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Scimitar-horned Oryx & Galahs - 1990

This large enclosure is now part of the hippo complex. 1990

Scimitar-horned Oryx & Galahs - 1990
Hix, 21 Nov 2008
    • Hix
      This large enclosure is now part of the hippo complex.
      1990
    • snowleopard
      Does this open range zoo still have scimitar-horned oryx, or have they gone the way of many of Australia's other hoofstock? Also, galahs are stunningly beautiful and loud birds.
    • Hix
      They do still have them. So does Adelaide and Werribee.
    • Coquinguy
      and mogo zoo has them too and further afield so too does orana, the only zoo in NZ with them.
      perth and taronga used to have small herds of them, but perth sent its to monarto and taronga sent theirs to wpz about 18 months ago after a fairly long stint of displaying them, since at least the early 1980s.
      oryx were supposed to have been at tipperary; wonder where they ended up?
      relatively speaking oryx are newish in this country; i think the first or the nucleus of the current stock came from england in the late 70s/early 80s
    • Hix
      And yes, galahs are loud. Very loud.
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