Signage in zoos on individual animals

This one is another interesting example.

"Henry" the tuatara at Invercargill Museum in New Zealand who is over a century old:

Here is a video of "Henry" in the flesh:

Don't know if this is dedicated to "Henry" as such but it might as well be:


Photo credits to @Chlidonias.

 

Melbourne Zoo have a lot of signage like this; others I can think of are, Orangutan, Elephants, Pygmy Hippo, Cassowary, Seals, Tigers, Giraffe and Zebra. It is really nice to have these signs to help the public learn a lot about their animals that they have.

At Melbourne’s sister Zoo, Werribee Open Range Zoo, they do a similar thing with their Gorillas and Rhinos.

White Rhino Signage (Werribee Open Range Zoo):

WORZ Rhino profiles by Jambo posted 27 Jan 2020 at 6:01 PM

 

Thanks for sharing @Jambo !

I'll see if I can find more in the gallery from Melbourne.

Seems like Weribee have quite a herd of white rhino, not sure I'd be able to identify the individuals using the sign though.

 

A few signs I have seen at my local zoos:

Wildlife HQ - a very detailed sign about their rescued Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo:


Wildlife HQ - a sign about their rescued koala with heterochromia (different coloured eyes):


Darling Downs Zoo - not specifically a sign about an individual animal but the layout of this particular zoo's signage provides additional information of most of their species under "at the zoo!" which gives a brief summary of the animal/s on display:

 

Sumatran Orangutan Family Tree

The best sign I’ve seen in a zoo is this one - detailing the family tree of the Sumatran orangutans at Perth Zoo:

Perth Zoo Orangutan Family Tree Sign Board (2016) by Zoofan15 posted 11 Apr 2020 at 11:37 AM

Other Signs

Many other New Zealand and Australian zoos have these type of signs for high profile zoo animals likely to be around for a number of years (they don’t make them for meerkats etc):

Sumatran orangutan (Perth Zoo):

Orangutan Profiles 2016 - Sekara (1990) by Zoofan15 posted 11 Apr 2020 at 11:33 AM

Common chimpanzee (Wellington Zoo):

Chimpanzee Profiles 2019 - Jessie (1978) by Zoofan15 posted 1 Jan 2020 at 3:35 PM

Giraffe (Hamilton Zoo):

New Giraffe Signage by Zoofan15 posted 7 Jan 2020 at 11:18 PM

 

Thanks for sharing @Zoofan15 ! Much appreciated !

I think zoos in New Zealand and Australia really seem to do well with these kinds of signs and have a more personable approach with this kind of thing.

 

Thanks for sharing @WhistlingKite24 ! Much appreciated !

The story of the rescued tree kangaroo is quite interesting (and of course sad) because it reminds me a lot of what happens here in Brazil with giant anteaters in rural areas in particular.

 

It is indeed a sad situation they are facing. The majority of Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroos housed in zoos are rescued individuals that have these vision problems. There has also been some breeding success (very sporadic though) and fortunately this problem doesn't seem to carry onto captive-bred offspring.

 

Such a shame but great to see that they survive and go on to live normal lives at the zoo.

 

Asiatic lion ID and cage design at Bristol zoo:

Sign for "Kitawa" the tree kangaroo and the species breeding programe at Bristol Zoo:


Photo credits to @Paradoxurus, @ThomasNotTom.

 

I remember Los Angeles Zoo had numerous exhibits with not only the names of the individual animals within, but also of whomever donated money to the exhibit. One of them (the pinneped exhibit?) was sponsored by a 99 cent store, of all places.

 

If you have any pictures of these at the LA zoo please do share here on the thread.

 

Wellington Zoo have displayed their sense of humour along with the serious message behind these signs:







Signs by Wellington Zoo
Photo credit: The Hippie and the Suit: Wellington Zoo

 

These are great @Zoofan15 ! Thanks for sharing !

 

Sadly I overlooked photographing them. Ask @Julio C Castro, he seems to go there frequently.

 

I have seen lastly when I went to LA Zoo a few months ago that the Tiger exhibit was funded for by 99cent store and I believe it was in relation to the added waterfall earlier in the 2000s I can look through my phone if I have an image of it or possibly ask for one from the zoo!

 

Signage for Aldabra tortoises "Al " and "Henry" at Reptiland , USA:


Photo credits to @zoo_enthusiast.

 

Individual animal signage at the prague zoo from the gallery.

Gorilla ID signage:

Cheetah ID signage:

Elephant ID signage:

There is even a gallery with photographs of Prague's past and present elephants:


Photo credits to @vogelcommando.

 

The Fort Worth zoo has signage showing the elephant family tree on the construction fence surrounding the future expansion; although I don’t know if they will install a permanent elephant family tree once the expansion opens.

 

Thank you for your comment @ChIkEn NuGrEt , please feel free to post pictures of this family tree on this thread if you can.