Is the intention to keep all three long term? Or will one of the males be sent to another facility.
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That’s great to hear @Steve Robinson.
Is the reason for importing two males to give the female a choice when it comes to breeding so to speak?
I understand females of this species usually demonstrate a strong preference when presented with more than one potential mate; typically preferring less aggressive males (as females dominate in hyena society).
Good morning jay. That must have been the quickest reporting of a birth ever! Did you visit yesterday? The foal was only born on Sunday night.
Zavannah always cooks her foals for a couple of weeks past their due date and this one set the record. It is huge! A beautiful, robust filly.
We have had a few Zebra transfers this year as well as some more to come yet. We have also had the misfortune of losing Zendaya due to a random kick to her head by her father.
Has there been any further transfers, following Jafari's arrival from Altina?
Also sad to hear of Zendaya's unfortunate passing. Hopefully we hear of positive news breeding wise with Jafari and the first generation fillies soon.
Darling Downs Zoo introduce new hyena:
From socials:
Meet Jamila (beautiful) and Bubu (not real bright), our wonderful Hyena. They recently arrived all the way from Africa and their interesting personalities have been a delight to get to know.
It appears the second male has been transferred out, but I will let @Steve Robinson confirm. From @Swanson02’s review, I see Tasmania Zoo are opening a Spotted hyena exhibit soon.
From socials:
Meet Jamila (beautiful) and Bubu (not real bright), our wonderful Hyena. They recently arrived all the way from Africa and their interesting personalities have been a delight to get to know.
It appears the second male has been transferred out, but I will let @Steve Robinson confirm. From @Swanson02’s review, I see Tasmania Zoo are opening a Spotted hyena exhibit soon.
I had my annual pilgrimage to Darling Downs Zoo today, a bit later than usual in the year, but continuously an excellent trip. As always, I thank Steve and Steph for their hospitality and congratulate them on their hard effort to continue developing a high-quality experience. Some of my observations/news do note might of happened months ago but I am only seeing them now. I will upload more photos over the coming days:
- the female Golden Lion Tamarin has arrived from France and successfully been mixed with the new male from Colchester. They are mixed with the Common Marmosets and Brazilian Agouti. There is another lion tamarin pair with the Pygmy Marmosets.
- a male Black-necked Stork has arrived and is currently housed in a fence-offed section behind the pelican.
- a whopping five species of wallaby now reside in the paddock next to the Siamang with the addition of Whiptail and Tammar Wallaby (with joeys) along with the growing population of Agile Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby and Swamp Wallaby.
- three Bush Stone-Curlew chicks have very recently hatched. One with the Gang-gang Cockatoos and two with the all the ground-doves. There were other pairs on eggs still.
- a new set of Cottontop Tamarins were starting to venture further from their adults. One of the on-show pairs of Red-handed Tamarins also had some young twins. Pygmy Marmosets had young also.
- I noticed a Centralian Bluetongue among the lizard pit with the shingleback, common bluetongues and bearded dragons. A species I haven’t seen at the zoo before.
- a male Fallow Deer is now with the female Red Deer.
- at least three Alexandrine Parakeets have been added to the final aviary row next to the admin building which were seen with a male Indian Ringneck and Blue-fronted Amazon.
- Satin Bowerbird has been added to the aviary between the lions. I finally saw a Red-whiskered Bulbul in this aviary for a flash second. A few new/returning columbids were relished – a pair of Rose-crowned Fruit-Doves and a big group of White-breasted Ground-Doves that have already been mentioned earlier.
- a new paddock has been opened opposite the giraffe which has Ostrich currently. The new Zebra foal was excellent to see.
- a great little extension has been added to the tropical reptile house with Radiated Tortoise and the Rhino Iguana hatchlings in a fifth enclosure next to Bakti, the Komodo from the reptile park. One of the imported male Yellow Anacondas is now on-show as well.
- the new penguins and hyenas were great to see. Additional penguins have since arrived from Billabong Zoo.
- lots of wildlife today at the zoo – highlight was Zebra Finches and Yellow-rumped Thornbills with the zebras. Butterflies were out as well with Australian Pained Lady and Lesser Wanderer being abundant.
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Wow!!! I thought Whiptail Wallabies were completely gone from captivity!!
