Perth zoo news » Perth Zoo

10-01-2012

does any one no how many baboons perth has ???

10-01-2012

Isis states that Perth has 7 (2.5) baboons

11-01-2012

ok thanks for the that electus parrot

14-01-2012

Perth Zoo recently acquired a lioness from Dubbo, New South Wales.
Also Sekara, one of Perth Zoo's orangutans gave birth in late December (Don't know the name or gender of this baby yet)

19-01-2012

do u no the anme of the lioness imported from dubbo

22-01-2012

I think the name of the lioness is 'Shinyanga' (Though I might have spelt it wrong)

02-03-2012

I know this thread is old, but Sekara's baby is a male born on 30/12/2011. The father is apparently Dinar.

02-03-2012

Two red pandas have been born

14-03-2012

A second Orangutan birth tookn place on 9th Jan to "Pulang" (her first baby) The new arrival is a female and has been named Lestari meaning, To Conserve....

The first baby has now been named Sungai
New orang-utans at Perth Zoo

18-03-2012

I believe the mother 'Pulang' is the last offspring of the old female 'Puan'.

22-03-2012

It is interesting to see that Perth Zoo keepers use free contact with the orangs (seen on the video on YouTube about the new babies). I saw this before when they were training Semeru before leaving Perth, they gave him fruit while they were in the exhibit with him.

Just to add, the only other zoo that I have seen done this (with orangs) is Berlin on a TV program.

22-03-2012

I saw two keepers inside with Sekara a few weeks ago.

22-03-2012

Some zoos do use free contact with female and younger Orangutans, and more did so in the past. Its very rarely used with adult males as they are usually treacherous and very dangerous, but occassionally even that is done and is quite a sight to see. La Boissiere in France used to do it with their adult Sumatran male 'Major' and the keeper would handfeed him. London Zoo did it in the 1960's with an adult male 'Charlie'.

Birds
22-03-2012

On a slightly different note - great to see Red-eared firetails in the Birds of the Southwest exhibit last week. Looked like they were very busy building a nest as well! Got a couple of photos but nothing great.

26-03-2012

As an ex-keeper I can confirm that keepers do have free contact with some individuals. Some of the older females (Puan, Puspa) and the adult males are no-go however. If an individual enjoys the contact then it is encouraged.