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27-05-2008

Does anyone have a good range of images for the elephants at singapore night safari?

28-05-2008

hmmm, i hope soon that Singapore will have another baby elephant,

28-05-2008

There are some in the gallery Mr Dragon

29-05-2008

Thanks MARK,

29-05-2008

Its an the Chawang photo shot by your friend zoosih,

31-05-2008

As part of the makeover for Night Safari, a new Australian trail has been proposed and animals being considered include Tasmanian devils (woohoo!), wombats and wallabies.
I hope we can get some quolls too. Also being proposed is a replica of a glow-worm cave. It will probably be created in the next 1 to 2 years.

It's quite an obvious choice of geographic location since Australia has a huge variety of unique nocturnal species. Forum members from Oz, please help to keep a lookout for potential animal exports!

31-05-2008

Nothing confirmed but the Australian wildlife in Healsvile Sanctuary and Melbounre zoo have skyrocketed, maybe some might be sent to Singapore in the future?

31-05-2008

I hope quolls are intorduced into Singapore barely any, if none Asian zoos have these australia animals,

Chawang, Sang Wira donate sperm to Taronga
02-06-2008

Both Chawang and his 7 year old son Sang Wira donated sperm to Taronga last week for AI purposes.

I wonder why semen was collected from Sang Wira. At 7, he's not exactly sexually mature. Will his semen be of use?

02-06-2008

Thank you Zoosih, Apparently plans are to inseminate the Matriach 16 year old Pornthip. Our bull Bong Su donate some bull Chawang's was just so "beautiful" that staff chose to use Chawang's sperm. This will be great for future breeding and genetic diversity. But i agree, why would Sang Wira donate his sperm? Can you give me the article please?

02-06-2008

While a 7 year old bull is certainly not mature (and won`t be able to mate an adult female) it`s not unusual that captive born bulls of this age produce vital semen. I guess they took semen from both bulls to make sure to have at least one sample of good quality. And there is a theory that using the semen of 2 different bulls increases the chance for a pregnancy.

05-06-2008

So let me get this clear, they use two elephants of the same gene for more sperm of use? And because Sang Wira is too young to breed but he has very healthy sperm to donate which will carry on a different bloodline?

05-06-2008

The German AI team always prefer to use semen from two different bulls during an elephant insemination. Their research shows a higher chance of conception occuring.

06-06-2008

Oh, thank you zoopro,

06-06-2008

So Sang Wire is still living at Singapore zoo, are they still looking for a home for him?