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I can see both Lisa and Lani. I think it may be a video taken a few years back when the whole group was in the orangutan exhibit.
 
soona said:
I can see both Lisa and Lani. I think it may be a video taken a few years back when the whole group was in the orangutan exhibit.
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That's another thought that occurred to me as well. I didn't really look through the video (going by the title!) and presumed it was the new females.
 
A red tailed black cockatoo flew away during a bird show last Sunday after being scared by a goshawk:

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Taronga Zoo is appealing to northern beaches residents to look out for a missing red tailed black cockatoo, described by his bird keeper as a bit of a character and a “big, goofy boy”.

The magnificent eight-year-old bird called Tali is not native to this coastal area and may struggle to survive in the wild.

Grey Fisher, senior bird keeper, said Tali flew away during a bird show at the zoo on Sunday when he and his fellow feathered friends were spooked by a goshawk.

He was spotted at Narrabeen lakes on Wednesday and Mr Fisher has been searching the area playing cockatoo calls on his mobile phone in the hope of finding him.

“He’s like my kid to me and I’ve been searching for him from the beginning. It’s tough,” said Mr Fisher.

However, he said he was confident Tali would seek someone out at some point when he was fed up, as he was confident with humans.

He’s definitely one of the favourites in our flock,” said Mr Fisher.

Another red tailed black cockatoo who went missing in February in similar circumstances was caught by a Narrabeen bird breeder who spotted her in the back garden.

“At the time there was a slight southerly, which may have pushed her northwards,” said Mrs Notter, recalling the previous incident

“I have an aviary with five red tailed black cockatoos who can be pretty noisy at sunrise and sundown and I think she must have heard them.

“I was alerted because my flock was going crazy,” .

After spotting the bird in the tree Mrs Notter put out a bowl of seed and was able to catch her and put her in the aviary.

“She was absolutely starving and totally exhausted,” said Mrs Notter, who is currently hand rearing a two week old chick.

She said Taronga Zoo called her a couple of days ago to ask her to keep an eye out of this latest missing bird, a male.

“These birds are incredible gentle, cuddly and beautifully natured, which is why I fell in love with them,” said Mrs Notter, who has been devoted to this breed of bird for 23 years and spent last week feeding the newborn every two hours round the clock.

“They are endangered and I like to think I am helping by breeding and raising them,” she said.

“I am constantly looking out the window hoping he’s out there.”

If anyone spots the missing cockatoo call 99692777.
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TARONGA Zoo’s wildlife retreat proposal, part of a $114.8 million 10-year masterplan to revitalise the zoo, has hit a stumbling block: Mosman Council.

Council’s opposition to the proposal was revealed at its meeting last week, with concerns including parking, traffic, tree loss and the relevance of the plans to the zoo’s aims.

“Turning Taronga into a Disney zoo is a national disgrace,” Councillor Simon Menzies told the Mosman Daily.

“This is the thin edge of the wedge. It starts with one hotel and then another and another. The focus should be on housing animals not humans.

“They are compromising an Australian icon to satisfy a lust for the American tourist dollar.”

At the council meeting, Cr Menzies asked zoo representatives which other zoos had hotels and Taronga’s Tim Bain said he had stayed at the Disney Animal Kingdom Lodge in Florida in the United States.

Zoo spokeswoman Libby Hodgson told councillors that Taronga’s 62-room retreat would be an immersive and educational overnight wildlife experience, not a luxury hotel, and no new structure would be any taller than any existing building from street level.

Ms Hodgson said the experience package would feature keeper talks and tours.

Cr Roy Bendall, who represents council on the Taronga board, said this week it was a tragedy that some councillors chose to political point score rather than recognise the “amazing job” the zoo does as a leading conservation organisation.

“The eco retreat has been designed as a very low rise structure designed to complement the native and green space within the zoo grounds,” he said.

“It will not be able to be seen from the road and is no higher than the existing structures.

“The zoo is a not-for-profit entity, unlike other zoos in NSW, and for those that believe that the zoo has moved outside their remit of conservation, I would encourage them to come and visit to see for themselves the amazing work being achieved to save endangered species and raise awareness of habitat loss globally.”

Councillors voted to prepare a submission of concerns to the Department of Planning and Environment, subject to councillor agreement after a zoo tour and potential workshop.

A council spokeswoman said depending on the outcome of the above process a report might be tabled at the next council meeting with details on any submission to be made.

“It is premature at this time to provide any further commentary on the contents of any submission council will make on this matter,” the spokeswoman said.

The department has exhibited the plans in Mosman Civic Centre since April 7.

The Mosman Daily first reported on the zoo’s plans in November last year.
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zooboy28 said:
Awesome, thanks for posting this news. Is the species on display at Taronga?
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I have not seen it on display ever (pretty sure they aren't currently on display as well), nor did I even know Taronga held this species! The first time that I first saw this species was in fact at Featherdale in 2014.
 
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In relations to the Andean Condors. Zuleta was surposed to go to America to join there breeding program.
 
Taronga Zoo started there Meerkat encounters today. They are only having 4 sessions and they all sold out before 10am and cost $50. I don't no how long they go for.
 
From Facebook:

This photogenic fellow is Pabu, our new male Red Panda! He stopped to pose for keeper Tamara while exploring the dense undergrowth and treetops of his new home.
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Is he the male born at Auckland in 2013? Also, does anyone know how many red pandas Taronga now has?
 
In relation to the Long nose echnida. Keepers have put up camera traps to see what he is doing. I was talking to one of the keepers and they hadn't seen me. That's why the camera traps. The male lyrebirds name is echo. He is a real darling. Keepers say that he is a sweetie. The female doesn't think so she chases him around.
 
3 red panda's Pabu, Mayhem and Amarla (Bronx zoo) (thinks how you spell it. Mayhem is 16 years old. Amarla is 5 years old and Padu (new Zealand) not sure of his ago. will have to ask when I go over the weekend.
 
tigersam said:
3 red panda's Pabu, Mayhem and Amarla (Bronx zoo) (thinks how you spell it. Mayhem is 16 years old. Amarla is 5 years old and Padu (new Zealand) not sure of his ago. will have to ask when I go over the weekend.
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Thanks for that. Now I know that there are 2.1 at Taronga with Pabu's arrival:

-1.0 Mayhem born 2000 at Taronga (old breeding male)
-1.0 Pabu born 2013 at Auckland Zoo (intended breeding male)
-0.1 Amala born 2013 at Bronx Zoo (intended breeding female)
 
Mayhem will be retired and stay at the zoo till he passes. Amala does like Mayhem she chased him up to the top of a tree and wouldn't let him down. It will be interesting to see how she re-acts to Pabu.
 
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