considering how Australia Zoo handled it, insisting that Megawati's health would not be an issue, and then pulling the plug on the transfer - via email - a week before Burma was set to fly over. Besides, even if Burma were to come to Australia Zoo, the whole point was so she had her social needs met. Keeping her away from their current herd doesn't fix anything, she'd just be alone in an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar people, rather than alone in a familiar place with familiar people.With the "extra paddock" that would of been an ideal place for the Aucklands cow and the other cow in Perth?. heaps of room now.
Yes if they were interested.
I agree, my point was this new area would of been ideal if they could try to put Permai and Burma together!
I visited Australia Zoo today and noted the following developments and observations:
- a sign has been placed opposite the zebras and giraffe that an on-display cheetah enclosure is currently under construction to expand the African area further. The exact position nor timeframe for the exhibit was not clear but the sign overlooked a patch of land near the smaller lemur islands close to Bindi's Island.
- I saw seven of the new Radiated Tortoises and they were easily spotted in the enclosure opposite the elephants. There is also still at least one Elongated Tortoise mixed with them that was attempting to bite the shell of one of the Radiateds; at least the Elongated Tortoise was very visible for once.
- an old koala exhibit named ‘koala island’ has been reopened after several years with about six koalas on-show right near the cassowaries. It has had some work done on the roof to open it up more to natural light.
- update from the walkthrough aviary – the new pair of Sacred Kingfishers were found after a decent search perched high up among the imperial pigeons. The whipbird nor lorikeets are confirmed not to be in the aviary currently. The Rose-crowned Fruit-Doves are down to four males and the Noisy Pitta is still active and increasingly visible in the display.
- the two new exhibits in the wetlands area are approaching completion with the signage now in place confirming the enclosures are for Southern Cassowaries. The brolgas are also nesting once again.
- the Crimson-spotted Rainbowfish are no longer in the turtle tank on Bindi’s Island however the Southern Purple-spotted Gudgeon remains with two Saw-shelled Turtles, one Krefft’s Turtle and one Brisbane River Turtle. The Broad-shelled River Turtle was also seen in the outdoor turtle enclosure after over a year of not seeing it.
Main Highlights:
- the last enclosure in the Crocodile Environmental Park has finally been completed with a pair of Saltwater Crocodiles, Agro and Cookie moving into the exhibit quite recently.
Sign for Cheetah Enclosure:
Good news about the planned Cheetah enclosure but not before time, the housing of them off exhibit from the public since they first held them was odd to say the least. Perhaps they may of realised that they really did not have that much to offer the public for an African exhibit?.I visited Australia Zoo today and noted the following developments and observations:
- a sign has been placed opposite the zebras and giraffe that an on-display cheetah enclosure is currently under construction to expand the African area further. The exact position nor timeframe for the exhibit was not clear but the sign overlooked a patch of land near the smaller lemur islands close to Bindi's Island.
- I saw seven of the new Radiated Tortoises and they were easily spotted in the enclosure opposite the elephants. There is also still at least one Elongated Tortoise mixed with them that was attempting to bite the shell of one of the Radiateds; at least the Elongated Tortoise was very visible for once.
- an old koala exhibit named ‘koala island’ has been reopened after several years with about six koalas on-show right near the cassowaries. It has had some work done on the roof to open it up more to natural light.
- update from the walkthrough aviary – the new pair of Sacred Kingfishers were found after a decent search perched high up among the imperial pigeons. The whipbird nor lorikeets are confirmed not to be in the aviary currently. The Rose-crowned Fruit-Doves are down to four males and the Noisy Pitta is still active and increasingly visible in the display.
- the two new exhibits in the wetlands area are approaching completion with the signage now in place confirming the enclosures are for Southern Cassowaries. The brolgas are also nesting once again.
- the Crimson-spotted Rainbowfish are no longer in the turtle tank on Bindi’s Island however the Southern Purple-spotted Gudgeon remains with two Saw-shelled Turtles, one Krefft’s Turtle and one Brisbane River Turtle. The Broad-shelled River Turtle was also seen in the outdoor turtle enclosure after over a year of not seeing it.
Main Highlights:
- the last enclosure in the Crocodile Environmental Park has finally been completed with a pair of Saltwater Crocodiles, Agro and Cookie moving into the exhibit quite recently.
Sign for Cheetah Enclosure:
There's more than enough land there to maintain both cheetahs and lions without stress they don't have to place them near each other, just a look on the sat maps shows the amount of land vacant
I visited Australia Zoo today and noted the following developments and observations:
- a sign has been placed opposite the zebras and giraffe that an on-display cheetah enclosure is currently under construction to expand the African area further. The exact position nor timeframe for the exhibit was not clear but the sign overlooked a patch of land near the smaller lemur islands close to Bindi's Island.
- I saw seven of the new Radiated Tortoises and they were easily spotted in the enclosure opposite the elephants. There is also still at least one Elongated Tortoise mixed with them that was attempting to bite the shell of one of the Radiateds; at least the Elongated Tortoise was very visible for once.
- an old koala exhibit named ‘koala island’ has been reopened after several years with about six koalas on-show right near the cassowaries. It has had some work done on the roof to open it up more to natural light.
- update from the walkthrough aviary – the new pair of Sacred Kingfishers were found after a decent search perched high up among the imperial pigeons. The whipbird nor lorikeets are confirmed not to be in the aviary currently. The Rose-crowned Fruit-Doves are down to four males and the Noisy Pitta is still active and increasingly visible in the display.
- the two new exhibits in the wetlands area are approaching completion with the signage now in place confirming the enclosures are for Southern Cassowaries. The brolgas are also nesting once again.
- the Crimson-spotted Rainbowfish are no longer in the turtle tank on Bindi’s Island however the Southern Purple-spotted Gudgeon remains with two Saw-shelled Turtles, one Krefft’s Turtle and one Brisbane River Turtle. The Broad-shelled River Turtle was also seen in the outdoor turtle enclosure after over a year of not seeing it.
Main Highlights:
- the last enclosure in the Crocodile Environmental Park has finally been completed with a pair of Saltwater Crocodiles, Agro and Cookie moving into the exhibit quite recently.
Sign for Cheetah Enclosure:
The housing of the Cheetah in the tiger area was never ideal but the plus side is that they did not have to build an enclosure for them, The down side was from a breeding prospective was it was very unlikely to happen, also they public had no way of viewing them. Since they did import a few from South Africa one would expect that at some time that they might want to include the new genes in the country Cheetah population.
The housing of the Cheetah in the tiger area was never ideal but the plus side is that they did not have to build an enclosure for them, The down side was from a breeding prospective was it was very unlikely to happen, also they public had no way of viewing them. Since they did import a few from South Africa one would expect that at some time that they might want to include the new genes in the country Cheetah population.
One thing that sort of stood out to me when the zoo had mentioned previous on its website, is the the Tigers and Cheetahs had underwater viewing, I have never heard or had seen any other holder of cheetah say about Cheetahs having this or why it is even mentioned considering Cheetah are not known for being water loving cats.
Perhaps the zoo woke up to the fact that only having 3 main species on display isn't really cutting the mustard for a African savanna display especially when with many overseas visitors to the zoo. I believe this is a positive step forwards, How long can a any zoo just be stagnant with almost little to no development happening over a long period of time. I not holding my breath waiting for any further developments but I do hope it does happen.
A small plus I believe would be putting a small gate between the Giraffes and rhinos to let the zebra move backwards and forwards from one enclosure to the other also adding a trio of Ostrich would add a new and cheap addition.
