Orana Park -- Dec 2006 news » Orana Wildlife Park

17-06-2007

hey Nigel,

its all good. No offence was intended against you

even zoo-keepers only know what they're told lol

17-06-2007

No offense taken . And its great to have you two from Christchurch join the forum -- any questions from the others about Orana Park can now be answered quicker and more accurately !!

17-06-2007

plus the website, as per the hunting dog post does allude to this aspect of orana's role. no that its a bad thing at all

09-09-2007

do orana park still have springbok and sable antelope with hoofstock dwindling in the region what are there chances of surviving in the region, where did they originally come from.

Springbok and Sable.
09-09-2007

Orana has both species still and is in negotiation with the US and possibly Africa to import plus other species. Management has been working with the government department on one large import of Springbok, Sable and Oryx for the regional programs.

19-03-2008

Interesting to see the sumatran tiger exhibit on zoolex, and I love the idea of rotating the big cats through the 3 different enclosures several times a day. The enrichment ideas sound terrific, although the photos make the exhibits seem a little bare. Where is the lush, jungle imagery that they are talking about in the review?

26-03-2008

Falco,

What is the current status of the planned mega herbivore import. Any new developments or indication when it is going forward? Which zoos apart from Orana itself stand to benefit or are onward destinations for the import stock?

26-03-2008

Is it legal to import hoofstock from new zealand to australia

27-03-2008

not currently possible, but its australian zoos best angle at getting hoofstock through.

its the same reversed for primates, new zealand can only import them via australia. hence all primates destined for new zealand have to have to do a stint in quarantine at an australian host zoo.

03-04-2008

This has been a real problem, the first planting was killed off by a bad frost during the winter months and the Hort team have not been back to replace the jungle they have quoted on the Zoolex web site. There has also been major problems with the pools in both enclosures leaking, so there has been some teething problems with the concept of the the three enclosures for the two boys. Both Tigers now regularly climb the six meter pole in the South Habitat or leap five meters between stumps in the North Habitat during the morning public encounter.
The Tiger Habitat concept has been designed to be completed over the next several years so the cats have a forever changing environment.