Exotic Mammals in Australian Zoos
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just a note: I can no longer edit the original posts because the new forum has a lower character-allowance per post than the old forum (so the entire post remains from the old forum, but if I try to change anything it says I can't do that).
There have been a number of changes recently (new animals, animals dying, etc - e.g. the various ones noted above, and DDZ getting giraffes) but I haven't had much internet time for the last couple of months due to travelling. When I get time I'll go through the threads and list all the changes here.
(Or, conversely, if someone else wants to look through the threads from the last couple of months and make a little list and post it, that would be a time-saving for me - my last update post was in November, post #109 on the previous page)
There have been a number of changes recently (new animals, animals dying, etc - e.g. the various ones noted above, and DDZ getting giraffes) but I haven't had much internet time for the last couple of months due to travelling. When I get time I'll go through the threads and list all the changes here.
(Or, conversely, if someone else wants to look through the threads from the last couple of months and make a little list and post it, that would be a time-saving for me - my last update post was in November, post #109 on the previous page)
PantherPeople
Member
I contacted the Gorge Wildlife Park today and can confirm that their black leopard is still there, and still on display. He is getting old apparently (23-24 years) so is not on display as much as he used to be.
Sri Lankan Leopards?
Correct!
Adelaide zoo and the Darling Downs zoo are now part of the EEP for the species!
from the only photo I have seen of them, the cubs all appear to be normally-patterned cheetahs and not king cheetahs.
as reported in the Taronga news thread, a female pigmy hippo was born in February. There are now five animals in the country (3.2).
Rare Pygmy Hippo calf makes a splash at Taronga
Rare Pygmy Hippo calf makes a splash at Taronga
from the TWPZ news thread: Cuddles, the last African Elephant in Australia has died.
In 2016 we lost Tree Shrews; and in 2015 several species (both Slow Lorises, Bornean Gibbon, and Dhole).
In 2016 we lost Tree Shrews; and in 2015 several species (both Slow Lorises, Bornean Gibbon, and Dhole).
Nikola Chavkosk
Well-Known Member
How old she was?
the news sites are all saying 46 (or to be safe some are saying "estimated to be 46"), but the elephant database website gives her estimated birth-year as 1973 which would make her 44. She was imported to Australia in 1977.
Wait, there are no dhole left at Toronga!? What happend to them all?
Any idea when this is likely to happen? It must be pretty exciting news for you guys down under!
Any idea when this is likely to happen? It must be pretty exciting news for you guys down under!
I believe in the near future, I hope more zoos here will join the two zoos in holding them!
I'm not sure it will be the "near" future, but I guess that depends on definition. I haven't heard anything recently, so I don't know for sure. It has certainly been in the works for ever.