No idea sorry (got the info off Facebook). Werribee have indeed had two males born within the last 12 months or so.
Saw them yesterday and I believe they said these are excess males from Werribee. I did the lion feeding to so had a close up look at all the lions including the cubs. The Bongo looks good and they are hopeful both a Giraffe and a Zebra are pregnant.
Monty - could you update the gallery with some photos of the newer arrivals? Primates, zebras, lion cubs, bongo, water buck etc? What are the waterbuck housed with? When I went, almost everything had its own paddock, but I would love to see them mix the animals up a bit - bison in with the elk, eland with zebras, ostrich and water buck, camels with oryx etc - just my thoughts of course! Have they done any of this?
I have put some photos up and have a lot more, but it takes some time. I have a slow internet connection and have to email my photos to my computer, but am having trouble receiving emails. There are some Elk stags with the water buffaloes, so close. The Adax also have some Blackbuck with them. Would be better if the mixes were geographically correct.
I'm assuming Rani is the female born at Adelaide in December 2013, but no idea on Tashi (by extension, if Rani is the Adelaide cub then Tashi is probably also from Adelaide). There's a curious thing with zoos, seemingly becoming more common, where they don't apparently want to reveal where animals have come from - quite often press releases will make vague statements without naming the other zoo or just avoid it altogether. I think it is annoying and also strange, given that it has use as a conservation topic (along the lines of zoos co-operating to preserve such-and-such endangered species).
We have often found that a journalist will adopt the view that "..... I am doing a story on this zoo - not the one where these animals came from". As ZAA accreditation is rolled out, all member zoos can have confidence in the source of, or the destination of, animals that are being transacted. There is really no need for a zoo to be coy about the source of it's new animals. A general observation in no way aimed at Altina or any specific zoo.
both. I understand journalists not bothering with the animals' sources because they often have no interest in the actual story they are writing, but press releases from the zoos themselves often skirt around the issue (often saying something like "a zoo in NSW" or "a zoo in Poland" or something along those lines). Even when asked directly (e.g. on Facebook) they may simply not reply, or avoid giving a proper answer. I am not speaking of all zoos obviously, but it is very common and gives off a strange secretive air as if they have something to hide. (Again, this isn't actually something I am directing at Altina - it is just a general observation).
Hi guys Bec from Altina Our other panda "Tashi" came from Canberra Zoo and is the same age as Rani. Nothing to hide there
thanks for that. Just to reiterate, we were speaking in general terms of zoo press releases not Altina specifically.
Hi guys just done a read back We were hoping for rhino this year but we have too many other projects going at the moment. Hopefully next year. I do media releases for Altina and all social media so any questions ask. Sometimes presumptions are incorrect. 2 more zoos are getting maned wolf this year hear in Australia if all goes to plan (I am stud book keeper now) The 2 litters of wolves born last year were Our sweedish boys pups. Altina has experimented about mating 1 male to 2 females in 1 year to help genentics rather than bonding a pair. So Arapey gave birth to 3:1 (Alpha, Juanito, Iago & Adora) Olinta gave birth to 1:1 (Pepito & Lupa) Plus we are importing 1:1 maned wolves this year 1 from texus & 1 from Colorado! Hyena are still on the cards for imports. Gino is currently on his way to Africa for 2 weeks to help with the import contacts etc. its a long progress and a lot of maoney to do these imports & being private with no government support we have to pase ourselves.
good news about the hyaenas! Can you tell me which zoo the female maned wolf was imported from in 2009? All the sources I have found simply say "from Russia" or "from a zoo in Russia".
