Mogo Wildlife Park have received 0.2 Cheetah from Monarto Safari Park - Ayana and Imani. These females are full sisters and were born in 2017. They hope to start breeding the species with their resident male Sefu (2009). Full article: Cheetahs make the move to Mogo Wildlife Park | About Regional
I’m glad Mogo Zoo have added a new felid species to their collection; but a founding base of 1.2 Cheetah offers little chance of breeding success. Females are notoriously selective when it comes to mates and all the zoos in the region that have been successful in breeding them (Orana, Dubbo and Monarto) have achieved this by offering their females multiple males to choose from (even if there is a specific male they intend for her to breed with). Mogo Zoo are a shade bigger than Hamilton Zoo, who have stated they won’t breed Cheetah because they don’t have the space. Throw in Mogo Zoo’s impressive array of big cats (Snow leopard, tigers and multiple prides of lions) and that presents another issue - Cheetah are reluctant to breed when they are exhibited in close proximity to other species of big cat. Looking at Mogo’s map, their cats are already well spread out - making it a challenge to navigate around this issue.
Mogo have housed Cheetah since 2011 with the arrival of two males from Dubbo - Sefu and Mokomoto. They have also housed two other Cheetah that came from Cairns when the zoo closed down as well. Agree with the comments regarding the conditions needed for successful cheetah breeding. The map provided in @kiwimuzz's review of Mogo shows that the cheetah are housed opposite the lions...
Mogo Wildlife Park have welcomed the birth of Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur triplets: Log into Facebook | Facebook
Mogo Wildlife Park have announced that Zuri, one of their lionesses is pregnant. The lion cub is due to be born in December. Full article: https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/new...ildlife-park-reveals-pregnancy-021252919.html
Good news indeed. The sire would be Baako. This will be the second litter he’s sired, following the birth of Phoenix last December. Hopefully this cubs’ first few weeks will be less dramatic. Baako’s Pride: 1.0 Baako (28/02/2015) Lazarus x Maya 0.1 Chitwa (10/08/2014) Mac x Snow 0.1 Zuri (10/08/2014) Mac x Snow 1.0 Phoenix (23/12/2019) Baako x Chitwa
Bittersweet news from Mogo. Zuri, the lioness gave birth to four cubs. They had to perform an emergency C-section on Zuri and despite the zoo's best efforts the last two cubs and mother Zuri didn't make it. I assume the first two cubs are currently being handraised but it isn't mentioned explicitly in the Facebook post below. Log into Facebook | Facebook
How sad - but was a beautiful and unusually candid post from Mogo Zoo, who in the past have been so secretive about the low points their zoo has experienced. The young lioness, Jahzara, didn’t even get a mention when she passed; even Malu, who at the time of her death was the oldest living Sumatran tiger in the region was mentioned. I note they’ve been under new management since last year (when liaison with media seems to have stepped up), so hopefully this is a direction they will continue in. In the meantime, my condolences to the zoo on the loss of Zuri. There’s almost no way the cubs could be introduced to the pride at this stage @WhistlingKite24. Chitwa would no longer be lactating (her cub would have been weaned three to five months ago); and in the wild, these cubs wouldn’t have met the pride yet, they’d be hidden away in a cave for several weeks with their mother.
Zuri’s two surviving cubs are both females and were born 08/12/2020. Zuri died on 11/12/2020 after suffering from multiple organ failure. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/n...h/news-story/40060d630f042901635408294b6cf23c
One of the lion cubs, Moto has unfortunately died. There is only one surviving female cub (Maji) remaining from this litter. Kudos to Mogo for sharing the story and keeping the public informed regardless whether it’s good or bad news: Log into Facebook | Facebook
That’s really sad news, but I agree Mogo has been faultless in their media cooperation throughout the whole journey - starting with the loss of the lioness and the first two (stillborn cubs). Unfortunately things will be tough for Maji long term, as she has now lost her biggest source of socialisation. There’s several cubs in the region around 12 months of age, but none born in the last few months (and in a hand reared setting) that she could be peer raised with. They could potentially look at integrating her with her half brother, Phoenix, when she’s around 9-12 months. He’ll be just under two years and could provide non threatening companionship. In the meantime, they’ll probably look into a canine companion as is commonly used for Cheetah cubs in this situation.
Mogo Wildlife Park have announced the birth of a Giraffe calf. The female that gave birth is presumably Tuli as her pregnancy was mentioned a few months ago. This is Mtundu’s (their breeding bull) third calf: Log into Facebook | Facebook
That’s awesome news. Mtundu (2015) is the only offspring of his mother, Kiraka (2009) to have bred to date. Her daughters, Mdomo (2013) at Orana Wildlife Park; and Kabili (2016) at Auckland Zoo have recently been joined by young bulls, who will hopefully start to sire calves with them in the next couple of years. Kiraka’s own reproductive life has been paused by the death of Auckland’s breeding bull; and the interval until the new bull matures; but nonetheless should have many reproductive years ahead of her. Twins run strong in the female line of Kiraka’s family with two sets born to date. Kiraka and Kabili (mother and daughter) by Zoofan15 posted 24 Jan 2021 at 11:20 PM
Interestingly, Mogo have just announced that Ijuma is actually the sire of both Twiga (2020) and Unnamed (2021). Mtundu definitely fathered Karn (2019) though: "Australia Day at Mogo was extra special this year! We had a special arrival at 10am, where Tuli welcomed a brand new giraffe calf to the family! Tuli is a first time Mum, and is the full sister to Binti, who welcomed calf Twiga in August 2020. Both the new calf born today and Twiga share the same father, Ijuma." However, this article mentions that Ijuma was castrated in 2019 due to a prostrate issue so I presume Mtundu is indeed the sire unless this article is wrong: "While Mogo Zoo does have Ijuma, another wonderful male, he does not father now following treatment for a prostate issue that saw him castrated as a last resort to ensure he survived to live a long and happy life." https://www.beagleweekly.com.au/post/2019/06/28/mogo-zoo-welcomes-baby-karn Edit: The zoo have just edited their Facebook page and changed it to Mtundu which means he has indeed fathered three offspring since he arrived from Auckland; Karn (2019), Twiga (2020) and Unnamed (2021).
A Plains Zebra has been born at Mogo. The foal was born to first-time mother Katali yesterday. The zoo currently have seven zebras in total: Mogo Wildlife Park
Excellent news! A Javan Gibbon was born today at Mogo. This is their fifth successful birth at the zoo from their resident pair: Mogo Wildlife Park Births at Mogo: 0.1 Cinta (Arjuna x Layar) 06-09-2009 at Mogo Wildlife Park (now at Tasmania Zoo) 1.0 Patoot (Arjuna x Layar) 07-05-2012 at Mogo Wildlife Park 1.0 Jawa (Arjuna x Layar) 02-05-2015 at Mogo Wildlife Park 0.0.1 Unk (Arjuna x Layar) 19-05-2018 at Mogo Wildlife Park 0.0.1 Unk (Arjuna x Layar) 28-05-2021 at Mogo Wildlife Park
