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Taronga Blogs

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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Willa the Swamp Wallaby has a New Mum
Wednesday 11th November 2009
Willa is a 7 month old Swamp Wallaby and cute as a button. Up until now Willa has been cared for by Inspector Skye Adams at the RSPCA. Her life is now beginning at the zoo and when she is big enough she will be introduced to the other wallabies in our Australian Walk Through exhibit.
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Tang Mo Waddles During the Morning Walks
Monday 9th November 2009
In the mornings we take the girls for a walk around the paddocks to keep them fit and active. They link together like a chain, head to tail.
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Taronga's Wild Support for International Day of Climate Change
Friday 6th November 2009
Taronga's remarkable animals and dedicated staff took action against global warming by getting involved in International Day of Climate Action on October 24.
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Ripley is a Girl!
Friday 6th November 2009
Although we’ve previously been referring to Ripley as a boy, as it turns out, he is actually a she! We found out only a few days ago.
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Dotting the i's and crossing the t's
Thursday 5th November 2009
Well, we are definitely getting down to the sharp end of things here in the Orang house in order to receive our Chimpanzees, and pretty much all the “ï’s” have been dotted and all the “t’s” crossed on the various plans and procedures that we have developed for the move.
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Status and Presence Chimpanzee Style
Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Last week was a fairly quiet week in social terms within our community. This is most likely down to the weather. It has not been the most pleasant and Chimpanzees, just like humans, tend to hunker down and ride out the more miserable conditions.
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Swimming with the Elephants
Tuesday 3rd November 2009
It was really hot today so instead of the elephants’ usual bath in the barn we decided to give them their wash down under the waterfall in the lower paddock. This was the first time we’ve been swimming with Luk Chai and he had a ball ducking under the water and dog paddling alongside Tang Mo and Thong Dee in the moat.
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