Yes, that all looks correct. History of Rothschild’s giraffe in Australia: To summarise the history of these “Rothschild’s” giraffe in Australia: - Perth Zoo received 1.1 siblings (Anthony and Misha) and their 0.1 half sister (Marama) from Orana Wildlife Park and bred several calves. - Melbourne Zoo received the son of Anthony and Misha (Mukulu) and bred him with an imported female (Twiga) to produce several calves. - Perth Zoo received Misha’s great nephew (Armani) and bred him with Misha to produce calves. - Mogo Zoo received Misha’s nephew (Ijumma) and Misha’s grandaughters via Mukulu and bred calves. All of these zoos have since received hybrid breeding partners for these giraffes. Given the founders of Orana’s giraffe breeding programme were already related to each other, it really highlights how inbred our giraffe population is and what a benefit fresh imports will be.
0.0.1 giraffe calf has been born at Mogo Wildlife Park presumably to female Oni (whose pregnancy was announced a few months ago) - reported on social media.
A second giraffe calf has been born at Darling Downs Zoo to 0.1 Tulip as reported by @Zorro. This gives the zoo five giraffe including two calves born this year.
It's a male and he's been named Mshangoa (pronounced Shango), meaning surprise. https://www.instagram.com/p/CeQh75tAN9I/
1.0 Azizi at Adelaide has successfully been moved back to Monarto and been introduced to the safari park’s bachelor group - reported on their FB page. 0.1 Kiraka at Auckland Zoo is currently pregnant. Sire is 1.0 Billy from Australia Zoo. The news was reported by @Zoofan15 on the Auckland Zoo news thread.
Wow, I thought Azizi was there to stay. Wasn't that the initial plan? It's good to know Azizi's settled in well though. Monarto have quite large, nice bachelor group. I really don't see the point of Monarto retaining two female Giraffes, who take up a lot of space that could be used much better for a city zoo like Adelaide.
It was noted on socials how they didn’t want him to breed due to him being closely related to Adelaide’s females: Azizi is now at an age and size where he could have attempted to mate with Adelaide Zoo female giraffe, Nolean and Kimya. He is too closely related to the girls to be paired, so it was decided to train him to use the trailer and move him back to his birthplace. They presumably didn’t want to maintain him as a castrated bull either. As popular as they are, Adelaide Zoo should definitely phase out giraffes. It’s not an efficient use of space to accomodate a species which can be seen in large herds at their sister zoo.
I must've been thinking of Nolean then. Azizi was most likely only moved to Adelaide for the purpose of drawing crowds, being the first baby giraffe at Adelaide zoo in obviously more than two decades. Zoos SA would've jumped at the opportunity to move him there. Therefore, it's always been inevitable then that he'd have to be moved back once he grew up. That's quite right. Giraffes are an iconic species, and Adelaide has plans for them to be seen from the other side of the River Torres; which makes sense as they'd see a Giraffe and immediately think of Adelaide Zoo (a little bit of advertising there). In my opinion though, if Adelaide do decide to continue to display Giraffes, i'd like to see them holding more than just two giraffes. A group of four or five is better to see compared to a single pair.
The reason Azizi was transferred to Adelaide was because he had to be removed from his mother for handraising. Adelaide had the facilities to handraise a calf in close quarters, while providing him with socialisation versus Monarto, which run their herds across large paddocks. The space allocated to the gorillas in the masterplan is 2400m2, so if the giraffes are to replace them, then they could surely hold a small herd. At a minimum, they could hold 1.2 with the option of transferring surplus to Monarto as they mature.
0.1 calf was born to 0.1 Scarlett at Monarto Safari Park last Friday. This is Scarlett's second calf since she arrived from Australia Zoo. Her first calf was 1.0 Azizi who recently moved back to Monarto Safari Park from Adelaide: Gorgeous little giraffe calf born at Monarto Safari Park
Impressive work from Scarlett considering her age. She gave birth to her first calf at the age of four years one month, which is considered young for this species, which usually gives birth to their first calf closer to five years old; and then factoring in the 15 month gestation, she conceived her second calf within two months of her first being removed for hand rearing.
As reported by @Abbey from their visit, the National Zoo and Aquarium recently welcomed the birth of 0.0.1 calf to their experienced pair Shaba and Mzungu. This is the pair's fourth successful calf following 0.1 Kebibi (2016) 0.1 Nzuri (2019) and 1.0 Khamisi (2020)
Not sure if this article helps at all regarding the birthdate of 0.1 Tuli at Mogo Wildlife Park: Baby giraffe walking tall at Mogo Zoo: PHOTOS. It is dated 13 August 2014 and says that the calf (which is Tuli) was born 'two weeks ago'. Might not be helpful at all as that could still mean early August, but I would read it to say that Tuli was probably born in July 2014.
A few recent confirmed pregnancies. 0.1 Penny at Australia Zoo is currently pregnant according to a recent YouTube video about breeding programmes at the zoo. This follows their most recent birth which was 1.0 Jesse (2021) born to female Sally who is the only offspring currently in the group. Penny's most recent calf was 1.0 Hunter (2020) who is now at Tasmania Zoo. 0.1 Tuli at Mogo Wildlife Park is also pregnant as announced by @Abbey in the news thread. This continues Mogo's string of recent calves starting with 1.0 Karn (2019), 1.0 Twiga (2020), 0.1 Matilda (2021), 1.0 Matope (2021) and 1.0 Mshangoa (2022).
0.1 Ntombi at Taronga Western Plains Zoo has given birth to 1.0 calf over the weekend - reported on social media. Sire is 1.0 Mtoto and this is his first calf. Ntombi's last calf was 1.0 Shingo (2019) who is now at Hunter Valley Wildlife Park housed with two females.
It’s about time! I’ve been expecting to hear of a birth to Ntombi since 2020. I’ve followed her since her birth at Auckland Zoo in 2007. She was the last of her family line, which descended from the import of a bull from London Zoo in 1960. The comparatively lengthy birth interval between this calf and Shingo makes me think she had a stillbirth/non surviving calf in between: 1.0 Fanana (21/08/2012) Deceased 1.0 Nkosi (03/08/2014) 0.1 Nyah (01/01/2016) 0.1 Malaika (11/09/2017) 1.0 Shingo (25/03/2019) Hopefully her daughters, aged 6.5 and 4.75 years, will have their first calves soon.
Hence all the announcements. I’ve noticed a trend of zoos holding back announcements for these international animal days. I noticed Kiraka was visibly pregnant on my visit to Auckland Zoo earlier this month and several volunteers confirmed that she was, which demonstrated they’ll all known for a while.
0.0.1 calf at the National Zoo and Aquarium has been confirmed as 1.0 and been named Themba. He was born on May 17: The National Zoo & Aquarium’s newest addition is all legs and neck! | CW 0.1 calf at Monarto Safari Park has been named Nyekundu as reported by @Abbey on the news thread: Monarto's baby giraffe named on World Giraffe Day • Glam Adelaide
