Rhino Approval!!!! Altina Wildlife Park has a HUGE Announcement! Altina Wildlife Park has been assisting conservation programs for over 10 years. During this time we have assisted in bringing back species from the brink of extinction through our specialised captive breeding programs and have now been nationally and internationally recognized for our efforts. This year Altina is taking its passion for conservation one step further, with our biggest project yet! By the end of 2016, Altina will have a breeding trio of Southern White Rhino landed on the property. This trio will consist of 1 male from New Zealand named ‘Mtoto’ and 2 young females, one arriving from Australia Zoo ‘Mango’, and one all the way from Europe named ‘Tatu’. All animals at Altina are invaluable, but Tatu is a very special Rhino, this young female is vital to the genetic diversity of the Australian Rhino population and is imperative to the survival of the Rhino species as a whole. Click on the link to read more and see what spurred Altina into action. As you can imagine this Southern White Rhino project is monumental not to mention financially challenging, but a project none-the-less we are excited to plan for and participate in. To ensure that this dream becomes a reality we need your help. With plans already approved for the housing of this incredible species by government authorities, which you will also find in the link, all we need now is… well everything else! https://www.gofundme.com/r6knbc3c
I went again today. Could not remember how long since I last went, but our tour guide Ben thought it was only a few months since I was there last. Checked my camera later and found it was 4 days over a year since I was last there. Is it a bad thing that the guide remembered me. There are several new animals. Red pandas looked good and came down from the tree to eat some bamboo. Capybaras were sleeping in the shade. Ring Tailed Lemurs have their own island and seem well settled. There is probably something I have forgotten. Plenty of babies too. Meerkats have a litter only a couple of weeks old and we had to walk past them quickly so we did not disturb the parents. I snapped a pic on my phone as I walked past without stopping so was not able to get any very good pictures. The Giraffe calf was born after I last visited and is now very large. Most the deer and Tahr also have fawns. We were shown which paddocks would have the Rino enclosure and saw the pile of railway line for the posts. There are also hopes for a lot of African Hunting Dog pups this year as there are 2 separate pairs in 2 enclosures and another enclosure with 2 males and 2 females. As usual Altina is well worth the visit at least every year, and I might go back even sooner this time. I will down load picture when I get time and put them in the Gallery.
Meerkat babies! Release date 11th February 2016 MEDIA RELEASE Altina Wildlife Park – Darlington Point 6 BABY MEERKATS!! One of the largest litters Recorded in Australasia! Proud Parents “Timona” (Experienced Mum) & “Digger” (First time Dad) are doing an excellent job! This group of Meerkats consists of Mum, Dad, an unrelated Male (Allan) 4 teenagers bred at Altina last year (Eanie, Meanie, Miney & Mo) and now 6 new Bubs! This is the second litter of Meerkats (Altogether 10 babies) at Altina in less than 1 year!! The biggest challenge with this litter was keeping the teenagers extremely occupied to prevent them from interfering with the new born babies! Enrichment was given 5 times daily up until now which has been a lot of extra work for keepers but well worth it! Meerkat kits are on display NOW and behind the Scenes experiences with the babies will start 27th Feb after their first vaccination! Meerkat Facts • A nominated ‘sentry’ climbs to the highest rock, to look for threats. • Meerkats have a special membrane that protects their eyes while burrowing; they can even close their ears to keep out sand and dirt. • They have dark skin and thin fur on their bellies that helps them control body temperature. • Adult Meerkats can kill and eat poisonous snakes and scorpions without being hurt because they’ve become immune to the venom. • Diet: scorpions, beetles, spiders, centipedes, crickets, millipedes, worms, eggs, tubers, roots, small animals and small reptiles. • Reproduction: The alpha male and female of the Meerkat mob are the only 2 that breed. The gestation period is 11 weeks with litters of 2 to 5 kits. WE HAVE 6! • Predators: Martial Eagles and Jackals. When the Meerkat guard senses danger he/she will give a warning bark, allowing the other mob members to run for cover in holes they have spread across their territory. • Lifespan: 12-14 years.
3 male Coati now call Altina Home! (1xentire & 2x Castrated) Museum has now been officially opened! Baby season is everywhere with Marmosets, meerkats, all deer species, all antelope species, bison, buffalo, banteng, birds.. All on display now! Rhino enclosure well on its way with import booked for August! Altina will be doing our own QT for both rhino imports! Bongo male from Taronga arriving soon! Capuchin boys to arrive soon to join current Bach group! It's going to be a busy year for Altina!
The only photos I have been able to find are these on facebook. I think anybody should be able to scroll through these photos which are of the opening. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...371.1073742334.100002102184276&type=3&theater https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...371.1073742334.100002102184276&type=3&theater
12 wild dog puppies born @ Altina!!! All doing well and now venturing out of boxes and onto exhibit! Biggest recorded litter in 8yrs! A second for Altina breeding wild dogs plus still the only private zoo in Australasia to breed wild dogs!
oh that's a shame. From their Facebook (14 July): And an article here from 17 July with the same text as on the Facebook page: Sad news at Altina | The Observer
