Bongos » Western Plains Zoo

Bongos
13-05-2005

If i am reading it right, on the ISIS web site, they have bred a baby bongo at the Western plains zoo, Has anyone heard anything about a baby.

bongo
13-05-2005

i haven't read anything on this, though i can see that ISIS records show the birth of a female calf. i am cautious about the ISIS records, in the past i have found it to be on occasions inaccurate. for example taronga have had the same long-beaked echidna pair for well over a decade yet for six month a year ago they apparently only had one male. both echidnas were alive and well when i visted earier this year. melbourne list only three male gorilla, yet i know they have two infant males, the troop silverback motaba and another silverback rigo, who was the father of the famous mzuri and lives alone ajacent to the main gorilla exhibit (apparently he does not get along with the girls!).

a female hyena and (originally 2 but now listed as one) colobus recently "appeared" at monarto. prior to this the only hyena in australia were the pair at perth. no records indicate this pair have bred or that the DEH approved an import of another animal!!!

however, it is most likely that the bongo at dubbo did indeed breed, and although the calf is a much welcomed female, her only three potential mates in the country are her grandfather, father or uncle. some more unrelated bongo are desperately needed in the region.

14-05-2005

As soon as the latest zoo friends magazine comes out (it is due soon) I should be able to let you know about the bongo birth.

21-04-2007

These ISIS records are dodgy. Chester bred Javan rhinoceros hornbills last year in July and they're still up on born in the last 6 months.

21-04-2007

Mate, there are no such things as "ISIS records". The records displayed on the ISIS web site, are those of the member zoos, as submitted by the member zoos. And as a matter of fact, although no doubt, you know this already, the records offcier at Chester Zoo is well respected as one of the best in the world. No doubt he'll be thrilled to know that you think his records are dodgy.

21-04-2007

lol, its really up to the individual zoo to update, is that correct?

21-04-2007

Forgive my last post, as I'm guilty of encouraging the wandering off thread of the topic of Bongos, but this one warranted a reply. I'll copy it to a new thread.

Any chance that we could all try a little harder to keep these threads on topic? If anyone wants to comment on something that's not related the the current thread, why not start a new one? It will make reading these threads so much easier.

21-04-2007

Bongos are kool , that in the right direction zoopro, and dubbo desperatly needs a new yard- o that sounds like wandering to another thread hmmmmm lol

21-04-2007

Chester zoo has had excellent sucess with bongo. I think Zurich has too.

22-04-2007

bongo bongo bongo

23-04-2007

When I was last at Dubbo there were three in the exhibit and I believe one was young. bit unclear, trying to control twentyodd 16 year olds but I think there was a baby bongo in the exhibit and reported on local news. however i could be having memories from further back than I think

23-04-2007

I believe there are two subspecies. the one from Congo and surounding countried which is still fairly plentiful and the Kenyan ones which are endangered. Is this right and which sort do we and other overseas zoos have.

24-04-2007

I was informed that only the eastern sub species is kept in Captivity. It's supposed to be rarer

24-04-2007

thats right. almost all (or maybe all these days) bongo in captivity are eastern bongo T.e isaaci (spelling might be wrong). obviously this include the australian animals...

27-04-2007

It's like with bactrian camels. None of the wild species are kept in caprivity. They're all domesticated.