Cairns Wildlife Safari Reserve oldest bear in Australia
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"I don't make the news, I just report it."
Actually I had always had the impression Bethyl was the oldest (from Zoochat!) but I wouldn't know one way or t'other
Actually I had always had the impression Bethyl was the oldest (from Zoochat!) but I wouldn't know one way or t'other
well, what d'ya know! http://www.zoochat.com/24/bethyl-bear-turns-34-a-199945/
.....still the oldest bear in Queensland though
.....still the oldest bear in Queensland though
Hi, the link doesn’t work any more and I’m after some footage from win news of the zoo when it was on tv. Do you have any please?
thankyou! I’m specifically after the birthday teddy bear picnic for Barney’s the bear’s birthday
I remember it being featured on tv and my little brother and dad were on there. I’d like to see it
Do you have any footage? The link sends me to cairns news but there is just stories from today there’s no video or photos?? Would be appreciated
There’s also a number of photos (including several of the bears) in this link:
CAIRNS WILDLIFE SAFARI RESERVE: All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)
It’s a real shame CWS closed. It was a thrill to see their largest lion pride, which consisted of a lion and 14 lionesses (an additional four males were held separately). It was Australasian’s largest lion pride at the time.
Yes I went there when I was really young for the teddy bear picnic for the bear’s birthday
Barney did really well with his age (was it 2013 he passed away aged 33 or almost. He and sister littermate Missy were so little when they left Adelaide Zoo to move to Perth Zoo in 1981. I think Peter & Yoka Leeflang at Perth Zoo helped raise them when they were still young (they were the foster parents of Orangutans like Puteri and some of her siblings etc too). Poor Missy was euthanised from cancer in 2007 (her and Barney arrived at Mareeba/Koah I think October 2003).
Remember Huggy & Pooh from Mogo Zoo. They and Barney & Missy got a much much bigger living space at CWS like a hectare or even 3 acres (albeit their exhibits at Perth and Mogo were not terrible, just basic, well Barney & Missy's first exhibit at Perth was an old cramped one but luckily was only a few years in that one).
Remember Huggy & Pooh from Mogo Zoo. They and Barney & Missy got a much much bigger living space at CWS like a hectare or even 3 acres (albeit their exhibits at Perth and Mogo were not terrible, just basic, well Barney & Missy's first exhibit at Perth was an old cramped one but luckily was only a few years in that one).