A missed opportunity were the river HIppos and Pygmys at Mareeba wild animal park which were I believe sold off to Bali the only saving grace was one female being obtained by Seaworld which was in the end shipped down to TWPZ which since has bred.They were unrelated to the bloodlines now in Aust. Appears its going to be some time untill a IRA has been put together for any Hippo import none of which has been started at this time.
Hippo are not on our list to import at this stage and as mentioned would not be easy. If Hippo in Australia are born (which apparently is the case?) when those babies and if they need homes we may look into holding what Australia have to offer though i feel it will not be anytime soon.
THE SKY’S THE LIMIT!! A SECOND for Altina & the Riverina!!! ALTINA’S NEW BABY GIRAFFE IS REACHING FOR THE STARS!! After a 15 month gestation period, “Munzi” gave birth standing up, to a 100kg baby boy. Staff were very excited for the new birth not only for Altina, but for his future role in the Australasian Breeding program, with Males in high demand his birth was a true ‘gift’. He has been named “Zawadi” which is Swahili for Gift, very fitting for this tall, dark & handsome boy. Within the first hour, the healthy 6 foot tall newborn was standing, drinking from mum and running around the exhibit! His proud father “Uthuli” will be officially introduced to his son in the next few days where they can then be a true Family! Altina’s tallest new born can be viewed in his exhibit with his mother starting today!
This last week has been baby week with a baby bison (now 3) baby marmosets (now 3) baby highland calves (now 3) AND A BABY GIRAFFE!!!! New species list for those interested Red Panda Ringtail lemur Saltwater crocodile Freshwater Crocodile American Alligator Ring-tail Coati Tasmanian Devils Common Wombat Capuchin Monkey Marmoset Monkey Guinea fowl Black Swan Magpie geese Cape barron Geese Chinese geese Peacocks Clydesdale horses Red Deer Fallow Deer Indian Blackbuck Antelope Addax Antelope Barbary Sheep Himalayan Tahr Hog Deer Asian Water Buffalo American Bison Banteng Cattle Rusa Deer Waterbuck Antelope Eland antelope Scimitar Oryx White Rhino Donkey Capybara Maned Wolf Bongo Giraffe Ostrich fat tail sheep Spotted Hyena White Lion Tawny Lion African Wild Dog Zebra Alpaca Wapiti Deer Scottish Highland Cattle Texas Long Horn Cattle Mongolian Wild Horse Domestic Goats Ducks Domestic geese and other wild roaming animals seen most days Grey kangaroo Emu with occasionally seeing Bearded Dragon Inland Carpet Pythan Lace Monitors Echidna also in the wild not to mention the large amount of birds including Surpurb parrots kookaburra Eastern rosella Kites Cockatoos Short bill corella Galah Apostle Birds and the list goes on NEXT ON THE LIST Serval - enclosure being built now Yellow Footed Wallaby Cotton Top Tamarins Cheetah Tiger All when available
Bec, Never meant to put this on this Altina thread was meant to go on the Aust zoo thread, I am well aware of the great work Altina does and rate it in the top 3 progress zoos in the counrty, Am aware there is no IRA for Hippos at this time, it appears our government can only handle one problem at a time!
The 2 female Zebras are together and one of them is looking very pregnant. The Stalion has been moved in with the Ostriches in case he injures the foal when it is born. The Serval enclosure is looking about finished and the Servals ore no far off arriving.
Altina are proud to announce yet another litter of wild dog puppies. 6 healthy puppies are now one month old and starting to venture out of their den.
BABY STRIPES HAS ARRIVED! Altina are so excited to announce our very first baby ZEBRA! A first for the Riverina this little boy has been named 'Mstari' meaning stripes in Swahili. Mstari is running around and eating well. Proud mum, 'Sharni' has definitely proven herself to be an exceptional mother. Junior stripes can be seen on daily tours or met personally on the behind the scenes 'Giant meets stripes' tour! (Bookings essential & conditions apply) 0412060342
From their Facebook, there is a baby Ring-tailed Lemur at Altina, the first to be born there. Media article: The next arrival at Altina Wildlife Park
It's been a while since any news was posted in the Altina threads, so while looking back through their Facebook: *An 18-month old Serval named Hasani arrived from Adelaide. Media article here: My what big ears you have Hasani: Altina’s new addition The above article is from October, but the Zoos SA annual report says the Serval went to Altina in July. https://www.zoossa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Zoos-SA-Annual-Report-2016-17-for-web.pdf
