South-east Queensland will soon have a new zoo. D’Aguilar Wildlife is located in Wamuran, in the Moreton Bay region (north of Brisbane). This particular region hasn’t had a zoo since Alma Park Zoo closed down a few years ago. Wamuran is around an hour’s drive from Brisbane’s CBD and can be reached via public transport with a bit of walking. A recent email from D’Aguilar Wildlife mentions that the zoo aims to be open by Easter 2020. The zoo will be posting monthly updates on their progress and opening developments through email (you can subscribe via their website). Website: D'Aguilar Wildlife For those interested, I went through their Facebook page and these were the species I noted. Note their Facebook page has been around for a while (since around 2010) and some of these species haven’t been mentioned recently. Also, I’m sure there are many more species that haven’t received a mention on their page that are used as educational animals. Mammals: Short-beaked Echidna Common Wombat (arrived February 2019) Squirrel Glider Rufous Bettong Red Kangaroo Rakali (Australian Water Rat) Black-footed Tree Rat Spinifex Hopping Mice Capybara (arrived April 2019) Fennec Fox (arrived June 2019) Dromedary Birds: Southern Cassowary (arrived September 2018) Emu Ostrich (arrived December 2018) Red Junglefowl Cape Barren Goose Plumed Whistling Duck Black Swan Australian Bustard Australian White Ibis Bush Stone Curlew Banded Lapwing Pied Stilt Tawny Frogmouth Channel-billed Cuckoo Blue-winged Kookaburra Laughing Kookburra Boobook Owl Masked Owl Wedge-tailed Eagle Torresian Imperial Pigeon Wompoo Fruit Dove Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (including Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo C. b. naso) Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Gang-gang Cockatoo Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Long-billed Corella Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo Umbrella Cockatoo King Parrot Eclectus Parrot Double-eyed Fig Parrot Scarlet Macaw Blue and Gold Macaw White-fronted Amazon Parrot Black-capped Caique Apostlebird Java Sparrow Reptiles: Saltwater Crocodile American Alligator Saw-shelled Turtle Central Bearded Dragon Cunningham’s Skink Shingleback Rhinoceros Iguana (arrived July 2019) Perentie Blood Python (arrived December 2019) Olive Python Carpet Python Boa Constrictor
@WhistlingKite24 on the Facebook page it said that ‘Lovely won’t grow big enough to eat the BlackBuck’ are you aware of the species?
D’Aguilar Wildlife has announced the arrival of Brazilian Agouti. The zoo is developing into a well-rounded collection. Security Check
D’Aguilar Wildlife now has Pygmy Marmoset according to a Facebook post. There is no mention on how long they have had the species. Security Check
D'Aguilar Wildlife has sent out an update about their opening via their email newsletter. They now hope to open around the Christmas holidays at the end of this year.
Scrolling through their Facebook page I noticed a few bits and pieces: *D'Aguilar Wildlife now have three Fennec Foxes. They originally announced the arrival of 1.1 (Azizi and Belle) last year. This latest post shows three animals (Belle, Kito and Sundai). After a quick search it seems like Kito and Sundai were the two foxes at Mogo Wildlife Park. Security Check *Their pair of Common Marmosets welcomed a baby back in April. It was the first time the species had bred at the zoo. Security Check *Satin Bowerbird is now part of the zoo's collection. Security Check
D’Aguilar Wildlife now have Black-necked Stork. A very nice addition for the zoo’s solid bird collection! Security Check
Indeed it does. D'Aguilar Wildlife is certainly creating a diverse and well-rounded collection with a good balance of species (for example they already have six species of exotic mammal so far). Can't wait to finally visit this place when it opens soon.
A recent video posted by D'Aguilar Wildlife reveals a few more bird species that haven't been mentioned in this thread: Glossy Ibis, Emerald Dove and Ruddy Shelduck. Source: D'Aguilar Wildlife's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=597599684248668 Security Check
A mention on the zoos Facebook page of a new species which is a first for Queensland but no mention of which species yet!
