Taronga Zoo Taronga Zoo news 2011

Jabiru96 said:
Two bits of news:

-The giraffe-sized crate that I mentioned earlier will come to use soon, when Andara one of the females will be going to Taronga Western Plains Zoo, impregnated, and then return to Taronga to give birth: | Taronga Conservation Society Australia

-A male chimp (not sure which male) has been euthanised from TB: | Taronga Conservation Society Australia
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If I have the right guraffe, Andara is 13 tears old. Will this make the trip more stressful for her?
 
jay said:
If I have the right guraffe, Andara is 13 tears old. Will this make the trip more stressful for her?
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Andara was born at Western Plains, hand raised (or at least, had lots of contact with keepers) and shipped to Taronga when just under a year old, from memory. When she arrived at Taronga she was getting her coat brushed by the keepers on a regular basis, remained in the exhibit while the keepers cleaned it and was keen on the company (but she kept getting in the way so eventually had to be locked up like the others). So the trip shouldn't be too stressful for her as long as there are keepers around. She'll probably take it in her stride and enjoy the view.

:p

Hix
 
Chimps move into new $7 million home at Taronga Zoo in Sydney

Chimps move into new $7 million home at Taronga Zoo in Sydney | Herald Sun

STUNNING views of Sydney Harbour, cascading water features and towering palm trees - who wouldn't want to live here?

Add some climbing ropes and you've got the perfect abode for 17 lucky Taronga Zoo chimpanzees, who officially moved into their new $7 million home today.

And the chimps aren't the only winners.

The state-of-the-art interactive complex also allows members of the public get up close and personal with the primates.

With 12-metre high towers, a network of climbing ropes and a 180kg hammock made out of fire hoses, there's always something to keep the chimps entertained.

The makeover began in 2009 after the chimps were moved to a temporary exhibit.

Six families now make up the 17 animals at the new chimpanzee sanctuary. The eldest is 59-year-old Lulu and the youngest Sule, who was born in 2008.

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:( ..........
 
It's a shame that she hadn't bred. but I wonder if she had been stressed from the impending move?
 
How are the fiordland crested penguins doing? Have the females passed away? as they were very old. What should they do with Mr Munroe if he is on his own. He will get lonely. He also cannot reproduce his endangered species by himself. Here in New Zealand there is a silly ban on Yellow eyed and crested penguins in captivity but not blue penguins. I can't see any reason for this. Surely it would be all penguins allowed in captivity or none if it is a cruelty thing. I think we in NZ should send more females over as this species in endangered. I feel sad that the zoo got all hopeful about Mr Munroe breeding with Chalky and Milford and that it is now impossible.
 
I think all have gone to that noisy rookery in the sky.

Even if they were still around, Australian Quarantine laws wouldn't permit penguins to be imported.

:p

Hix
 
zebra finch said:
Here in New Zealand there is a silly ban on Yellow eyed and crested penguins in captivity but not blue penguins. I can't see any reason for this. Surely it would be all penguins allowed in captivity or none if it is a cruelty thing.
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all the little blues in captivity in NZ are rescue birds. The only reason there are so many of them is because they are so common in the wild and found right round the entire coastline, so lots of injured birds get found and brought into care; ones that cannot be released after rehabilitation stay in captivity. Yellow-eyed penguins have a limited distribution in the south of the country, and Fiordlands have a very limited distribution which is largely outside of public areas. Individuals of both species have been brought into rescue centres when found injured. In terms of conservation there is literally no value in taking yellow-eyed or Fiordland crested penguins from the wild and sticking them in zoos, because nowhere has the facilities to maintain a large (i.e. viable) captive population.
 
Hix said:
I think all have gone to that noisy rookery in the sky.

Even if they were still around, Australian Quarantine laws wouldn't permit penguins to be imported.

:p

Hix
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Maybe they would though considering Melbourne Aquarium and Seaworld imported Gentoo and King penguins from Kelly Tarlton's in NZ. There could be a slight possibility, but I would imagine that they would be hard to acquire and expensive to transport only one or two birds.
 
I forgot about those. I stand corrected.

:p

Hix
 
hypothetically speaking (leaving aside the unlikeliness of NZ shipping over some Fiordland crested penguins to Australia), there may be a difference in terms of the kings and gentoos being housed entirely indoors and therefore in a sort of permanent quarantine, whereas penguins to be housed outdoors may not be allowed to be imported?
 
Sorry to take this off on a tangent but is there any likelihood of other collections taking on gentoos and kings, to help establish a thriving population in Australia?
 
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