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Mogo scoops tourism awards
17-08-2012

Mogo Zoo scoops tourism awards - Local News - News - General - Illawarra Mercury

17-08-2012

Congrats to Mogo, very well deserved guys

31-08-2012

I had a quick visit to mogo yesterday. I haven't been there for a few years. Some of the changes since my last visit include the old otter exbihit being replaced with an outdoor dining area. The otters are now in a new exhibit where the alligators once were. A new exhibit for dingoes. Three new marmaset and tamarin exhibits. These exhibits looked very new and are very well done. Cheetahs in the big exhibit that originally housed the chimps. It's a great little zoo. they have lots of cotton top tamarins and pygmy marmosets but.

31-08-2012

Cheetahs replacing Chimps is one of the more unusual exhibit swaps I have heard of, usually its smaller carnivores/primates/other mammals, replacing larger species. Has the enclosure changed quite drastically? Was it a good chimp exhibit previously?

31-08-2012

there was supposed to be something else going into the chimp enclosure. Are the cheetahs temporary, or have they become permanent?

31-08-2012

From what I have seen of it, it is quite nice. I think it was the largest chimp exhibit in Australia before Monarto's one was built.

It is also positive signs that Mogo are looking to import a new tamarin species into Australia.

31-08-2012

What I personally thought would happen (not saying that it will) is that Kibabu, Fuzu and Fataki from Taronga would move into Mogo's chimp exhibit until Orana's exhibit is built, then move to Orana. This would leave room for Kibali to be integrated with the females in the larger exhibit.

But it looks like that idea won't happen.

31-08-2012

Sorry, i don't know.

02-09-2012

Is Australia still allowed to import exotic animals?

02-09-2012

yes but it depends on which species (some are allowed, some are not)

03-09-2012

I seem to have missed this point - what new species are they planning to import?

03-09-2012

from this thread from July Another baby Siamang Gibbon (post #23) Jabiru96 said:
"Mogo have announced that they are looking to add common marmoset to their collection, but more importantly, import pied tamarin!"

04-09-2012

Interesting. From what I understand pieds are a tricky species to keep, let alone breed. Surprising that they have gone for this species, when BLTs have been tried and failed, mostly due to a lack of interest/difficulty(?) in trying to import more animals. Do Mogo have all the available species in the country? And for this to work are there other collections that are going to get involved with pieds? Perth's good collection of small primates and probably Melbourne come to mind first. Good luck to them.

04-09-2012

I think callitrichids are a great group for Australian zoos. The more species the merrier. They are charismatic, relatively cheap to house and maintain and live in family groups that make them perfect for maintaining in large-ish numbers in each exhibit. They can be the one group of exotic mammals where Australasian zoos can maintain a diverse range of species. I see no reason why the region couldn't support several more species.

05-09-2012

agree.