Melbourne Zoo Kulab's Calf

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MARK said:
Thats really cool, Thanks. :)

I be glad when you get your name change ;)
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I will too, im getting sick of it now!

I am seriously puzzled to when the naming competition will start!!!

Also, is there plans to breed Nu-Moi (sp?)?
 
UrMumzAGoat said:
Also, is there plans to breed Nu-Moi (sp?)?
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Num-oi is nine years old so is fast approaching breeding age. I know she will be eventually bred with and I would imagine this will take place relatively soon.

As for the naming competition, I heard Friday too so I'm not sure what's going on there!
 
I wonder if the Perth bull will be used at any time with any of the cows in Melbourne or Taronga zoo?, he will add another bloodline, I hope Perth zoo will have some luck in breeding a calf or two
 
MARK said:
I wonder if the Perth bull will be used at any time with any of the cows in Melbourne or Taronga zoo?, he will add another bloodline, I hope Perth zoo will have some luck in breeding a calf or two
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That's a good point, hopefully they will use Putra Mas, maybe for Tang Mo since they already have three calves by Bong su and soon to be two by Gung. Unless they import new females, Perth Zoo only has one female, Permai, to breed with because the other female is too old.
 
MARK said:
I wonder if the Perth bull will be used at any time with any of the cows in Melbourne or Taronga zoo?, he will add another bloodline, I hope Perth zoo will have some luck in breeding a calf or two
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I think that is a good idea. Is it possible for Perth to import more females to go into the breeding program?
 
UrMumzAGoat said:
I think that is a good idea. Is it possible for Perth to import more females to go into the breeding program?
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I can't see why not, I know they have been having a few difficulties with breeding Permai and when Tricia dies she will need female company. It's possible that an increase in female births at either Taronga or Melbourne could neccesitate a split of the herd in the long term.
 
Axl said:
I can't see why not, I know they have been having a few difficulties with breeding Permai and when Tricia dies she will need female company. It's possible that an increase in female births at either Taronga or Melbourne could neccesitate a split of the herd in the long term.
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AFAIK It is currently not possible to import elephants to Australia. Any new imports would be a very long and expensive process again.
 
In response to the latter question: it would seem sensible to already plan for future imports now ... (since it is a long drawn out bureacratic process).
 
Naming Competition for Elephant Calf

You can help name Melbourne Zoo’s newest arrival! Below are the five potential names for Kulab’s male calf born on Friday 10 September. Vote for your favourite name, and if it is the most popular not only will it become the Elephant’s name, but you will be put into the draw to win a trip for two people to Thailand.

The winner and companion will travel via Bangkok to Chiang Mai, to visit The National Elephant Institute, experience close contact with the elephants, and find out about the elephant research and conservation projects being carried out there. Get your vote in now for the chance to win! The voting will close at 11.59pm on Sunday October 10, 2010.

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The names are: Kla Han (very brave), Han (audacious), Erawan (mythical elephant), Charong (victorious male) and Ongard (brave).
 
Axl said:
You can help name Melbourne Zoo’s newest arrival! Below are the five potential names for Kulab’s male calf born on Friday 10 September. Vote for your favourite name, and if it is the most popular not only will it become the Elephant’s name, but you will be put into the draw to win a trip for two people to Thailand.

The winner and companion will travel via Bangkok to Chiang Mai, to visit The National Elephant Institute, experience close contact with the elephants, and find out about the elephant research and conservation projects being carried out there. Get your vote in now for the chance to win! The voting will close at 11.59pm on Sunday October 10, 2010.

Herald Sun | Australia's biggest selling daily newspaper

The names are: Kla Han (very brave), Han (audacious), Erawan (mythical elephant), Charong (victorious male) and Ongard (brave).
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I like Erawan and Charong.
 
I went to the zoo today, man he's an active one. I waited in line twice to see him, the first time for 45 minutes and the second time for an hour.
People from channel ten were asking little kids of what they thought of the baby elephant.
 
Jarkari said:
AFAIK It is currently not possible to import elephants to Australia. Any new imports would be a very long and expensive process again.
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Jarkari, I think it maybe possible to import elephants from US or European zoos but not from Asia at this time, that "could" change at some point in the future. ;)
 
Erawan sounds like a Lord of the Rings character.

None of them really appeal to me that much.
 
And Han sounds Dutch! I think sometimes with naming animals in their native language eg. Thai should consider names that incorporate a name that has meaning and sounds nice. It's great that zoo's name their animals after their homeland but a name shouldn't be chosen on meaning alone. :) Hopefully Charong will win.
 
Ara said:
Zoos that make financial contributions to in-situ conservation programmes are to be commended, but unfortunately there is an increasing (politically correct) tendency to loudly criticise zoos which don't.

Every zoo, whether public or privately owned, needs to make sure that its financial viability is its first option, and it is entirely its own decision as to whether it is prepared to spend its hard-earned financial surplus on any particular conservation programme.

Conservation is the obligation of GOVERNMENTS, not zoos ( which in many cases have to really walk a financial tightrope.) If a zoo can and does help, good for them, but criticism for lack of decent conservation funding needs to be aimed at the true target, the government of the country involved.
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Not sure I quite follow or agree Ara; so conservation is the obligation of "governments" but not "government" zoos?
Or are you implying that a species' survival is the sole responsibility of the range country / countries?
As I mentioned, both the regional zoos that currently have baby elephants met their visitation figure weeks / months ahead of their projections, therefore, given the surplus they would have in their budgets, it’s more than disappointing that they continue to fail with substantially supporting in-situ conservation.
To give you an example; part of Taronga's commitment in securing the elephants from Thailand was to supply the funding, resources and technical support in constructing an electric fence to help mitigate human elephant conflict. An electric fence would not be a standalone solution, but it would be a start. Unfortunately Taronga still haven't delivered on their promise. This to me demonstrates their real lack of commitment.
 
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