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Media Releases

Bogul Gives The Black Rat The Boot
Thursday 4th December 2008
Taronga Zoo has begun the trial of a ground-breaking plan to drive the introduced Black Rat out of the north shore's leafy harbourside using a native bush rat called the Bogul.
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Trans-Tasman Giraffe
Wednesday 26th November 2008
Reminiscent of a modern day Noah's Ark, a young female giraffe ‘Ntombi' and male ‘Forrest' arrived in Sydney from Auckland Zoo after making the ocean voyage aboard ANL ship Yarrunga on their way to Taronga Western Plains Zoo.
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Pygmy Hippo Baby
Friday 7th November 2008
Taronga Zoo is celebrating its first Pygmy Hippopotamus calf birth in 23 years. The youngster named ‘Monifa', meaning ‘I am lucky' in Nigerian weighed just 3.8 kilograms when it was born in the early hours of October 15 to first-time mother, ‘Petre' and father ‘Timmy'. However after a difficult breach birth, the Zoo's dedicated keepers made the decision to intervene and hand-raise the precious female calf.
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Baby Goes Batty Over Bottle At Taronga Zoo
Friday 7th November 2008
An orphaned Grey-headed Flying Fox named ‘Hugo' is being bottle fed by dedicated Taronga keepers after its mother passed away from severe leg injuries.
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Zoo Welcomes A Female Bison Calf
Friday 7th November 2008
Keepers at Taronga Western Plains Zoo are delighted by the arrival of a female Bison calf that was born in the early hours of the morning on Thursday 30 October 2008
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Devil Breeding Success Gets National Fundraising Boost
Friday 17th October 2008
With 34 joeys already born in the national insurance population of Tasmanian Devils, an Australia-wide fundraising campaign to expand the program was announced at Taronga Zoo today.
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Chimpanzees' Champion Dr Jane Goodall Visits Taronga
Saturday 11th October 2008
Internationally renowned Chimpanzee researcher, Dr Jane Goodall, visited Taronga's Chimpanzees today during her national tour to inspire Australians to protect wildlife.
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Zoo Hand-Raises Cheetah Cubs
Wednesday 8th October 2008
Keepers at Taronga Western Plains Zoo have been working around-the-clock to hand-raise a pair of male Cheetah cubs born in early August into the Zoo's breeding program for this critically endangered species.
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Bongo Calf Latest Addition To Zoo
Thursday 2nd October 2008
Keepers at Taronga Western Plains Zoo are beaming with pride after the birth of a bouncing female Bongo calf named Djembe after a type of African drum.
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Zoos Fodder For Thought Project Brings The Classroom Outdoors
Friday 26th September 2008
Taronga Western Plains Zoo is creating an outdoor learning environment at five schools in Dubbo as part of the Fodder for Thought project, which will see extensive planting of fodder trees on school agricultural land.
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