@WhistlingKite24 Wonderful photos as always my friend (those Red-handed and Cotton-top Tamarins are so adorable and what a regal looking Yellow Anaconda + handsome Hyena great close-up pose)
@Steve Robinson So many exciting things still happening at your zoo. Really awesome to hear from WhistlingKite24 and Osedax that you have Whiptail Wallabies again too. Cant wait to visit finally. Congrats on the baby Tamarins from RH and CTs & Pygmy Marmosets, Zebras, Radiated Tortoises, Rhino' Iguanas, Bush-stone Curlews. Great to hear about the new exhibits, expanded ones like Reptile House and the mixed species ones too e.g Golden Lion Tamarins with Marmosets and Agoutis, multiple Wallaby species together, Red Deer with Fallow Deer.
@Steve Robinson So many exciting things still happening at your zoo. Really awesome to hear from WhistlingKite24 and Osedax that you have Whiptail Wallabies again too. Cant wait to visit finally. Congrats on the baby Tamarins from RH and CTs & Pygmy Marmosets, Zebras, Radiated Tortoises, Rhino' Iguanas, Bush-stone Curlews. Great to hear about the new exhibits, expanded ones like Reptile House and the mixed species ones too e.g Golden Lion Tamarins with Marmosets and Agoutis, multiple Wallaby species together, Red Deer with Fallow Deer.
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Zootierliste says there are none in captivity: ZootierlisteHomepage
Well that seems to require updating. Perhaps you could notify them ...?!
It may be better if WhistlingKite 24 does that.
Thank you for the wonderful photos in the gallery of the animals at the Darling Downs Zoo they are really goodI had my annual pilgrimage to Darling Downs Zoo today, a bit later than usual in the year, but continuously an excellent trip. As always, I thank Steve and Steph for their hospitality and congratulate them on their hard effort to continue developing a high-quality experience. Some of my observations/news do note might of happened months ago but I am only seeing them now. I will upload more photos over the coming days:
- the female Golden Lion Tamarin has arrived from France and successfully been mixed with the new male from Colchester. They are mixed with the Common Marmosets and Brazilian Agouti. There is another lion tamarin pair with the Pygmy Marmosets.
- a male Black-necked Stork has arrived and is currently housed in a fence-offed section behind the pelican.
- a whopping five species of wallaby now reside in the paddock next to the Siamang with the addition of Whiptail and Tammar Wallaby (with joeys) along with the growing population of Agile Wallaby, Red-necked Wallaby and Swamp Wallaby.
- three Bush Stone-Curlew chicks have very recently hatched. One with the Gang-gang Cockatoos and two with the all the ground-doves. There were other pairs on eggs still.
- a new set of Cottontop Tamarins were starting to venture further from their adults. One of the on-show pairs of Red-handed Tamarins also had some young twins. Pygmy Marmosets had young also.
- I noticed a Centralian Bluetongue among the lizard pit with the shingleback, common bluetongues and bearded dragons. A species I haven’t seen at the zoo before.
- a male Fallow Deer is now with the female Red Deer.
- at least three Alexandrine Parakeets have been added to the final aviary row next to the admin building which were seen with a male Indian Ringneck and Blue-fronted Amazon.
- Satin Bowerbird has been added to the aviary between the lions. I finally saw a Red-whiskered Bulbul in this aviary for a flash second. A few new/returning columbids were relished – a pair of Rose-crowned Fruit-Doves and a big group of White-breasted Ground-Doves that have already been mentioned earlier.
- a new paddock has been opened opposite the giraffe which has Ostrich currently. The new Zebra foal was excellent to see.
- a great little extension has been added to the tropical reptile house with Radiated Tortoise and the Rhino Iguana hatchlings in a fifth enclosure next to Bakti, the Komodo from the reptile park. One of the imported male Yellow Anacondas is now on-show as well.
- the new penguins and hyenas were great to see. Additional penguins have since arrived from Billabong Zoo.
Highlights today:
- lots of wildlife today at the zoo – highlight was Zebra Finches and Yellow-rumped Thornbills with the zebras. Butterflies were out as well with Australian Pained Lady and Lesser Wanderer being abundant.
The Little Penguins have already starting to breed with egg laying already commencing - reported on their FB page.