Which Australian Zoo(s) Keep(s)

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I saw a thread called Which Zoo(s) keep(s) and thought it might be a good idea to do one just for Australia because there are many smaller zoos that i don't know of as well as many Wildlife parks.
I would like to know which Zoos keep:-
Komodo Dragon-I know the national zoo does but not the sexes, if they intend to breed ect.
Water Buffalo-These seem to have gone out of fashion because i can remember a day when even Malbourne had them.
African Leopard-I don't know of any in Australia.
Lamurs that aren't Ring-tailed lemurs-Melbourne has red-ruffed i think but i don't know of any others.
Tree Kangaroos-I have only ever seen them at Melbourne Zoo and Currumbin that i can think of.
 
PAT said:
I saw a thread called Which Zoo(s) keep(s) and thought it might be a good idea to do one just for Australia because there are many smaller zoos that i don't know of as well as many Wildlife parks.
I would like to know which Zoos keep:-
Komodo Dragon-I know the national zoo does but not the sexes, if they intend to breed ect.
Water Buffalo-These seem to have gone out of fashion because i can remember a day when even Malbourne had them.
African Leopard-I don't know of any in Australia.
Lamurs that aren't Ring-tailed lemurs-Melbourne has red-ruffed i think but i don't know of any others.
Tree Kangaroos-I have only ever seen them at Melbourne Zoo and Currumbin that i can think of.
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Taronga has Komodo dragons (1.0)
and 1.1 Tree Kangaroos
 
Fleays on the Gold Coast have Tree Kangaroos.

Aust zoo have a pair of Black & White Ruffled Lemurs, WPZ have them as well.

Aust zoo also have Komodo dragons
 
PAT;57024Water Buffalo-These seem to have gone out of fashion because i can remember a day when even Malbourne had them. .[/QUOTE said:
go to the northern territory if you want to see water buffalo. I shot half a dozen of the feral pests a couple of years ago while i was up there.
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I think that Melbourne Zoo still has Black & White Ruffed Lemurs as well.
 
australia zoo, western plains zoo, perth zoo, melbourne zoo all keep ruffed lemurs....check isis, maybe mogo and adelaide too. certainly mogo had wanted them in the past.
most recent breeding was at perth in 2007
 
Do most zoos in Australia keep Malayan Tapirs? Melbourne used to have a calf born in the Taronga ( forgot name) but it doesn't seem to be there anymore
 
Thanks for all your help. Europe and America are so lucky with all their lemur species and we have only a handfull.

Ele I think Adelaide also has some but could be wrong. About 70% sure that they do.
 
malayan tapir are currently kept at taronga, melbourne and adelaide zoo.
the female at Melbourne, Semangka was born at taronga in 1999 and transferred to Melbourne a few years later. since then her eyes have detereorated due to exposure to the sunlight and she has been removed from display.
taronga maintains her parents, both brought in the 1990s. the female of the pair was already 14 when she arrived from the US so unless she has died of old age recently she is getting on.
adelaide's animals did breed quite early on, when SEAR 1 was newish I think, but since then no more babies. the future of this species is uncertain. it has been listed out as phase-out-on the other hand taronga did just invest in a very expensive enclosure for the species so one more chance hopefully?
 
Oh, Thanks glyn, I can see why semangka's eyesight is going poor, the shady leafy jungles of Malaysia provide great cover from the sun, When ever I go back home it is great visit a rainforest,
 
The malayan tapirs represent one of the great tragedies of Aussie zoos. Blindness in captive animals due to lack of shade is not cool.
 
I agree wholeheartedly that it is one of the great tragedies of Aussie zoos; but I don't think that it has been proven that the blindness is as a result of lack of shade. That's everybody's assumption, but work needs to be done to make sure.

Is there some other possible factor? Flystrike maybe?(I know that some Malay tapirs at Taronga were wearing fly veils made for horses for a while.) Bacteria endemic to Australia in the soil?

No one knows - that's the maddening part!
 
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