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Taronga Blogs

Tarongas Most Successful Penguin Breeding Season
Thursday 7th January 2010
This breeding season has been one of Taronga’s most successful. In the last few months 16 Little Penguin chicks have hatched and there are 10 more on the way!
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Lace Montior gets back on his feet
Wednesday 6th January 2010
A Lace Monitor (often referred to as a Goanna) was brought into Taronga Western Plains Zoo’s Wildlife Hospital in early December by a member of the public after it was hit by a car.
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Super Size Chickens
Wednesday 6th January 2010
The Red Jungle Fowl chicks have quadrupled in size! They were just 30 grams and now at just over 20 days old they’re 147 grams. That’s a lot of growth.
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Luk Chai Enjoys a Wash Down Like Everyone Else
Tuesday 5th January 2010
Luk Chai continues to love his daily bath time, but given that he now weighs over 288 kilos he makes quite a splash!
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Tarongas Chimpanzees Ready for 2010
Thursday 31st December 2009
As we’re coming to the end of the year and decade one last Chimpanzee update seems appropriate.Overall they’re enjoying their new surrounds, in particular, the cool of the den areas.
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Clarkie decides to go on Christmas Eve
Wednesday 30th December 2009
After weeks of intensive effort put in by trainer Erin Stone, with our Peregrine Falcon Clarkie, decided he was ready to be released last Wednesday. Originally we wanted to release Clarkie in January but with it being a very windy day on Xmas Eve, the falcon decided it was time to go.
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Ripley Takes The Plunge
Tuesday 29th December 2009
Ripley is on her way at being one of the newest stars of Taronga’s Free Flight Bird Show but, part of her training includes flying out of tricky situations.
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Tarongas Otters Enjoyed an Unusual Christmas Feast
Friday 25th December 2009
The Oriental Small Clawed Otters got into the spirit of the season with a Christmas feast of an unusual kind.
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Amani and Thembi enjoy their new home
Thursday 24th December 2009
On a recent trip to Werribee Zoo we headed out onto the African Savannah exhibit to catch up with male Giraffe boys Amani and Thembi, who were transferred to Werribee Zoo from Taronga Western Plains Zoo in May this year.
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Wapiti calf an early Christmas present for the Zoo
Thursday 24th December 2009
Christmas has come early at the Zoo in Dubbo with the birth of a Wapiti calf…could this be one of Santa's potential new recruits?
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