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Taronga Western Plains Zoo Blog

Female Greater One-Horned Rhino arrives
Wednesday 2nd December 2009
Earlier this year Taronga Western Plains Zoo brought a three year old female Greater One-Horned Rhino named Amala from Los Angeles Zoo in the USA. Amala travelled 36 hours by air and road to join Dora our resident male Greater One-Horned Rhino.
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Zoo's African Elephants cool off in the pool
Thursday 19th November 2009
As the temperature in Dubbo hovers above 35 degrees everyday this week the African Elephants decided to take full advantage of the hot weather by going for a swim in their pool.
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Warm weather sees birth of Bison calf
Friday 13th November 2009
In the early hours of the morning on Tuesday this week, the Zoo welcomed a male Bison calf into the world.
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Handraising three bundles of joy is hard work
Thursday 12th November 2009
Currently two male Eastern Grey joeys and a male Swamp Wallaby are in my care being hand raised.
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Juvenile Barking Owl gets a helping hand
Wednesday 11th November 2009
Currently we are caring for a young Barking Owl who was brought into the Taronga Western Plains Zoo Wildlife Hospital by a WIRES carer.
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Zoo's oldest Giraffe celebrates a birthday
Tuesday 20th October 2009
Today is a special day at Taronga Western Plains Zoo as our oldest Giraffe, Andrea turns 24. Andrea is the oldest of three generations of Giraffe which are all on exhibit together at the Zoo.
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Andrea Giraffe turns 24
Monday 19th October 2009
Today is a special day at Taronga Western Plains Zoo as our oldest Giraffe, Andrea turns 24. Andrea is the oldest of three generations of Giraffe which are all on exhibit together at the Zoo.
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Red Kangaroo Joey gets a helping hand
Friday 16th October 2009
Freddie the Red Kangaroo Joey came into the Zoo's Wildlife Hospital at about 11 months of age.
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A Stripy Arrival
Wednesday 7th October 2009
We are all very excited by the arrival of a little filly Zebra foal. The foal has been named Zahra which means flower in Swahili.
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Koala Joeys Make their Debut Out of the Pouch
Wednesday 30th September 2009
Meet Allambie and Lilli Pilli, our two Koala joeys which have just made their debut out of the pouch. The pair are between 10 to 12 months of age and are becoming more independent as they grow. Allambie is a bit shy and is not to fond of the keepers while Lilli Pilli is the opposite and often enjoys some leaves held up by the keeper for her to munch.
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