Hamilton Zoo Hamilton Zoo News 2012

Chlidonias · 27 Jun 2012

some of the news from this year (some already in separate threads):

a female African wild dog arrived from Wellington Zoo in December 2011 and was introduced to two of Hamilton's males in January 2012 (split from their pack of seven males to make introductions to the female easier).

two spider monkeys were exported to Switzerland. (Both those items from here: Vanessa's Keeper Blog | Hamilton Zoo)

a female white rhino calf was born in March: http://www.zoochat.com/17/another-rhino-pregnancy-232101/

46-year-old chimpanzee Fimi died in April: Zoo mourns passing of chimpanzee | Hamilton Zoo

Chlidonias · 6 Sep 2012

tigress Sali arrived from Australia a little while ago: http://www.zoochat.com/17/new-tigress-coming-year-255811/index2.html

other news: Mahoenui giant weta will be on temporary display at the zoo for Conservation Week
Giant weta at Hamilton Zoo for Conservation Week - Yahoo! Sport New Zealand

A group of Mahoenui giant weta will be the stars of the show at Hamilton Zoo next week for Conservation Week 2012.

The weta, from Mahoenui Reserve south of Te Kuiti, are being loaned to Hamilton Zoo from Department of Conservation and will highlight the zoo’s focus on ‘uncovering backyard treasures’ as part of Conservation Week from 9-16 September.

The public will be able to view the giant weta during talks at 11am and 2pm each day throughout Conservation Week.

Hamilton Zoo Director Stephen Standley said the aim of the talks is to educate the public about how to uncover and care for wildlife such as weta on their own properties.

"When it comes to conservation, people think about the work undertaken in places like national parks, reserves and zoos, however they often don’t consider the wildlife that exists in their own backyards," he said.

"As well as the birds and insects that you do see around the home, there is potentially a whole range of other creatures living on your property that you don’t see - including many native species such as weta, frogs and bats. Our aim for Conservation Week is to raise awareness of and encourage the conservation of our own ‘backyard treasures’."

The Council-owned zoo, which is home to the rare and endangered native Hochstetter’s frog species, will also be running a series of after-hours talks for Frog Week from 11-18 September.

More details will soon be available on the Hamilton Zoo website Home | Hamilton Zoo.

Conservation Week is run by the Department of Conservation each year to raise awareness of the benefits of conservation and encourage people to get involved.
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zooboy28 · 24 Sep 2012

Awww, slow news day much?

Feel-good story about a 30-year-old (who knew they could live so long?) Cape Barren Goose, who shares an enclosure with the zoo's pair of Brazilian Tapir.

Story & photos here: Gerald the goose at Hamilton Zoo Thinks He's A Tapir... | Stuff.co.nz

Shirokuma · 24 Sep 2012

Those tapirs look very dark. I haven't seen ones like that before.

Chlidonias · 24 Sep 2012

Shirokuma said: ↑

Those tapirs look very dark. I haven't seen ones like that before.
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the photo makes the tapir look a bit darker than it actually is, but yes both of the Hamilton animals are very dark-coloured. However Brazilian tapirs are quite variable, there's quite a range of shades of brown.

Animalgeek · 4 Oct 2012

Does any body have any clues to if Keto is pregnant and also has the female calf born to moesha been named yet i heard it was nicknamed Happy but that cant be its real name i thought.

cheers

Chlidonias · 26 Oct 2012

Twin baby lemurs born at Hamilton Zoo - National - NZ Herald News

26 October 2012

Two ring-tailed lemur babies have been welcomed into Hamilton Zoo's lemur troop.

The twins of unknown gender were born to mother Yetta last Wednesday.

Zoo curator Samantha Kudeweh said the pair was doing well.

"The twins are already quite active and have been out and about, socialising with the wider lemur group," she said.

Ring-tailed lemurs are natives of the African island of Madagascar. They spend more time on the ground than other lemur species and form the largest social groups.

The species is classified as near-threatened and its population has declined markedly in the last 25 years due to habitat destruction and exploitation by humans.

Hamilton Zoo has also welcomed two new ruru, or morepork, chicks - but in contrast to the adventurous lemurs, the shy native owls are yet to venture out of their nest box.

"Morepork chicks tend to leave the nest at around 5-6 weeks, however they might possibly be seen peering out over the next few weeks," Ms Kudeweh said.

"With morepork being New Zealand's only surviving native owl species, it is exciting to welcome these chicks at Hamilton Zoo and I am sure they'll steal the hearts of zoo visitors once they decide to venture out of the nest."

Ruru nest in holes and their diet includes small birds and mammals including mice and bats.

The ruru chicks' parents are both wild birds brought into Hamilton Zoo by members of the public after being found injured.

The mother had sustained an eye injury while the father fell out of a nest as a young bird.

Ruru are believed to be reasonably common, but their population is in decline due to habitat destruction and predation from introduced pests such as stoats and rats.
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Animalgeek · 27 Oct 2012

Good news the lemurs at Hamilton are doing very well breeding also the rhino calf born to Moesh has been named Jamhila prnounced Ja-mee-la

Animalgeek · 27 Nov 2012

Hey guys i have a question witch is in the articals aboutt the new wildog female it says the zoo has 7 males but how is that cause i no of 3 litters born 1 with the 9 pups 7 femlaes went to oranna leaving the 2 males the original amles hasani and rafiki and then ish and another litter with a male named zumo who i heard was dominant but thats only 6 and then theres the 2 females oran gave to hamilton in swap for there 7 sistersso ether another male was born that i dont no about or they got another male and i have no clue what happened to the 2 females shira and mawenzi doies any body have any inof on this if u do please post thanks

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