A Green Anaconda is now on-display in the zoo’s reptile house. According to the article there hasn’t been an anaconda on-display for four years. The article also mentions that there are only ten Green Anacondas in Australia. Adelaide Zoo Anaconda slithers through health check with ease
Assiqua the 20-year-old Sumatran Tiger was put to sleep today. She was born in 1999 and moved to Adelaide Zoo in 2007. She was the oldest Sumatran Tiger in the region. Adelaide Zoo
Adelaide Zoo’s father-and-son pair of Spotted Hyena (Gamba and Mkoko) moved back to Monarto today. Adelaide Zoo received a new pair of hyena (Majani and Jaali) as part of a swap. These two young males came from Monarto. Good bye to hyaena pair Gamba and Mkoko and hello Majani and Jaali
Adelaide Zoo has announced the arrival of three Asian Small-clawed Otter pups to parents Bao and Kalaya. The pups were born on 24th March. Adelaide Zoo’s otter family grows by three with the birth of adorable triplets
Adelaide Zoo's Asian Small-clawed Otter: 1.0 Bao (born July 2012 at Perth Zoo) 0.1 Kanlaya (born March 2015 at Auckland Zoo) 1.0 Rama (born March 2019 at Adelaide Zoo) Bao x Kanlaya 0.1 Mali (born March 2019 at Adelaide Zoo) Bao x Kanlaya 0.0.3 Unnamed (born 24/03/2020 at Adelaide Zoo) Bao x Kanlaya It's interesting to note that these pups (and the litter born last year) were the first litters born at the zoo since 2003; yet Adelaide Zoo has bred over 70 Asian small-clawed otters since their breeding programme began. They must have bred a lot of otters in the early years. The maternal grandfather of these pups (Juno) was in that 2003 litter; while their maternal great great grandmother (Jaya) was also born at Adelaide Zoo in 1990.
Very sad news from Adelaide today with the announcement that common hippo Brutus has been put to sleep.
Found out today my favorite resident of Adelaide zoo is no more that's it for Nile hippos at Adelaide zoo then
I believe if one looks at their Master plan it shows River Hippos as part of their massive 500 hectare African Safari exhibit!
Adelaide Zoo has announced this morning that Kimya, their giraffe will remain at Adelaide Zoo for the forseeable future with another giraffe to join her from Monarto Safari Park. Their exhibit will be expanded in stages to an eventual size of 5000m2. Announcement from Zoo Website - Update on plans for Kimya
An interesting and unexpected development. Well it seems like the big four zoos will all be holding on to giraffe for the foreseeable future with Taronga opening a renovated exhibit this year, Melbourne recently bringing in a male, Perth holding a breeding herd and Adelaide's recent developments. Adelaide Zoo went from having plans to send Kimya first to Sydney Zoo, which then changed to Monarto Safari Park, to now expanding the giraffe exhibit with plans to introduce more Giraffe and a nice Nyala/Ostrich mix.
I would say no zoo master plan is 100% set in stone but of a guide a head which can be adapted when suits!
This part of the article describes the affected areas: “Plans to upgrade the giraffe exhibit will see the size of the existing area doubled by the middle of the year, using space from our behind-the-scenes areas and old elephant yard. This work is nearing completion already. In the future, facilities including our Works and Maintenance buildings and Food Store (currently situated behind the Giraffe exhibit) will be relocated to our old Children’s Zoo area freeing up that space, providing approximately 2,500m² for our giraffes. Further into the future, the Nocturnal House and lemur areas will also be utilised, providing our giraffes with a total of over 5000m², making this the largest inner-metropolitan giraffe exhibit in the country. At this stage, we may also look at additional giraffe joining the herd at Adelaide Zoo.” The death of Albert the Common hippopotamus will of course free up his exhibit; though his death was to be expected given his age - so no doubt plans for this area are already in place. It appears the Australian sea lions are still set to be phased out from Adelaide Zoo; but his exhibit may be the site of the planned Tropical North precinct outlined on the website - as his pool (and the Pygmy hippopotamus pool) are adjacent to the Australian precinct: “As part of our Master Plan, a new proposed Tropical North precinct will be built which will include an underwater viewing area for crocodiles and fish, an amphitheatre for interactive animal presentations and a tree kangaroo and cassowary habitat.”
Disappointing, as I was hoping Adelaide would set the trend here in phasing out giraffes from urban zoos (not that anyone else appears to be heading that way).
