Taronga Zoo has released a brief video of their Barton's Long-beaked Echidna. It seems like he either has access to an outdoor enclosure or is currently off-display. Source: Taronga Zoo's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=907843663025112
Taronga Zoo have announced the arrival of two Giraffe from Western Plains Zoo - female Kito and her four-month-old male calf Ebo. This means Taronga now house 2.2 Giraffe in the renovated exhibit. From the zoo’s Facebook page: Security Check
Taronga Zoo has announced the passing of their Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat joey, Waru. His story was covered in the recent TV series and after losing his mother and having to be handraised, he unfortunately had several mobility issues and poor bone development. From their Facebook page: Taronga Zoo Sydney
According to a post on Instagram (by a visitor who tagged taronga) at least 2 (posisbly more) zebras have arrived in sydney from dubbo and are now on display in the africa Savannah and appear to be living in the giraffe enclosure but separated by a fence
Taronga Zoo has announced that by the end of the week all the animal moves for the new African Savannah should be complete. The zoo's website with more information: The migration has begun | Taronga Conservation Society Australia
Taronga Zoo have been giving clues all day on their social media about the first of the five species moving into the African Savannah. Today's species hasn't officially been announced but from the posts they are clearly Fennec Foxes. It has been many years since this species has been on-display at the zoo and the new enclosure is very spacious: Future Fennec Fox Enclosure- African Savannah (Opening 2020) - ZooChat Source: Taronga Zoo's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=269345157484493
From this morning’s clue posted on their Facebook page, it’s pretty obvious that it’s Giraffe. Security Check We’ll see what we can expect over the coming days for the next three species that they have yet to reveal clues for. I’m pretty sure two of the three species are African Lion and Plains Zebra, but I’m not sure about the other one. They originally had plans for Ostrich, but it now appears they have instead imported Zebra. Anyone have any other ideas for which the third species might be?
I did think they would be the final species. That makes five then; Giraffe, Plains Zebra, African Lion, Fennec Fox and Meerkat.
Feels a bit like they are trying to make a surprise out of something they a have already revealed in previous statements and media!
After several years of not housing the species, the Lions have arrived at Taronga Zoo. From their Facebook page: Source: Taronga Zoo's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=977377992718350
Oooppss... They gave the game away the label on the side of the crate as they were pulling it through the house definitely said "Lwazi". I think the occupant might be 2 year old, Lwazi from Werribee.... Just a guess. Other crate in the lorry might be one of his siblings?
No, I think it’s Maya as we know she’s coming to Taronga Zoo to form a breeding pair. Reference has previously been made to her being paired with a mate (singular) and 2.1 wouldn’t be an ideal starting ratio for a pride. Introducing two unrelated lionesses would be problematic, so I doubt they import Lwazi and one of his sisters to integrate with Maya. 1.0 Lwazi (12/08/2017) 0.1 Maya (26/02/2011) Either way, the import of Lwazi is a homecoming of sorts for his family line. His father Johari was in the last litter of cubs born at Taronga Zoo 26/08/2003.
The comments on Taronga's Facebook post (under the teaser image from the day before the video) seem to indicate that Ato has travelled with Lwazi. So maybe they are planning a group of 2.2 now with them, Maya and an additional female? The plot thickens
I suppose to be fair, keeping a lioness on her own for a prolonged period could be avoided if she were to be bred immediately (she could) and a daughter retained. It’d be pretty sh-t luck if there wasn’t at least one female cub in the litter. In situations like Auckland Zoo, where the sole purpose of Sheeka’s import was to provide company for Kura; the circumstances were different. Kura was a cub - two years away from breeding and up against two fully grown males. In contrast, Ato and Lwazi are young males - barely into adulthood. It’d also make sense if they could be placed together, as three young males (the remainder at Werribee) would have been difficult to place in one institution - likely requiring a split between two holding facilities instead of one.
Maya the lioness didn’t end up going to Taronga Zoo. Brothers from Werribee Open Range Zoo, Ato and Lwazi made the move to Taronga. Full story: https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp...frican-wildlife-precinct-20200626-p556h9.html
