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0.1 hamadryas baboon born. From Facebook:

It's time for you to officially meet Juju - Melbourne Zoo's baby Hamadryas Baboon!
She went on display for the first time today. Be sure to keep an eye out for Juju on your next day out at the zoo. Thanks to Keeper Bianca for sharing this great moment with us to share with you.
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EDIT: She was hand-reared for 8 to 10 weeks and then re-introduced to her mother: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-...on-juju-makes-debut-after-rough-start/6751216
 
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cmrButton5 said:
With Num-Oi's pregnancy progressing, does anyone know if there are any breeding plans for the rest of the herd?
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Dokkoon (1993) already has Mali (2010) and Manjai (2013) so I would assume she will be bred only once more.

Kulab (2000) has a son, Ongard (2010). Kulab was young when she had her first calf, so Melbourne Zoo has time on their side for breeding her again, however given the age of Ongard, it is likely Kulab will be the next female to breed from. If she conceived today, the calf wouldn't be born until 2017 (a seven year gap between calves).

Apart from Numoi, who is already pregnant, this just leaves Mali. As far as I am aware, it is Melbourne's policy to keep female calves with their mothers to replicate the wild situation, so I am confident Mali will remain at Melbourne as a future breeding female. She's only five and a half, so I doubt we'd see a calf from her until at least 2020.

I'm sure their will be friendly competition over who will produce the first second generation elephant calf: Tukta (Taronga) or Mali (Melbourne) as both young females were born the same year, and are the first birth/first female birth for their respective zoos.
 
Jabiru96 said:
Interesting that a Melbourne Zoo-bred mute swan has been purposely released into Western Australia(?):

I was interested to read of the numbers that used to be there at Northam - I've only been visiting them in Northam for the last 9 years and I've only ever seen 6 or 7 each time on the river, plus a few more in the enclosures in the park beside the river.
Also interesting to hear that Perth Zoo are working with them - they don't have Mute Swans do they?
I think there is /was a group of Mute Swans at a Golf Course in Melbourne that worked in with the Northam management group.
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Disastrous news for Melbourne Zoo - fox kills 15 little penguins overnight.

Story here: Penguin Loss | Zoos Victoria

Wild Sea Keepers were devastated this morning to arrive at the Zoo to find 14 dead Penguins in the exhibit.

The surviving 15 Penguins have all been checked over by Zoo Veterinarians and been moved into a secure area at the Veterinary Department, where they will be safe until it is confirmed that the fox has either left the Zoo or been caught.

Wild Seas Manager Justin Valentine says that the surviving Penguins are uninjured and that they are all settling in to their temporary accommodation, the area used for many years as the Penguin feeding school.

Keepers had suspected for the past week that a fox had managed to enter the Zoo, but so far the traps and camera traps set up have been unsuccessful in locating it.

As the Zoo’s 22 hectares include large areas of densely planted vegetation and is surrounded by parkland, it is relatively easy for a fox to hide during the day.

The Zoo is working with a fox control expert and he will be coming in to offer further advice.

Foxes are found throughout Melbourne’s parks and suburbs, but their nocturnal pattern of activity means that people are rarely aware of their presence.

Fortunately foxes rarely manage to enter the Zoo grounds, and additional measures are being taken today to further fox-proof the gates.
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Just to note that Melbourne bred Superb Fairywrens (Malurus cyaneus) in November.
Maybe of little interest to Australians...but not so to those of us who live in Malurus-free zones.
 
As a final piece of news for the year, Melbourne Zoo this year celebrated the anniversaries of the arrivals of their Aldabran tortoises:

2015 is almost over and what a year it has been for three of our Giant Tortoises at Melbourne Zoo who celebrated anniversaries this year.
Wilbur has been at Melbourne Zoo for 50 years, arriving in 1965. Jean arrived in 1975 (that's 40 years at Melbourne Zoo) and Little John has spent the last 20 years with us, arriving in 1995.
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