Werribee Open Range Zoo Zoo News 2014

The one behind the giraffe, and those in the distance off to the right sort of made to look like the Avenue of Baobabs?

 

Breeding programm Eastern barred bandicoots :
https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/2461551...-marsupials-to-sniff-out-their-perfect-match/

 

The two lionesses from Givskud are named Nilo and Niribi: Meet Nilo and Niribi | Zoos Victoria

 

Kulinda the female cheetah is now on exhibit: Curious Kulinda explores her new home | Zoos Victoria

 

Yadumu (Yakini) has now become alpha (overtaking his father Motaba): No Cookies | Herald Sun

 

Kipenzi the hand-reared southern white rhino has been integrated into the herd: Rhino Kipenzi Joins Herd | Zoos Victoria

 

Interesting article about Yadumu and a child: A Special Moment | Zoos Victoria

 

Lionesses explore their new home | Zoos Victoria

 

Presumably there is a ranking order in all male groups that can change over time, though to me it seems such males, particularly when they mature, mainly just live solitary lives alongside each other and it is not a bonded group in any real sense.

 

Dental check up for African Wild Dogs | Zoos Victoria

 

Werribee now has 1.1 koala: Koalas arrive at Werribee Open Range Zoo | Zoos Victoria

 

What's the strategy behind bringing koalas to what is essentially an African-themed zoo?

 

There is an Australian area "Australian Journey" that can be read about here: Australian Journey | Zoos Victoria

 

Well, the Koalas are in the "Australian Journey" section of the zoo, a distinctly non-African-themed part of the zoo. Have you been there? They have added a nocturnal house there too for native species.

There are other non-African species too, e.g. Bison and Przewalski's Horses, but the majority are African. I'm not sure if the long-term plan is for the zoo to remain like that, or if they will build a new Asian area in the future - which may be needed if they run out of space at Melbourne for their Elephants.

 

This is not a new area as such, the kangaroos, brolga and emu exhibit has been there for quite a few years I think (since they closed down the Volcanic Plains Walk), and the river/wetland walkway longer than that. But the addition of the nocturnal house and koalas is very new, and the name "Australian Journey" is fairly new too.

 

Ooh, I haven't been there in about two years! Last I recall, they had demolished the area where the kangaroos used to be to create the new entrance precinct. I guess that they have since expanded the 'Aussie Journey'.

 

Sounds like I need to return. I had no idea they'd done anything to the Volcanic Plains exhibit.

 

I'm not sure exactly where the Volcanic Plains Walk was, I never saw any sign of it (just on old maps), so I'm not sure if that area is now under the new carpark or further back than that. The Australian Journey takes up the area around the old cottage and shearing shed, and has free-ranging kangaroos, emu, brolga and bandicoots, as well as the new nocturnal house, koalas and the accommodation.

 

Si Si the Southern white rhino is pregnant: Werribee Open Range Zoo is expecting a baby rhino | Zoos Victoria
1.0 eland born

 

Male cheetah Inkosana (b. 2003 at Monarto) has been euthanized: Vale Inkosana | Zoos Victoria