of course! antelopes like bongo and springbok are a species many zoos have expressed interest in keeping. it seems utterly rediculous to bring in new antelope species when our stocks of these are suffering from inbreeding. personally, i think we can do with the current range of antelopes we have (even minus a few...). its a reasonably diverse little collection and the focus should be on getting reasonably diverse stocks at every open range zoo we have.
Wellington Zoo Wellington Zoo update
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I have just sent an email to Wellington Zoo asking them to respond .
Wellington have indicated that they want to hold four maned wolves, but not until after 2008. Things change rapidly with zoo collection plans, so that doesn't mean that it's a gaurantee.
That means six zoos showing interest: Altina Zoo, Western Plains, Hamilton, Melbourne, Monarto, and wellington, with a total of 23 animals planned. That may make a difference when the Carnivore TAG next discusses the issue.
That means six zoos showing interest: Altina Zoo, Western Plains, Hamilton, Melbourne, Monarto, and wellington, with a total of 23 animals planned. That may make a difference when the Carnivore TAG next discusses the issue.
altina zoo is actually a cattle property that has some exotic species too, like bison, barbary sheep, blackbuck and maybe??? przewalksi horse????
its in griffith, in nsw.
it would be amazing if maned wolves could be move dup to viable category. i love them, in fact i love all the canid species our zoos have. fennec foxes are another species that seem to have slipped under the radar so to speak, in fact only taronga and i think adelaide seem to have them. is this species a goner??? it would be a shame, besides being so cute they are one nocturnal species that is always active by day. :\
its in griffith, in nsw.
it would be amazing if maned wolves could be move dup to viable category. i love them, in fact i love all the canid species our zoos have. fennec foxes are another species that seem to have slipped under the radar so to speak, in fact only taronga and i think adelaide seem to have them. is this species a goner??? it would be a shame, besides being so cute they are one nocturnal species that is always active by day. :\
melbourne still had fennecs up until recently, they built them a new enclosure, which was a prime example of poor research and planning. it was also far too small, in fact it looked even smaller than their old enclosure. the fennecs escaped and now they don't have them anymore. instead a few outcast meerkats reside in there. mogo have fennecs still. they may have ex-melbourne animals but its pure speculation...
i'm not a huuuuge fan of canids. i do love the maned wolves though. i was pretty dismayed that taronga and adelaide decided to go out there with dhole when neither was prepared to take on maned wolves. melbourne have committed spaces to dhole also, fortunately not at the expense of the wolves...
i'm not a huuuuge fan of canids. i do love the maned wolves though. i was pretty dismayed that taronga and adelaide decided to go out there with dhole when neither was prepared to take on maned wolves. melbourne have committed spaces to dhole also, fortunately not at the expense of the wolves...
i know of the melbourne zoo exhibit youre talking about. i remember you were sp pissed off about it, so i kept an eye out for it deliberately and ive gotta say, it was pretty pathetic, although i liked the cave at the front.
perth zoo has an awesome exhibit of hunting dogs, with multiple viewing points. probably the best other exhibits ive seen for hunting dogs were at the mind-blowing barcelona zoo, and also edinburgh zoo. Artis in the Netherlands has a good display for maned wolves, working around a whole SouthAmerican theme, with guanaco, ant-eater, rheas, tapir, capybarra and flamingoes.
perth zoo has an awesome exhibit of hunting dogs, with multiple viewing points. probably the best other exhibits ive seen for hunting dogs were at the mind-blowing barcelona zoo, and also edinburgh zoo. Artis in the Netherlands has a good display for maned wolves, working around a whole SouthAmerican theme, with guanaco, ant-eater, rheas, tapir, capybarra and flamingoes.
letter from Wellington zoo
Dear Nigel,
As I am sure you understand a zoo - just like any
other business - is a
flowing continuum and plans made in the past may
or may not be fulfilled
in the presence or future. Often funding has a
major part to play in
these decisions, others are availability of
resources and incorporation
of the strategic goals.
Melbourne and Dubbo have Maned wolves and we will
contribute to that
population should we ever get Maned wolves to
Wellington. At this point
there are no plans to get leopards. We are the
only zoo which is able to
breed Agoutis at the moment as we have the only
intact male in the
region. We will need to breed with this male
until we have the permits
to import new animals from overseas. So the
number of animals will
slowly increase. Saying that, some animals are
already earmarked to go
to facilities in Australia, so we will free up
spaces which will be
filled again.
The very obvious reason for scattered reptile
enclosures is that we
don't have the funding at this stage to build a
reptile house (other
projects have priority). We will include mixed
exhibits where possible
and keep improving enclosures as and when
possible.
As far as I know there is no intact male peccary
in the region. Combined
with an import stop for suidae peccaries will be
phased out from the
region.
I am sure Auckland will be able to comment on
their importation of
flamingos much better then I could.
Have a great day,
Kind regards,
Dear Nigel,
As I am sure you understand a zoo - just like any
other business - is a
flowing continuum and plans made in the past may
or may not be fulfilled
in the presence or future. Often funding has a
major part to play in
these decisions, others are availability of
resources and incorporation
of the strategic goals.
Melbourne and Dubbo have Maned wolves and we will
contribute to that
population should we ever get Maned wolves to
Wellington. At this point
there are no plans to get leopards. We are the
only zoo which is able to
breed Agoutis at the moment as we have the only
intact male in the
region. We will need to breed with this male
until we have the permits
to import new animals from overseas. So the
number of animals will
slowly increase. Saying that, some animals are
already earmarked to go
to facilities in Australia, so we will free up
spaces which will be
filled again.
The very obvious reason for scattered reptile
enclosures is that we
don't have the funding at this stage to build a
reptile house (other
projects have priority). We will include mixed
exhibits where possible
and keep improving enclosures as and when
possible.
As far as I know there is no intact male peccary
in the region. Combined
with an import stop for suidae peccaries will be
phased out from the
region.
I am sure Auckland will be able to comment on
their importation of
flamingos much better then I could.
Have a great day,
Kind regards,
I'll be going to Wellington Zoo next month
NZ Jeremy
Well-Known Member
Could you please do a review (if its a trip for pleasure) and possibly take a photo of the scale model, adding it to the Wellington Zoo gallery..?
I'll see what I can do. Hopefully I'll be getting to the zoo, Te Papa, Karori, Kapiti, Somes Island, and either Nga Manu or Mt. Bruce, but it all depends on time etc
where abouts in the zoo is this scale model located?
NZ Jeremy
Well-Known Member
When I went it was just after going through admission adjacent to the otter enclosure... Earlier in the thread Nigel mention it was still there (I believe), I think the post was in mid 2007...