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Taronga Blogs

Swimming in the Rain
Friday 30th April 2010
As the rain fell this morning over Taronga, our female elephant herd chose to take to their moats and waterfalls.
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Bison Leotie heads south of the border
Thursday 29th April 2010
Born at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in 2008 to Shoshone and Cherokee Bob, Leotie, has been a popular animal in the herd during her time at the Zoo, but now it is time for her to move out of home away from mum and dad. to a new herd.
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Baby Rhino named Kufara
Thursday 29th April 2010
Taronga Western Plains Zoo’s bouncing new Black Rhino calf has now been named Kufara, meaning "happiness” in the African Shona language.
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Indah the Sumatran Tiger makes public debut
Wednesday 28th April 2010
Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Frank Sartor today visited Taronga Western Plains Zoo to announce the official public debut of Indah the Sumatran Tiger.
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Tiquie Typifies Tapirs on World Tapir Day 27 April 2010
Tuesday 27th April 2010
World Tapir Day is a great time to see one of the world's most elusive creatures.Ordinarily they're really hard to see in the wild but here in the Zoo they're actually one of the animals that enjoys interactions with keepers the most.
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Mbelis Moving On
Friday 23rd April 2010
ver the last few months we’ve been training and conditioning our gorilla group to prepare for our eldest female juvenile, Mbeli, to travel to Melbourne to join the international breeding program for this endangered species.
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Update on Gung from Zoo Communications Department
Friday 23rd April 2010
Ten-year old male elephant Gung seemed to really enjoy his play session with the keepers today.
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Help name our Black Rhino
Wednesday 21st April 2010
Grant Denyer from Sunrise today visited Taronga Western Plains Zoo to launch the naming competition for the female Black Rhino calf, which was born on Wednesday 17 February 2010.
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We have been nominated for an award!
Wednesday 21st April 2010
We are excited! Taronga Western Plains Zoo’s Zoofari Lodge has been nominated for the 2010 Australian Gourmet Traveller Travel Awards for the Getaway Best Family Experience.
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Help name our Black Rhino calf
Wednesday 21st April 2010
Grant Denyer from Sunrise today visited Taronga Western Plains Zoo to launch the naming competition for our new female Black Rhino calf, which was born on Wednesday 17 February 2010.
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