Tasmania Zoo has gotten two new American alligators from a collection in New South Wales. Full Story here - Tasmania Zoo welcomes some snappy new attractions | The Mercury
Two female ring-tailed lemurs have arrived from Melbourne Zoo, with a male scheduled to arrive next year: nocookies | The Mercury
A male common marmoset has been born, bringing the total number at the zoo to six: nocookies | The Mercury
that's good news. This the fourth zoo in Australia to have capybara (Adelaide, Altina, Darling Downs, Tasmania Zoo) - the article above says "Tasmania Zoo is one of only three zoos in Australia to exhibit the species."
Weird story coming from Japan involving Tasmania Zoo: https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/30742550/japanese-zoo-girl-band-to-find-wombat-mate/
Indeed, it is nowhere near weird, just a regular plan for a hoped for transfer / import of a new Tassie wombat partner. I would hope and guess the Tasmania Zoo could do well to get it together with their Japanese zoo colleagues. It would open up a possibility for other new animals perhaps in Tassie ....
4.0 saltwater crocodile hatchlings have arrived: Snappy chaps join Tasmania Zoo family | The Examiner
All three are male, with one coming from the now-closed Cairns Tropical Zoo and the other two from Gorge Wildlife Park: Otters make splash at zoo
Somehow I missed this ! They came from National Zoo and Aquarium: Lions arrive in Northern Tas | Photos, Video
Tasmania Zoo appeals for bamboo as State Government chews over red panda import request http://www.themercury.com.au/news/t...t/news-story/7f2ebb3d9a4027ed1890e071db3cd67d
I have clicked on the link but it won't open unless I subscribe, would you be able to copy and paste it here.
Second attempt. Tasmania Zoo appeals for bamboo as State Government chews over red panda import request http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/na...t/news-story/7f2ebb3d9a4027ed1890e071db3cd67d
@Coelacanth18 ,Still doesn't seem to be working.It says you have to subscribe.I you can access the article maybe try write about it in a post.Maybe you could highlight the attic article (if you can access it)and copy it and then paste it in a post. BennettL
Very strange. Apparently all of the articles I can find are marked as subscriber only; I was able to access them when I first posted them, but now I'm having the same issue. The article has been posted in full below. Here is the URL for the news piece: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/...t/news-story/7f2ebb3d9a4027ed1890e071db3cd67d Tasmania Zoo appeals for bamboo as State Government chews over red panda import request BRUCE MOUNSTER, Mercury January 9, 2017 9:58pm Subscriber only Ads by Kiosked THE State Government is considering a request by Tasmania Zoo to import two very cute red pandas. The rusty red and white pandas with stripy tails are not related to the black-and-white giant pandas, but both species are bamboo eaters, native to China and classified as endangered. Tasmania zoo keeper Emma Morgan, who has worked with red pandas previously at Queensland zoos, said the Government would decide later this month if the species would be admitted into Tasmania. Tasmania Zoo was quietly confident because, given that their diet was 98 per cent bamboo, the pandas posed a very low risk of escaping and turning feral. Six-month-old red panda cub brothers Keta and Mandu have an early morning feed at Melbourne Zoo. Picture: EUGENE HYLAND Ms Morgan said the Launceston-based zoo had started planting bamboo on site in anticipation and was keen to hear from Tasmanians who had bamboo growing in their yards and might be able to spare some for the pandas. The pandas are set to come ambassadors for the Red Panda Network — an international organisation which funds community awareness in areas where the species is threatened, mostly by habitat destruction, and has reintroduced pandas from zoos into the wild. “They are quite active when it is cool, and they are very cute,’’ Ms Morgan said. Most red pandas in Australian zoos come from Nepal, where there are only between 300 and 500 left in the wild. In China, the red panda population numbers about 7000. Some are also found in India, Myanmar and Bhutan.
So they will be importing Mandu and Keta from Melbourne zoo.The twins were born in October 2015 to Seba and Roshani.This will be a great new addition to the zoo.Since they have recently imported otter,capybara,crocodile and white lion.What a growing zoo!! BennettL
