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Exotic Mammals in Australian Zoos
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Sydney Zoo no longer hold Sumatran tiger:
Sydney Zoo no longer hold Sumatran tiger, following the announcement today their elderly male has been euthanised.
They maintain a generic tigress.
Caracal is now at Mogo - a female is now off-show at the park awaiting to go on show next year: 登录 Facebook | Facebook
The female Brazilian Tapir at Darling Downs Zoo died last Monday night, leaving the zoo without the species for now. This leaves three (1.2) Brazilian Tapirs in the region. From DDZ's website: "We are devastated to report the death of our beloved Brazilian Tapir, Tiquie. Tiquie’s health had been declining over the past couple of weeks and she died of a heart attack last Monday night. She will be sorely missed."
@WhistlingKite24
Oh thats sad but thankyou for finding out, rest in peace Tiquie, you were so beautiful and widely loved <3
@Steve Robinson
Condolences Steve to you and your staff, Tiquie was a beautiful Tapir
Oh thats sad but thankyou for finding out, rest in peace Tiquie, you were so beautiful and widely loved <3
@Steve Robinson
Condolences Steve to you and your staff, Tiquie was a beautiful Tapir
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Ballarat no longer hold Sumatran tiger:
Ballarat no longer hold Sumatran tiger following the announcement this evening that their elderly male, Satu, has died.
Sydney Zoo no longer hold generic tiger:
Their female, Nika, was transferred to Zambi following the death of her mate (male Sumatran tiger).
This transfer leaves Sydney Zoo without tigers at this point in time.
Reported on Zambi socials.
It appear tigers are now becoming less common in our zoos?
Sydney Zoo now has three (1.2) generic tigers from Australia zoo which should leave Australia zoo with none.
Sydney Zoo - Summer 22/23
Sydney Zoo - Summer 22/23
A 1.1 pair of Red-handed Tamarins have arrived at Tasmania Zoo: Tasmania Zoo welcomes new Tamarins
As mentioned in the Mogo Zoo thread Mogo Wildlife Park no longer houses snow leopards after their last elderly female Tenzin died at 19 years old.
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Thus ends a 27 year legacy at Mogo with Snow Leopards, starting with the arrival of 1.0 Mangar from Melbourne on October 10,1995, and then 0.1 Lena from Helsinki on March 25, 1998, their cubs 1.0 Bhutan and 0.1 Sheva born October 20, 1999 (first Snow Leopards born in NSW) followed by lovely Tenzin and her littermate brother Khumbu on October 12, 2003.
It's cool Mogo has Caracal now (and having personally seen (what was) Tenzin's exhibit it is on the small size so better suited for a small felid species) but I thoroughly liked the suggestion put from memory one of its biggest advocates was you @Zoofan15 for Mogo to consider acquiring Sri Lankan Leopards which I totally agree with, just would need a suitable exhibit (am starting to think perhaps the new owners at Mogo are not considering Sri Lankan Leopards though unfortunately).
Will miss beautiful Tenzin; first saw her as an 8 month old in June '04 being very showy and playfyl along with Khumbu with their parents being quite active too (in the enclosure that now has the Silvery Gibbon family). Last time I saw her she was dozing in a hammock in new last exhibit <3 she was gorgeous.
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Altina Wildlife Park now has two male Nyala, Bahati and Salim will go on display tommorrow
Meet Altina Wildlife Park's newest residents
Meet Altina Wildlife Park's newest residents
Asian small-clawed otter:
Tasmania Zoo currently don’t hold Asian small-clawed otter following the deaths of their elderly otters - confirmed during my research into the regional population of this species.
The Australian population numbers 24.17 otters as of January 2023.
Great news. Red Ruffed Lemurs have been added onto the live import list, permitting future importation into Australia. This provides the opportunity for a third lemur species for the region once again following the loss of the White-fronted Lemurs. The amendment specifically states importation is exclusively for conservation breeding rather than the usual eligible non-commercial purposes wording: List of Specimens taken to be Suitable for Live Import Amendment (red ruffed lemur) Instrument 2022