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Macca and Chuck

Cassowary Pair Ready for Spring

Submitted 6 months 3 weeks ago by msmitham.
Taronga Zoo’s striking Cassowary pair have joined each other on exhibit just in time for breeding season. Chuck and Macca were recently introduced in the dappled Rainforest exhibit next to Taronga’s Lemur Forest Adventure.
Eora the Pelican in training at Seal Theatre

Pelican pair ready to make a splash

Submitted 7 months 3 days ago by pfahy.
Taronga Zoo’s Great Southern Oceans is home to two Australian pelicans, Mani and Eora.
YATZ planting trees

Taronga Celebrates National Tree Day

Submitted 7 months 6 days ago by msmitham.
On Sunday July 27th, teens from Taronga Zoo’s Boral Youth At The Zoo (YATZ) program got together with a local community and celebrated nature.
Gina is back in her cozy avairy

Wedge Tailed Eagle is Safely Recovered and Brought Home

Submitted 7 months 1 week ago by msmitham.
Taronga’s Wedge-tailed Eagle ‘Gina’ is back in her cozy aviary after an extended experimental flight. For the past few days my team and I have been attempting to recover our female Wedge-tailed Eagle ‘Gina’ after she miscalculated during flight in an off-site training session.
Participants in the Makin' TRACKS program

We're Makin' TRACKS

Submitted 7 months 1 week ago by mturner.
Taronga Western Plains Zoo’s Education team is excited to announce the commencement of a newly developed program called Makin’ TRACKS.
Taronga nutritionist, Michelle Shaw shows the results of the new blender

Blender to benefit rescued wildlife

Submitted 7 months 1 week ago by pfahy.
Taronga Wildlife Hospital will receive a new commercial grade blender and mixer to prepare food for rescued and rehabilitated wildlife.
Keepers measure Taronga's Green Anaconda

Green Anaconda weighs in

Submitted 7 months 2 weeks ago by pfahy.
Green Anacondas can grow to be the heaviest snakes in the world, with reports of some reaching close to nine metres and weighing in at nearly 250kg!
Wedge-tailed Eagle Gina

Gina finds her wings

Submitted 7 months 2 weeks ago by pfahy.
For many of us, getting around is taken for granted. We start crawling, and then eventually start walking. Our level of skill increases with both time and experience, and even then some of us are more graceful than others.
Tom the Ring-tailed possum has built his own nest to keep warm.

Clever Tom escapes the winter chill

Submitted 7 months 3 weeks ago by pfahy.
Clever little Tom, the Ring-tailed possum, has built his own nest to keep warm this winter.
Zoo Adventures July 2014

Zoo Adventures a hit these school holidays

Submitted 7 months 3 weeks ago by mturner.
Over the past two weeks Taronga Western Plains Zoo’s school holiday program, Zoo Adventures was brimming with eager children keen to learn about animals and the environment, and to participate in some games and art and craft sessions.

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Two Little Penguins from Manly were released to back the wild today! http://t.co/C6mDRMZz2G http://t.co/lHh196Bd7L
Always at home in trees, Taronga’s Sun Bear, Mary, enjoyed a snooze in the sunshine in her hammock today http://t.co/9e73YUKEEE
Kenya has destroyed 15 tonnes of illegal ivory in anti-poaching fight via @ABCNews http://t.co/d510hkXzlb
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Public Notices

Statement Regarding Evacuation Safety Drill
Taronga is having an important safety evacuation drill after 3pm on Monday 8 December and all staff and visitors will be evacuated.
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Statement Regarding Zoo Enrichment
Taronga’s commitment to all animals in its care includes the provision of a stimulating and rich environment full of challenges and activities.
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Statement regarding fire in Zoo building
A fire broke out in a service building on the perimeter of Taronga Zoo overnight. Fire Brigade crews attended and extinguished the fire before 3am. No people or animals were injured in the fire. Preliminary investigations have found no suspicious circumstances.
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Taronga statement on Copenhagen Zoo lions
Taronga Zoo has very different policies on animal care than the Copenhagen Zoo.
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