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Discussion in 'New Zealand' started by zooboy28, 17 Feb 2014.

  1. zooboy28

    zooboy28 Well-Known Member

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    Wellington Zoo have announced the names of the two female Caracals on their Facebook page:

     
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    Great news - does anyone know what the capacity of Wellington's chimp exhibit is?
     
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    One of Wellington Zoo's elderly pair of Asian Short-clawed Otters, the male Bud has been euthanised today, and his mate Jem is being sent to Brooklands Zoo in new Plymouth, leaving Wellington with no otters.

    From Wellington Zoo's Facebook page:

    This really leaves Wellington Zoo's entry exhibits empty - there are three enclosures, and with the passing of NZ's only peccarys a few years ago they now hold a small number of little blue penguins and some kune kune pigs, so it seems now is an ideal time to bulldoze the cramped entry and create something new and exciting.

    Its sad that Wellington now has no otters, hopefully they can bring anew group in and set up a new enclosure for them - perhaps closer to the other Asian animals.
     
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    Fiordland Crested Penguin

    Wellington Zoo is cuurently caring for a Fiordland Crested Penguin.

    Story & photos on the Zoo's Facebook page.

     
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    It is nice to see NZ zoos looking after injured native penguins!

    I really really do think that for species like the Fiordland cresteds and others threatened sub-Antarctic species that occur locally captive assurance colonies or even some bird equivalent of head-starting young penguins to augment wild numbers more quickly would be a wise / easily defendable policy move (aka sea lions and Hooker's discussion elsewhere ...).
     
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    The baby has been named and sexed - its a boy:

    -from Facebook.
     
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