until about an hour ago. photos of tim and bella are now up. They are a breeding pair and I believe they are Mogos original imports. i think that adds up to 7 of Mogo bred white lions spread accross three zoos. Now six zoos in Aust. hold white lio.ns
1.0 bison has arrived from Monarto for breeding 4.0 bison born last year have gone to a private breeder 1.0 water buffalo also born last year has gone to Hall's Gap Zoo 0.0.8 blackbuck born
0.0.2 bison born (twins) 0.0.1 scimitar horned oryx born 0.0.2 blackbuck born First eland also born at Altina
a few updates on Altina Wildlife Park, from having visited - they have a new Red Deer stag - he arrived from a Deer farm with his antlers sawn off for transport, The male S H Oryx from Mogo, is kept with 2 other batchelor males, the Mogo one was hand raised, and is quite aggressive both to the other oryx, but also to people. The Presvelski horses - the younger filly had been seperated from her mother in preperation to being moved to another zoo (the guide thought werribee) and the Stallion would then be re introduced to the mare. They have about 20 Hog Deer now, when they mow the long grass in their paddock, they have to have someone walking in front of the mower as the baby Hog deer hide in the grass and won't move..... They have planted lots of Bamboo along the driveway, they hope to get Red Pandas at some stage. They are also hoping to get some Marmosits. Honey the handraised Bantang cow had a new calf named Candy - they didnt expect her to be pregnant as the bull she is in with was considered to be too young, but obviously thats not the case! The Lions were great to watch - the tawny pair are a mother and son, and Mums still the boss! Timmy and Bella were disinterested in food or visitors, as Bella was on heat and Tim was very protective of her.... The Zebras still havent arrived due to unforseen delays, but they will add a finishing touch to this great collection of animals. One of the highlights of the tour was seeing an Ostich chasing a red fox accross the paddock into a pile of logs! I highly recomend visiting this zoo if you are travelling thru the area
All these Devils that are in the various zoos and Parks nowadays- can they be protected somehow from the facial tumor Disease, or can it affect them and their offspring too?
The disease is contained in Tasmania, with the wild Devils, and I think only spread via contact with an infected animal. The captive devils do not have the disease, having existed in captivity before the disease arose, or taken from places where the disease had not yet spread to. There is no reason why the captive devils could contract the disease, so they should be fine. The wild population will likely become extinct, and there is a good chance that the disease will die out with them, allowing reintroduction to be commenced. I think thats the general plan anyway. The last time I looked, there were almost 600 devils in the captive programme, this has probably increased since then though.
-1.1 common marmoset (breeding pair) has arrived from Hunter Valley Zoo -1.1 common marmoset (breeding pair) + 4 adult offspring and twin newborns have arrived from Alma Park Zoo. -0.1 addax born (a first for Altina)
The male zebra is called Atreyu and is 11 months old, while the female is called Shani and is 8 years old and has had 4 foals. Shani was born at Dubbo in 2005 before temporarily staying at Taronga, then going to Werribee and then finally to Altina.
Anybody going to go to Altina over the holidays. I am hopeing to take the kids again when I have time
