@Steve Robinson Wow yeah moats truly can be extremely risky and dangerous for some animals unfortunately, there have been many incidents...
@Kevin Markwell Thanks so much Kevin, Peter and Raija Krauss were who brought Athol the Raven back to the park at Wyoming from the outback too...
@Zoofan15 Yeah Taronga has chosen their exotic species very carefully and well, while ensuring a majority focus on species home to Australia...
@Luke899 Yeah poor Permai :(, like ZooFan15 said, her resilience will hopefully remain strong and in just over a year she will be in a much...
@Zoofan15 Thanks heaps for the link hey RAACC Alligator snapping turtle Australian scrub python Black-headed python Booroolong frog/Riverine...
@tetrapod Oh right right that makes so much sense (both South American species, one arboreal and one ground and underground dweller; so much more...
Thanks so much guys. Just thought was worth putting down what have learned from Dr Rosemary Markham's writings and interview archived on Sth Perth...
@Zoofan15 Yeah totally agree with you. Thought was unavoidable encountering between sire and offspring with this situation until recently. For...
From the late great very expert Dr Rosemary Markham's research and works with the Orangutans at Perth Zoo for almost 40 years [her paper: Breeding...
@Zoofan15 Yeah. Imagine though if four to six of the larger facilities in Australia (thinking the larger native wildlife parks too) decided in...
@Goura Thanks for sharing your memories (sorry about your hives experience, they're unpleasant hey). I think one was still there in the early '90...
Barney did really well with his age (was it 2013 he passed away aged 33 or almost. He and sister littermate Missy were so little when they left...
@Tiger91 Oh the Siamang exhibits on the islands?
@Zoofan15 Great strategising for dispersion of some of Taronga's current troop, intricate thought into the logistics for the community familial...
@Zoofan15 Totally agree. Feels like a long time coming hey that Dubbo could be a home to a troop of (African) great apes like Taronga's Gorillas...
It actually does get cold in Dubbo during the winter. I can be quite frosty during June and July albeit not freezing but it can get to 3 or 4...
@FunnyJamie Thats very very exciting news indeed, three new charismatic exotic mammal species for our region hopefully if they are approved and...
Taronga has had plenty of famous people visit, many many over the years. Rivalry/schmivalry, they can both co-exist and Sydney is better off for...
@Zoofan15 I agree with the breeding hubs with Sumatran Tigers and big space for Chimps and Lions, Im completely supporting of those projects....
@Tiger91 Its about 500 sq m t0 maybe 650 sq m but the shape of it is 'awkward' in getting that size, 45m-50 long at longest and 12-13 (maybe 14)...
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