On the last day of 2013, Puan the Sumatran orang-utan turned 61! No Cookies | Perth Now She is the second oldest animal at Perth after a western swamp turtle who is in his 70s!
I love Puan. I saw her in circa 1990 along with all the other Orangs at Perth. At that time her youngest daughter was still with her, then aged about five years. I'm wondering if there are actually any other captive Orangs anywhere that really are older than her now.
Hello all, I may be venturing to Perth as a part of my study abroad program for conservation biology. I was wondering if anyone knew which projects from the 2004 master plan had been completed, what is being worked on presently, and what is next for completion! More so, if the elephant exhibit has already been expanded to its goal size....? It looks like a really solid institution, and I hope to involve myself if I end up in Australia.
Cookies must be enabled. | The Australian In this article about Perth Zoo donating money for Sumatran Rhino conservation, it mentions that the zoo has two males. What happened to their female?
Western Ground Parrots at Perth Zoo Breeding hopes for 'secretive, cryptic' parrot at Perth Zoo Breeding hopes for 'secretive, cryptic' parrot at Perth Zoo - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
I thought that too Hix, but even if Perth Zoo managed to breed from full siblings it would certainly support the case for bringing in unrelated birds down the track... Good luck Perth
"clutch" is just a manner of speech from the journalist. The birds are all wild-caught adults. They have been transferred to the zoo from the aviaries built down in the south of WA by the Department of Parks and Wildlife back in 2009. Some of these birds were initially caught in late 2009.
the two males are Memphis and his son Bakari. The mother Sabie was sent to Monarto about six or so years ago (I think she died shortly after). Have they had another female since then?
Nope! Perth Zoo conciously switched over to maintaining a bachelor herd to fullfill their resps within the program and allowing other zoos to maintain breeding herds. I do not think that will change for now ..
-Twin ring-tailed lemurs born -Seven bush stone-curlew will be released next week into Whiteman Park (north of Perth).
Strange. I thought the whole idea of raising money, enlarging the exhibit, importing females and then breeding was to keep a breeding 'herd' of rhino??? I fully realise that this can be difficult in a city zoo situation, but it's not as if space wasn't allocated to the species. If not then the zoo has two megasized mammals which take up a large proportion of the zoo grounds that are in non-breeding situations aka as the elephant issue. Not sure what is happening with the giraffes - that could mean three.
Both the news about the Ground parrots and the birth of the Silvery gibbon are great ! Hope they will be succesfull with the Ground parrots
Another article about the birth of the Silvery gibbon : Labor of Love for Perth Zoo Keepers - ZooBorns
