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Taronga Western Plains Zoo Blog

Przewalski's Horse foal welcomed at the Zoo
Monday 13th December 2010
With the rain came a new arrival, a Przewalski’s Horse foal born on Wednesday, 01 December. Whilst officially this was the first day of summer, the little filly named ‘Solongo’ meaning ‘rainbow’ in Mongolian, arrived into what has been a wet start to the summer season.
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Zoo open and accessible by road
Friday 10th December 2010
Taronga Western Plains Zoo is open for business as usual despite heavy rain and flooding in the region.
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Bold baby Bison born at the Zoo
Wednesday 24th November 2010
On Sunday 7 November, keepers arrived at work to find a small surprise on the Bison exhibit, a new-born male calf.
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Zoo officially opens new Savannah Visitor Plaza
Friday 19th November 2010
Taronga Western Plains Zoo's Savannah Visitor Plaza officially opens.
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Go wild at the Zoo’s Wild Day Out!
Tuesday 16th November 2010
Taronga Western Plains Zoo invites everyone to celebrate the opening of the Zoo’s new open access Visitor Plaza at a FREE Wild Day Out community event on Sunday 28 November 2010 from 11am – 3pm.
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Monitoring Przewalski’s Horse in the wild
Thursday 11th November 2010
Earlier this year I travelled to Mongolia to monitor released captive bred Przewalski Horses (Takhi) at Hustai National Park.
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Zoo Takes To The Skies
Monday 1st November 2010
Images of Rhinos and Giraffe will now fly through the sky on one of Qantaslink's Q400 aircraft
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Zoo’s playground wins Kidsafe award
Thursday 28th October 2010
Taronga Western Plains Zoo’s Safari Park children’s playground has won the Kidsafe 2010 National Playspace Design Awards for public playspaces in Regional Parks.
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A sad day for all at the Zoo
Tuesday 5th October 2010
Taronga Western Plains Zoo is mourning the passing of Yum Yum, our much loved African Elephant. We estimate Yum Yum at 42 years of age, she has been the matriarch of the African Elephant herd at Taronga Western Plains Zoo since they first arrived on the 12th December, 1977.
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Zoo welcomes Zebra foal
Friday 17th September 2010
The first of the spring babies has arrived at Taronga Western Plains Zoo and it’s covered in stripes!
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