They wouldn't open for me when Riley's post was first made, but now they do. Try the links for plans on the other thread and see if you can open those ones. Taronga Zoo - African Savannah and Congo Forest development plans
It was a photo with the echidna, that appeared to be taken from inside an exhibit. As I’m not very familiar with Taronga, I asked here to see if anybody had additional information.
THE BONGO ARE GOING DOWN TO WERE THE DEER WERE. THE DEER HAVE GONE TO HUNTER VALLEY. THE BARBARY SHEEP HAVE GONE TO ANOTHER ZOO. DUBBO. THE GIRAFFE ARE MOVING. WITHIN THE ZOO. AS FOR THE ZOO MAGAZINE. NO CHIMP NEWS. ORANG UTANS GOING TO MOGO SHORTLY.
NEWBORN AUSTRALIAN SEA-LION PUP MAKES A SPLASH AT TARONGA Taronga Zoo Sydney today announced the birth of a cute yet endangered male Australian Sea-lion pup named Moby, which has made a playful splash in his new home at Seal Cove. Moby was born on Friday 6 October to mother Lexie and father Charlie and has gradually built his confidence swimming. Keepers are now confident that Moby can move with his mum from a shallow pool to a larger pool where guests will be able to view him diving and playing. Keepers named the pup Moby because, at 11.04kg, he weighed approximately four kilograms more than the average birth weight for an Australian Sea-lion pup. Taronga Zoo Sydney is one of only three organisations in Australia with the resources to care for and breed the Australian Sea-lion, which tend to be very active, intelligent and inquisitive. Gestation for Australian Sea-lions is 17.5 months, which is longer than any other seal species, which typically take 12 months. “There are only 24 individual Australia Sea-lions in zoos or aquariums worldwide, and this pup is the sixth Australian Sea-lion at Taronga Zoo. While guests may admire Moby for his cuteness, we admire him for the hope that he represents,” said Unit Supervisor of Marine Mammals Andrew Irvine Wild populations of this species are still struggling to recover since the ban on hunting earlier last century. “This breeding program benefits the 13,000 Australian Sea-lions left remaining in the wild, which live in isolated groups along the coasts of South Australia and Western Australia,” Andrew said. “Australians can help Australian Sea-lions like Moby in the wild by choosing to eat sustainable seafood certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). Eating MSC-certified sustainable seafood means that Australians can be confident that seafood is caught sustainability, and won’t harm Australian Sea-lions,” said Andrew. “This is especially timely given how much Australians love seafood at Christmas,” he said. Moby and his mother Lexie can be seen throughout the day at Taronga Zoo Sydney’s Seal Cove these School Holidays, where Moby will be playfully exploring his new surroundings.
Just a quick note: The Long-beaked Echidna is definitely back on-show in the Nocturnal House's second to last exhibit. The Greater Stick-nest Rats have moved into their own enclosure at the NH (second exhibit). The Platypus House (where they were held before) now has another Bilby in addition to two Platypus tanks.
Taronga have updated their online map which shows that bongo are indeed now on display in the former deer exhibit on the Rainforest Trail.
The exhibit is adjacent to the leaf monkey enclosure on the Rainforest Trail and has held spotted deer until early November when @Osprey71 reported they had moved to Hunter Valley Zoo. But if you saw one a couple days ago then I don't know whether that statement is credible or not! Taronga did remove the deer from the map last month though, and it has only just been updated to show bongo in that enclosure.
