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Australian Outback - Koala house

Just a low barrier separates visitors from the 4 female Koalas. The enclosure is lit with natural light via skylights and a large window that looks out into the kangaroo enclosure, as well as spotlights.

Australian Outback - Koala house
Zooish, 22 May 2015
    • Zooish
      Just a low barrier separates visitors from the 4 female Koalas. The enclosure is lit with natural light via skylights and a large window that looks out into the kangaroo enclosure, as well as spotlights.
    • PAT
      So is there anything, other than the keepers, stopping the koalas from wandering into the public area?

      Thanks for the photos.
    • Zooish
      @PAT: There's a small trench behind the barrier that's just wide enough to stop the koalas from climbing out.
    • Nix
      Does Singapore still keep Koalas?
    • Zooish
      @Nix No. Singapore Zoo has never kept koalas permanently.
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    • aardvark250
      @Zooish when did Singapore keep koalas? Also is this the tree kangaroo exhibit now?
    • Zooish
      @aardvark250 Singapore Zoo has housed koalas twice - in 1991 for 8 months (on loan from Taronga Zoo) and in 2015 for 10 months (on loan from Lone Pine sanctuary).

      Yes this space has been converted to house Goodfellow's tree kangaroos.
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    22 May 2015
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