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Several helmeted guineafowl have been introduced to the African savannah and allowed to free roam amongst exhibits (there is a video on Facebook of them exploring the white rhino exhibit).
 
Jabiru96 said:
Female Sumatran tiger Setia sadly died yesterday: Zoo mourns loss of Sumatran Tiger, ?Setia? | Perth Zoo
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That's sad news, and she was just short of her 16th birthday :(

Her littermates, Berani and Tenang have also died. They both passed away in 2014.

Strange how the whole litter died relatively young when you consider the impressive ages reached by family members:

Cantic: Died 21 years

Malu: Still alive at 19 years

Rokan: Still alive at 19 years

Selatan: Died at 21 years

Kemiri: Still alive at 21 years

Juara/Ramalon?Larry: Still alive at 20 years

Djelita: Died at 25 years (World record for longevity)
 
Really encouraging to hear Perth Zoo have released another orangutan. As mentioned in the article, they are the only zoo in the world to be releasing Sumatran orangutan. Releasing surplus orangutans bred at the zoo is a great alternative to not breeding, or overcrowding exhibits, and while these orangutans are of relatively little value to the wild population (some people even argue they are taking the space of pet trade orangutan infants for rehabilitation), the awareness Perth Zoo are raising through this is immense. Many zoos release birds, amphibians etc. but the breeding and release of megafauna is of greater media and public interest.

I wonder if there is anything Perth Zoo could have done to educate Nyaru on the dangers of snakes, and whether this could have saved Semeru. Either way, I'm pleased the unfortunate death of Semeru didn't sour them on the orangutan release project.
 
Zoofan15 said:
Really encouraging to hear Perth Zoo have released another orangutan. As mentioned in the article, they are the only zoo in the world to be releasing Sumatran orangutan. Releasing surplus orangutans bred at the zoo is a great alternative to not breeding, or overcrowding exhibits, and while these orangutans are of relatively little value to the wild population (some people even argue they are taking the space of pet trade orangutan infants for rehabilitation), the awareness Perth Zoo are raising through this is immense. Many zoos release birds, amphibians etc. but the breeding and release of megafauna is of greater media and public interest.

I wonder if there is anything Perth Zoo could have done to educate Nyaru on the dangers of snakes, and whether this could have saved Semeru. Either way, I'm pleased the unfortunate death of Semeru didn't sour them on the orangutan release project.
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Actually I think that zoos should try to obtain additional animals from the wild (''smart'' imports from wild) (and not at all to release them - unless in exceptional circumstances like reintroduction of extinct in the wild species, or releasing animals in small (and inbreed) wild population). Anyway the world has fewer and fewer wild places (and on top of that - fragmentation of such places) remaining for the animals, and seems that there is almost nothing to do to prevent that owning to growing human population. Instead they can try to send the surplus orangutans to zoos who wish to hold them (eg. smaller developing zoos).
Nevertheless is good to experiment sometimes and try to see how captive bred animal like ape would live in the wild and how long...
 
what happened to the zoo's Black-Handed Spider Monkeys? when did they leave the island. Since i last visited in 2006 it seems that Silvery Gibbon has replaced the White Cheeked Gibbon the lake island is that correct (or was it White Handed Gibbon on the island i cannot recall)
 
steveroberts said:
what happened to the zoo's Black-Handed Spider Monkeys? when did they leave the island. Since i last visited in 2006 it seems that Silvery Gibbon has replaced the White Cheeked Gibbon the lake island is that correct (or was it White Handed Gibbon on the island i cannot recall)
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Not too sure... spider monkeys are pretty long-lived (30+ years) and some of the individuals weren't very old. A pity as they are a lovely species and active on the island. There are no white-handeds left at PZ and both Silveries and W-Cs have been rotated on the second island since (ruffed lemurs seem to be always on the first island).
 
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