Is this a first? Hyena birth at Monarto
Zoo staff laughing about surprise hyena birth - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Zoo staff laughing about surprise hyena birth - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Monarto Safari Park hyena birth - a first for australia
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Tut Tut!
We can't have allow the birth of an unauthorised hyena!
The carnivore TAG will be most put out! (Excuse my sarcasm.)
It may be a first for Monarto, but Adelaide zoo has a good record of breeding hyenas in the past.
First birth was a spotted hyena in 1949. Between then and the early 1960's some 20 were born, almost all of them raised to maturity (in fairly basic, crappy cages). A lot were sold to various travelling circuses, because Adelaide just didn't have room for them. (this was mainly in the 1950's.) Apparently they had a very prolific female, and when she died the births stopped.
Adelaide also bred a small number of striped hyenas many years ago.
We can't have allow the birth of an unauthorised hyena!
The carnivore TAG will be most put out! (Excuse my sarcasm.)
It may be a first for Monarto, but Adelaide zoo has a good record of breeding hyenas in the past.
First birth was a spotted hyena in 1949. Between then and the early 1960's some 20 were born, almost all of them raised to maturity (in fairly basic, crappy cages). A lot were sold to various travelling circuses, because Adelaide just didn't have room for them. (this was mainly in the 1950's.) Apparently they had a very prolific female, and when she died the births stopped.
Adelaide also bred a small number of striped hyenas many years ago.
given this hyeana birth, and the recent tragedy at taronga, does anyone else think our Australian zoos should just start preg testing imported females as a matter of course? happily, the hyeana birth worked out for the best, but this is the second case in less than a month where 'foetuses' have slipped through the net.....and clearly these accidents are happening in our overseas zoos. though a pregnant thai elephant would have been ok 
though a pregnant thai elephant would have been ok
i'm actually supprised the zoos didn't bring in pregnant females on purpose...
MARK
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Hi Birdboy, It appears that you are new to this forum so just to bring you up to speed on a thing or two, The zoos within Australia are breeding the same species of animals eg, Sumatran tigers, African lion, White rhino, Sun bears ect ect, so most of our zoos will hold a number of spaces for each of these species, hoped that has helped
Just to revive an old thread: I'm extremely pleased at the "resurrection" of spotted hyenas in Aussie zoos (if only at Monarto and Perth so far.) Apparently they are going very well at Monarto.
From what I've seen of the species in the past, they make a good interesting exhibit, quite active, and very vocal around feeding time. At Taronga in the old days they were kept in enclosures with pools, and they were in and out of those pools summer and winter.
(Are you guys allowed to have them up there, Steve Robinson; or are they another Queensland "no-no?")
From what I've seen of the species in the past, they make a good interesting exhibit, quite active, and very vocal around feeding time. At Taronga in the old days they were kept in enclosures with pools, and they were in and out of those pools summer and winter.
(Are you guys allowed to have them up there, Steve Robinson; or are they another Queensland "no-no?")
Surprise, surprise - in Queensland they are a no, no!!! As also are Dhole, Maned Wolf and even Meerkat - but Lions, Tigers and Polar Bears are OK!
Spotted Hyena are very high on the priority wish list for the Darling Downs Zoo - we're even prepared to import animals when the time comes. But don't hold your breath waiting for that time to come. Our Government can't even grasp the thought that Leopard Tortoises can be safely kept in this "Smart State".
Spotted Hyena are very high on the priority wish list for the Darling Downs Zoo - we're even prepared to import animals when the time comes. But don't hold your breath waiting for that time to come. Our Government can't even grasp the thought that Leopard Tortoises can be safely kept in this "Smart State".
It is interesting the change of view when it comes to keeping Spotted hyaenas in Australia. Perth imported their original trio with the opening of the Savannah exhibit in the early 90s, purely for display purposes. Although they bred several times the lack of regional interest in the species meant the necessary castration of the only male. I don't believe there was ever any intention for the species to be adopted into the Carnivore TAG as a priority species. Fast forward a decade and a half and now Monarto is breeding from a large group and other collections seem to be interested in keeping them. I am glad that this revolution has occurred and had previously thought it was a pity that the Australian large open range collections didn't look closer at keeping hyaenas.