Taronga Western Plains Zoo Taronga Western Plains Zoo 2015

[zooboy28]

Taronga Western Plains Zoo has welcomed Australia's first Indian Rhino calf. A dedicated thread about this big news has been set up here: http://www.zoochat.com/24/indian-rhino-calf-born-428966/#post915429

 

[Jabiru96]

1.4 Asian short-clawed otter born: https://taronga.org.au/media/media-release/2015-11-13/taronga-western-plains-zoo-welcomes-otter-pups

 

[Jabiru96]

A female ring-tailed lemur has been born: Baby Ring-Tailed Lemur Wins Over Handlers At Taronga Zoo

She has unfortunately died: https://taronga.org.au/news/2015-11-25/vale-imerina

 

[Jabiru96]

Another female cheetah cub has been born (this time to Kyan) and is also being hand-reared: https://taronga.org.au/media/media-release/2015-11-30/cheetah-cub-gets-helping-hand-keepers

 

[Jabiru96]

A new meerkat exhibit next to the black rhinos is currently under construction: https://taronga.org.au/news/2015-09-29/new-meerkat-exhibit-coming-soon

Preview of the exhibit: https://taronga.org.au/news/2015-12-10/new-meerkat-exhibit-almost-finished

 

[Jabiru96]

Another female cheetah cub has been born (this time to Kyan) and is also being hand-reared: https://taronga.org.au/media/media-release/2015-11-30/cheetah-cub-gets-helping-hand-keepers

She has been named Jelani meaning "strong" in Swahili.

 

[Jabiru96]

A female Southern white rhino calf has been born to mother Mopani and has been named Kamari meaning 'moonlight' in Swahili: https://taronga.org.au/media/media-...no-calf-early-christmas-conservation-delivery

 

[jay]

a female is excellent. All three species birthed at Dubbo this year.

 

[Jabiru96]

There was also meant to be another black rhino birth this year (going by TWPZ's announcements), but I think it must have been stillborn/died shortly after birth.

 

[Jabiru96]

Preview of the exhibit: https://taronga.org.au/news/2015-12-10/new-meerkat-exhibit-almost-finished

The meerkat exhibit has opened:

The Zoo's new Meerkat exhibit is now open! Zuka has been very busy exploring his new home with the rest of the Meerkat mob! It’s now even easier to see these inquisitive little characters, plus there's a fun area right next door for kids to explore. Taronga Western Plains Zoo is open from 9am – 4pm daily.

 

[vogelcommando]

Article about the new White rhino calf :
Christmas Calf Arrives at Taronga - ZooBorns

 

[Jabiru96]

Big news that has seemed to be missed from 2015 was that TWPZ exported 1.1 giraffe (male Nkosi and female Ajali, both born in 2014) to Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta. Nkosi has since been renamed Dirgah while Ajali has been renamed Ayuri70(!?): Ragunan Zoo welcomes two giraffes | The Jakarta Post

 

[Chlidonias]

Nkosi has since been renamed Dirgah while Ajali has been renamed Ayuri70(!?)

the 70th Independence Day of Indonesia was in 2015. The two names are taken directly from Dirgahayu R.I. which means "long live the Republic of Indonesia".

So Dirgah and Ayuri plus a 70 on the end.

See Yesterday, ?Governor Ahok named a pair of gift giraffes from Australia ?Dirgah? and ?Ayuri 70? | Coconuts Jakarta

Also of note at the bottom of that article:
"The pair of giraffes was given as a symbol of the Sister Province Cooperation between the provincial governments of Jakarta and New South Wales. Ragunan Zoo will also be loaning some animals to the Taronga Zoo."