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Taronga Blogs

New Year Excitement at Taronga's Bird Show
Wednesday 16th February 2011
We had an eventful start to 2011 when our newest Red-tailed Cockatoo, Keer-Jan-Dee, flew away.
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Love is in the air for Otter pair
Friday 11th February 2011
There is a little romance in the air at Taronga Western Plains Zoo with the arrival of Emiko, a female Oriental Small-clawed Otter which has come from a Zoo in Japan to join Taronga Western Plains Zoo’s male, Harley.
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Zoo staff goes bowling to raise funds for critically endangered Tree Kangaroos
Friday 11th February 2011
Taronga Western Plains Zoo’s staff are going for a roll on the bowling greens to raise funds for conservation programs for the critically endangered Tenkile or Scott’s Tree Kangaroo.
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A Taronga Resident Walks on Water!
Thursday 10th February 2011
If you've been to Taronga recently you most likely saw the elephants and probably the giraffes, but did you see one of our smaller residents which has the ability to walk on water?
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Back to the Land Down Under
Monday 7th February 2011
In case you don’t know who I am yet, I’m Brendan, a bird trainer from Taronga Zoo, who has spent the last 10 months on a keeper exchange to Toronto Zoo, Canada.
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Don't Palm Us Off
Wednesday 2nd February 2011
It’s exactly a year since Taronga and Taronga Western Plains Zoos joined the “Don’t Palm Us Off’ campaign.
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Bowerbird chicks
Wednesday 2nd February 2011
In the last six weeks one of our Bowerbirds has produced not one, but two clutches of chicks. I was lucky enough to witness the saga right from the beginning.
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Keepers raise funds for wild Tiger conservation
Tuesday 1st February 2011
Keepers at Taronga Western Plains Zoo have been selling Tiger themed calendars across the latter half of 2010 to help raise funds for programs that assist Tigers in the wild.
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Enchanted Escapades at Taronga Western Plains Zoo
Monday 31st January 2011
These school holidays the Zoo Adventurers have gone undercover as their favourite goblins, elves, fairies and trolls to track down the dragon that has been hiding out in the Zoo.
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Taronga's Precious New Arrival
Friday 28th January 2011
Our Gorilla group has expanded from eight to nine, and our Primate keepers witnessed the whole birth!
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