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Old 19-02-2008

True,true, in fact if Taronga and Melbourne were being completely honest they would admit that their "new" elephants are in Australia not mainly for conservation purposes but were imported to attract the public. (Babies are a bonus!)

THATS why they are never all going to be shipped off to some fanciful 1000 hectare Elephant Park at Wagga or Wodonga.
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Old 19-02-2008

*sigh* sometimes i just wish i had never heard of an "elephant".

i miss the days when i wasn't so jaded.
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Old 20-02-2008

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oh come on - lets be honest here, taronga spills just as much bull@#$* as the anti-taronga camp does.

you end up with two sides distorting truth to suit their own agenda and NEITHER camp is telling it how it is.

the same just happened with melbourne. nasty allegations come out, the zoo categorically denies the lot. and as we all know, some of those allegations are indeed very true.

Pat I think you are very close to the mark with what you said
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Old 24-02-2008

Did anyone see todays episode.
I've missed the last two 'cos of work.
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Old 24-02-2008

Yep
The stories were Rocket the black rhino getting her eggs 'done', removed for AI
A green turtle ythat couldn't sink
The birth of a certain baby gorilla
And people with snake paranoia being cured at the zoo, including a staff member who worked with seals buut went hysterical over snakes.
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Old 24-02-2008

hi Pat,
Taronga does a summary of each weeks episodes after they have aired including keeper profiles and small follow up stories on some animals. tonights episode isntup yet of course but they are usually updated really quickly and it should be up by tomorroe or tuesday

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Old 24-02-2008

Next weeks-

Keepers are watching closely as Libya the fennec fox is due to give birth any day. Jimiyu the giraffe plays rock star for a day as he heads to Sydney. A helpless baby owl has arrived at the wildlife clinic and it's up to vet staff to teach her how to fly and hunt for food. And vets work desperately to save Miles the fur seal who has arrived with serious injuries.

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  #38
Old 09-03-2008

Seven wants a second series of THE ZOO. saw it for the first time tonight, shame it was the last episode. very feel good. lol
though i gotta say Dora the Indian Rhino is one ****ed up animal. since he has arrived here he has had feet problems, an infection in his horn and now his eyes. just hoping it isnt another 'tapirish' style problem, although the vets cleared it up with antibiotics.
the zoos work beyond its fences continues-was great seeing the endangered rehab albatross returned to the wild.
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Old 09-03-2008

Tonights episode was great, again. I love Dora, He's my third favorite zoo animal in the world (after Bong Su and Mek Kapah)
And thanks Torie and Jay for that website.

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  #40
Old 10-03-2008

i despise the seven network, so have never watched "the zoo". that bloody evil mel from sunrise hosts it too doesn't she?

anyone ever noticed how the seven network alone was responsible for the celebritification of a certain paulene hanson? the plug her book on sunrise, refer to her constantly as a "battler" (i think a racist is rather more accurate), threw here on dancing with the stars, chucked david oldfield on celebrity survivor....

evil, evil rubbish. thus i automatically hate the tv program "the zoo"
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  #41
Old 10-03-2008

well pat, it wa sgood, and in each ep, mel only appeared once, at the start. then the very occasional voice over. The show was excellent, with excellent staff from both zoos, not to ,mention lots of great stories.

great publicity, not to mention gives people a eduaction in to that zoos are not just cute and cuddley, but have a very serious husbandry side.
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Old 10-03-2008

The one downside id that it will only make more people want to be zookeepers and by the time i get there all the jobs will be taken.
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  #43
Old 10-03-2008

Are you currently studying PAT?
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Old 10-03-2008

Yeah, Year 11
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Old 10-03-2008

what will you be doing post hsc? 0r VCE- what ever year 12 is in vic
 


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