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Taronga Blogs

Zoo animals and the wild
Tuesday 5th February 2013
Are animals in the wild happier?? Taronga takes its responsibilities for animal welfare very seriously. We acknowledge the wild nature of animals in our care. This compels us to provide the type of environment and diverse experiences that the animal’s biology has evolved to expect and to cope with. We understand that zoos cannot truly replicate the wild but, as far as possible, we can reproduce the animal’s natural environment and take into consideration the animal’s behavioural and physiological needs.
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Where is George the Loggerhead Turtle?
Tuesday 5th February 2013
It’s been a year since George the Loggerhead Turtle was released off Lord Howe Island, yet the Taronga Wildlife Hospital is still keeping an eye on him!
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Darren Percival brings The Voice to Taronga
Friday 1st February 2013
Visitors at the giraffes were delighted not only to see Taronga’s tallest animals, but also to be serenaded by Darren Percival, The Voice Australia runner-up!
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Year of the Snake
Wednesday 30th January 2013
For Zoo visitors, it was quite a treat to celebrate this traditional Chinese and popular Australian event and see the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore and the Taronga Foundation Chairman, Maurice Newman, embrace their wild side, handling some of the Zoo’s more scaly animals – all under the watchful eyes of the Zoo keepers, of course.
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Lazarus makes his debut
Wednesday 30th January 2013
The African Lion, Lazarus, who arrived at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in November 2012, recently made his debut on exhibit.
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Fennec Foxes of new bloodline are Taronga Zoo’s new residents
Sunday 27th January 2013
Taronga Zoo has welcomed new residents into its growing wildlife community with the birth of three Fennec Fox kits, the first litter to be born to a new breeding pair from Europe.
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Taronga Wildlife Hospital - Giving a breeding Westland Petrel female a second chance at life
Thursday 24th January 2013
This week Taronga Wildlife Hospital was given the rare opportunity to release a Westland Petrel, Red listed by Birdlife international as a vulnerable species, back into the wild!
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Dinosaurs in the Wild: Through the eyes of an aspiring palaeontologist
Wednesday 23rd January 2013
After having the opportunity to chat to the volunteer palaeontologists, I was looking forward to spending a day at the zoo seeing the new Dinosaurs in the Wild exhibition.
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Eureka Prize winner, Iggy Fox, explores Taronga Zoo
Friday 18th January 2013
A family hen, large egg and inquisitive boy lead to an egg-normous scientific finding!
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Education is key to stop the killing
Thursday 17th January 2013
With six new infant chimpanzees at the Tchimpounga sanctuary this year, the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center in the Republic of Congo is almost overflowing. In order to reduce the number of chimpanzees removed from the wild and brought to the sanctuary, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) is focusing its efforts on community-based education.
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