Hey guys, I recently visited Hamilton Zoo and thought you might like some information on their animals: White Rhino: Hamilton Zoo currently has five white rhino: Kruger (M1989), Mwisha (F1993), Caballe (F1994), Kito (F2000) and Imani (F2007). They are currently kept in two groups of either [Kruger] vs [Females] or [Kruger, Mwisha and Kito] vs [Caballe and daughter Imani]. They are trying to breed Kruger with Mwisha and Kito as all they animals are of wild origin and not represented. Caballe, although wild born, has had three calves with Auckland's male Zambezi called Inkosi (2002), Mtoto (2004) and Imani (2007) so may not breed with Kruger for a while. Chimpanzee: Hamilton Zoo has six chimpanzee. They have two elderly females born to tea party chimps who didn't know how to raise offspring therefore Sally and Susie were hand-raised themselves. The other four are 31 year old Mike and Lucy from Taronga Zoo and their offspring Lucifer (20) and Luka (15). Luka has recently taken over from Mike as the dominant male. Hopefully a mate will be found for Luka soon although it is hard to find one when nearly all the chimps in Australasia are related. Sumatran Tiger: Hamilton Zoo currently holds two sumatran tigers. Brother and sister Jaka and Mencari who were born on the 10th January 2000 at Wellington Zoo. Their other littermate Molek also lived with them at Hamilton up until 2006 when she went to Auckland to breed. There are no plans to breed from Jaka and Mencari in the forseable future. Cheetah: Hamilton Zoo has four Cheetah. The oldest is Temba at nine. After failing to breed with male Kaitoa, three new Cheetah brothers have been brought in called Moyo Matusi and Jambo. African Hunting Dog: The pack started with males Hasani and Rafiki and female Zuri. Hasani and Zuri are the dominant pair and had their first litter of nine in 2004 called Moja, Mbili, Tatu, Nne, Tano, Sita, Sabba, Nane and Tisa. After a while two more females called Shirra and Mwenzi were brought in from Oran Park in exchange for the seven females in the 2004 litter. Recently (March) Zuri gave birth to twins. One male died soon after birth but the other one seems to be doing well and has been named Ishe. Giraffe: Hamilton Zoo currently has six giraffe which form a bachelor herd. Ndoki and Makulu are the oldest two. Ndoki was born in 1998 at Wellington Zoo and Makulu was born in 1999 at Orana Wildlife Park. Makulu is a pure bred rothchilds. The younger four are the offspring of Makulu's ten year old brother Zabulu at Auckland Zoo. They are Masamba (2002), Jabari (2002), Ndale (2004) and Dume (2006). Golden Cat: A new female has been imported as a mate for three year old Hotan. She is called Mao and occupies the bobcat enclosure after they left for Franklin Zoo. Leopard Cat: Sadly 18 year old Ree has died. I think they said it was due to old age related problems. Lemurs: A new ruffed lemur called Lucky and a new ringtailed lemur called Bruce.
You might want to check the source of your information - Imani was born at Hamilton Zoo and Kito was born at Auckland Zoo. Mtoto was also captive born at Hamilton, and is currently at Auckland Zoo.
If you read carefully you will notice I referred to Kito as being of wild origin not wild born, this is because she was conceived in South Africa to an unknown male. And yes Inkosi, Mtoto and Imani were all born at Hamilton Zoo but as mentioned above the father is Zambezi (now Auckland's male). Auckland Zoo's herd nw consists of Zambezi, Inkosi and Mtoto.
I thought at first that this may have been a foal born in September last year but the author of the video clip definately says June 2009.
Cabelle, one of the female white rhino departed for Australia Zoo on 1st August. She is apparently pregnant with her fourth calf Hamilton Zoo farewells Southern white rhinoceros | Scoop News 1:0 Spider Monkey will arrive from South Australia shortly to start a new breeding group
Thanks for the update, that's good news about another rhino on the way. It was very generous of Hamilton Zoo to send away their best rhino, hopefully Imani will not be disadvantaged by not having her mother there to protect her. Does anyone know when the calf is due? Australia Zoo has three males so I'm sure they'd welcome a female calf.
With Caballe gone they now have three female and three male. Females Keto and Moesha have had calves in the past year and the third female is Imani born in 2007. (caballes daughter) so it seems unlikely that there will eb any births there for a while.
The new Spider Moneky is here. He's called Burrito and arrived Tuesday night from South Australia's George Wildlife Park. He will take over from Diego as the new breeding male.
Suzie the chimpanzee has passed away at Hamilton Zoo. She was 46 years old. A post mortem has revealed no single factor caused her death although it is known that she had cancer and that it had spread to other vital organs. Hamilton Zoo director Stephen Standley says that earlier this week Suzie was examined to establish the extent of the cancer to see what could be done to improve her health and comfort. The ultrasound examination was successful and she made a good recovery from the anaesthetic and was responsive when last observed at approximately 7pm, however, she passed away in her sleep overnight.
did u here about mike Ad Feedback Stuff Home Waikato Times News Kia ora, Guest[Settings] [Logout] [ sign in] National News World News Weather News quiz Hamilton zoo chimp dies Last updated 15:43 15/03/2011SharePrint Text Size Relevant offersA chimpanzee at Hamilton Zoo has died after undergoing major surgery yesterday in an attempt to save his life. The chimpanzee named Mike had his right arm amputated during a five-hour surgery, after the limb was discovered to be infected. Hamilton Zoo director Stephen Standley said the infection occurred after the tip of the middle finger on Mike's right hand was bitten off during an altercation with another male chimp last week. This altercation is part of typical chimp behaviour as the males of the troop compete to prove who is more dominant. The vet prescribed a course of antibiotics and pain relief, however the wound became infected and this infection soon spread, meaning amputation of the right arm was required. Mr Standleysaid Mike died at about 8.15.
that one was a week ago, already posted in this thread: http://www.zoochat.com/17/hamilton-zoo-news-2011-a-198214/
It's very sad news and a great loss to the chimpanzee troop. I hope they manage to breed with the chimps soon considering they are down to six again. Perhaps another import of a breeding age female is needed from either Taronga Zoo or Wellington Zoo since Sanda is really their only chance of having offspring. Does anyone know how old Sanda is? I've heard she's in her early twenties but I'm not totally sure on that.
To tell you the truth I would like to see the whole chimpanzee population in the region assessed to distinguish sub-species and hybrids from each other. Phase-out the hybrids and bring in the pure races. It could be possible that the older chimps are pure but they are no use of breeding, so the region would most likely either have to use the pures (if any) already in the regin and import some to get the program back up to running again.
[QUOTE=I thought at first that this may have been a foal born in September last year but the author of the video clip definately says June 2009. u r right there was a foal born in sep 2008 called nyah she now lives at auckland with her yunger sister lindiwe
Plans during the next 12 months: Import 1:0 Capuchin from Australia Exchange of Ring Tailed Lemurs with the SSP New breeding pair of Sumatran Tigers (already mentioned on another thread) Fierce new lady coming to stalk Hamilton's dating scene - National - NZ Herald News
