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The hamadryas baboons have moved back into their exhibit after renovations. Also, two black and white ruffed lemurs have been born.
 
Perth Zoo recently acquired a lioness from Dubbo, New South Wales.
Also Sekara, one of Perth Zoo's orangutans gave birth in late December (Don't know the name or gender of this baby yet)
 
I know this thread is old, but Sekara's baby is a male born on 30/12/2011. The father is apparently Dinar.
 
A second Orangutan birth tookn place on 9th Jan to "Pulang" (her first baby) The new arrival is a female and has been named Lestari meaning, To Conserve....

The first baby has now been named Sungai :)
New orang-utans at Perth Zoo
 
Nisha said:
A second Orangutan birth tookn place on 9th Jan to "Pulang" (her first baby) The new arrival is a female and has been named Lestari meaning, To Conserve....
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I believe the mother 'Pulang' is the last offspring of the old female 'Puan'.
 
It is interesting to see that Perth Zoo keepers use free contact with the orangs (seen on the video on YouTube about the new babies). I saw this before when they were training Semeru before leaving Perth, they gave him fruit while they were in the exhibit with him.

Just to add, the only other zoo that I have seen done this (with orangs) is Berlin on a TV program.
 
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Jabiru96 said:
It is interesting to see that Perth Zoo keepers use free contact with the orangs (seen on the video on YouTube about the new babies). I saw this before when they were training Semeru before leaving Perth, they gave him fruit while they were in the exhibit with him.

Just to add, the only other zoo that I have seen done this (with orangs) is Berlin on a TV program.
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Some zoos do use free contact with female and younger Orangutans, and more did so in the past. Its very rarely used with adult males as they are usually treacherous and very dangerous, but occassionally even that is done and is quite a sight to see. La Boissiere in France used to do it with their adult Sumatran male 'Major' and the keeper would handfeed him. London Zoo did it in the 1960's with an adult male 'Charlie'.
 
Birds

On a slightly different note - great to see Red-eared firetails in the Birds of the Southwest exhibit last week. Looked like they were very busy building a nest as well! Got a couple of photos but nothing great.
 
Jabiru96 said:
It is interesting to see that Perth Zoo keepers use free contact with the orangs (seen on the video on YouTube about the new babies). I saw this before when they were training Semeru before leaving Perth, they gave him fruit while they were in the exhibit with him.

Just to add, the only other zoo that I have seen done this (with orangs) is Berlin on a TV program.
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As an ex-keeper I can confirm that keepers do have free contact with some individuals. Some of the older females (Puan, Puspa) and the adult males are no-go however. If an individual enjoys the contact then it is encouraged.
 
Does anyone know what sort of timescale they are looking at for the 'Jungle' exhibit being planned near where the South American parrots are?
 
I was wondering that aswell, what stage are perth at in there current masterplan? Also have perths elephants ever bred? or are they yet to reach breeding age?
 
Permai is twenty three years old, and the recommended maximum breeding age for first time mothers is twenty four. I believe I read somewhere that the bull Patra Mas was indeed fertile. Possibly he has issues with mating itself.
Regardless, time is of the essence to get Permai's first calf :).
 
The docent i spoke to last week said that they considered Permai probably wouldn't breed as she is at a critical age...which makes me think that Putra Mas has valuable genes that should really be utilised since he is unrelated to any other elephants in Australian zoos. Seems like quite a waste really.
 
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