Taronga Zoo Changes at Taronga

I have no confirmeation, but if you look at the annual report from last year, in the first few pages it mentions africa could be ready to open in feb 2010, brining 14 new exhibits to the zoo.

Not sure though, this is the only news that noone i know has heard of it. I honestly don't know what is next, but due to the carpark and ele facility opening in feb 09 or so, a years worth of construction might not do it. I say it may start after this, but will take maybe 18 months.

also taronga will be without many of it's favorites during this time, as all animals in that area will ahve to go to other facilities, propbably western plains, as there is simply no room to build and keep giraffe, zebs, ostrich, bongo, barb sheep etc. The chimp and gorrilla exhibits will also be included, so for a time, they could both be shut, and the main walking strip from rept house to food precint will also be shut, there-fore extending the wlaking track around zoo significantly for guests.
 
Zoo_Boy said:
I have no confirmeation, but if you look at the annual report from last year, in the first few pages it mentions africa could be ready to open in feb 2010, brining 14 new exhibits to the zoo.

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Yeah I've seen that, Zoo-boy. I was hoping someone in the know, like Zoopro, would respond.
 
haha be interesting to see exactly what they do with the full-grown giraffe. i think taronga might put them somewhere else rather than truck them out west....which in itself raises the question. how do you do it? why is it that taronga only brings in and sends out baby giraffes?
 
glyn said:
haha be interesting to see exactly what they do with the full-grown giraffe. i think taronga might put them somewhere else rather than truck them out west....which in itself raises the question. how do you do it? why is it that taronga only brings in and sends out baby giraffes?
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they only move the young girrafe because fully grown giraffes dont fit under powerlines ect and the trip would take hours longer because they would need to lift the powerlines (can you even do that?) to move the animals under.
i wonder how they will move them? maybe they could walk them down:P
 
That is a real logistical problem.

Moving 4 (or is it 5) giraffes 5 hours to dubbo seems lot, unless a guess, move them permentally out to dubbo, and bring back 4 young ones? Maybe a Bachelor group?
 
Powerlines can be lifted. We were out of power for about three hours because they were moving a boat out of a building yard to melbourne from near Shepparton.
 
That may be true pat, but still to move 4 or 5 fully grown giraffe, means 4 or 5 crates that need to be constructed, plus an alternate root in some places, as you carnt move bridges!
 
i think it would be rather difficult to justify shutting down the electricity to move giraffes though it would have novelty value attached to it.
maybe they could combine the giraffe transfer with earth hour and roll two 'conservation' initiatives into one ;)
personally i think taronga might keep the giraffes on site and either stagger the construction program around them OR move them elsewhere in the zoo. the current red kangaroo yards might be a good place. will be interesting to see what happens.
 
torie said:
they only move the young girrafe because fully grown giraffes dont fit under powerlines ect and the trip would take hours longer because they would need to lift the powerlines (can you even do that?) to move the animals under.
i wonder how they will move them? maybe they could walk them down:P
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I really do not think somebody needs to lift the powerlines to transport a fully grown giraffe within Australia. The most common way how to move such an animal is to use a special box + truck with a movable roof. After a giraffe has walked in, the roof is slowly lowered. In central Europe a minimum height of bridges, powerlines etc is 4,5m and transport of (fully grown) giraffes is nothing exceptional. A way bigger problem could be an anesthesia (if blood tests are required) and the slow and uneasy process to accustom to a new surroundings for an elderly animal.

I think only young animals has been trasported yet, because of lower transport costs.
 
They could put them on a boat and send them to a port that has only highway in between it and wpz.
 
I don't know if it would work but you can be sure that their would still be less powerlines then through the streets of Sydney.
 
500 kms. . . and even then you have to take them through a variety of small towns. once they are this side of the blue mountains you have bathurst orange molong and wellington to get through. having said that I really can't see it being that much of a problem. It is not uncommon to see massive mining trucks towed through the streets of these cities. all that I see is needed would be a green light corridor and carefully picking the roads
 
Surely the original giraffes at WPZ came from TZ? Allowing for some suburban build-up since then, I would think it must still be feasible to move animals between the two collections, if a tad difficult.
 
I don't think they will be moving any Giraffes anytime soon. With the The car park being done and huge changes that are planned for the top gate. Topgate will never look the same :( By the sounds of things the heritage listed entrance will be all that remains. I wont say whats happening because i only just found out myself from a keeper, But it sounds like it all starts changing in a couple of months.
I doubt they would be moved anytime soon. If they were to move them internally they could have used the old elephant paddock but with the elephant pregnancy thats all changed.
 
stretchedandy said:
.I doubt they would be moved anytime soon. If they were to move them internally they could have used the old elephant paddock but with the elephant pregnancy thats all changed.
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Are their major changes at Taronga because of Tong Dee's baby? I haven't been there since late 2006.
Congratulations to you guys, i spoke with the Melbourne keepers their jealous as hell! You can only hope for a healthy birth,
 
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