Taronga's Elephants and other news!!! » Taronga Zoo

06-07-2007

western plains zoo did undergo an aqis inspection in 2006of its new quarantine centre. subject to approval from that dept the zoo was moving to become an international import/quarantine centre. the building has the capacity to house rhino, but up until now no 'bulk' imports of rhino have entered the country. one rhino imported to NSW at a time, such as an indian rhino are better off quarantined at Taronga, forgoeing the expense and stress of transport from Mascot to Dubbo, and at the same time, allowing Sydney siders the chance to see the new animal. if it doesnt die, that is

09-07-2007

hay gllyn, when i was on work experience, i was able to see the outside of the Q centre, whilst on the South American round, the keeper i was with went up to the vet block, and on way back, we stopped and met amira (i think) the hand raised rhino. the facility to me couldnt hold a fully grown rhino in this Q centre, as it's to small, though i believe that the whole zoo is an Aquis declared area, so therefore, able to Quarrintine animals of that size in other areas of the zoo.

11-07-2007

seeming thats the case maybe future rhino imports could go straight to the rhino complex??? having seen this superb facility close up though it might just be able to hold something big. down one side is the ungulate holding, which i thought might be ok for a rhino or two, and down the other side extensive holding bays for carnivore and primates, or smaller taxa, including birds.
when i visited only diamond firetails and a siamang en-route to new zealand were inside. sadly no elephants, or okapi, or blue whales

14-11-2007

Taronga has released a 12 month report about the welfare of the elephantsits long but interesting. one part i puuled out was the answer to the long running question of when gung will move out. it would appear that a dead line has been set for the end of net year.... they better get a move on because they havnt even really started yet!

also intersting is a condition that says if any of the animals space requirements cant be meet, particually gungs, then they are required to move the animal to dubbo untill it is fixed.


"Condition 20. The old elephant enclosure at Taronga Zoo, to be used to house Gung, the male
elephant, must, by 31 December 2008, be refurbished to a standard that is at least
consistent with the Concept Plan annexed to the affidavit of Guy Cooper sworn 14
December 2005 in the AAT proceedings N2005/916"

15-11-2007

where did u get the report from?

15-11-2007

its on the zoos website, on the home page click on the story about the elephanst settiling in well and then there is a link to the full reoport from there

15-11-2007

kool thanks, a good read, though i wonder if they will ever put those cams on there site?

15-11-2007

ithink they should, the pictures are really interesting and its cool to see what elephants do when they think no one is wathcing

09-12-2007

Just thought I would let you guys know that a baby gorilla was born at about 3 oclock yesterday on exhibit!!!! So the public knew before the keepers!!!!! At this stage they thinks it’s a boy but they wont be certain until they get a close look in a few days… hope its not a boy because there isn’t really anywhere to put a male gorilla…. Don’t know anything about its parents sorry!!

And also I got to meet tang mo and tong dee on their morning work this morn it was the coolest thing ever!

09-12-2007

That is exciting news, nothing has come through on the mail lists yet, is everything going ok with the babe?

09-12-2007

everything was fine this morning, they had the whole exhibit blocked off and the gorialls were all off exhibit. maybe their jsut waiting till they can confirm the gender before putting in out on mailing lists ect

09-12-2007

torie, isnt that information generally kept quite for a while, until the health of the baby is confirmed? o well, the public sore it so cats out of the bag there!

congrats on meeting the eles, they really are special arent they!

09-12-2007

regardless of it being a male or female this birth is still so special. by the time this little one gets old enough to start causing problems Perth may even be a potential holder.

11-12-2007

well its official, Taronga zoo is the proud home of a new male gorrilla

'Heart jerker' baby gorilla on show at Taronga - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

11-12-2007

Saw the little one on the TV news today, Wonderful news