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![Long journey home for endangered chuditch](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/Chuditch_release_2880x875.jpg?itok=5yE18y2G)
Taronga’s quest to restore the endangered Chuditch to its former range has reached another milestone with 11 individuals released to Australian…
Posted on 15th November 2023 by Media Relations
![Trio of Lion Cubs born in Dubbo](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/Lion_Cubs_header%292880x875.jpg?itok=RJqrkLcw)
Lion keepers at Taronga Western Plains Zoo received the best gift for International Zookeeper Day, with a trio of lion cubs born late in the evening…
Posted on 15th November 2023 by Media Relations
![Visa partners with Taronga](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/Giraffe-with-Bridge_Taronga-Zoo-header_visa_2880.jpg?itok=crZVBskT)
Visa, a world leader in digital payments, is proud to have entered into a long-term partnership with Taronga Conservation Society Australia, becoming…
Posted on 31st October 2023 by Media Relations
![Taronga’s Statement on the outcome of the Referendum](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/default_images/header-fallback-foliage-2880.jpg?itok=fLZaeamP)
Taronga continues our Commitment to Country and a commitment to a future where our First Nations People’s knowledge, understanding, connection and…
Posted on 16th October 2023 by Media Relations
![nguwing nura – Nocturnal Country](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/animals/greater%20bilby/Bilby__nguwing_nura_2880x875.jpg?itok=0qCvducU)
Guests near and afar can now come eye-to-eye with an array of rare and night-loving wildlife including the Greater Bilby, Yellow-bellied Glider,…
Posted on 22nd September 2023 by Media Relations
![Release of injured seal reveals the secret life of her species](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/Fur_seal_2880x875.jpg?itok=x2ysMIC3)
A third Long-nosed Fur Seal has been released and tagged as part of the NSW Government’s Seabirds to Seascapes project in a bid to help unlock…
Posted on 20th September 2023 by Media Relations
![Rhino Mania](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/Rhino_2880x875.jpg?itok=kME7TMza)
Southern Black Rhino calf Matobo has made his public debut at Taronga Western Plains Zoo, meaning there are now not one, but two rhino calves on…
Posted on 15th September 2023 by Media Relations
![Record-breaking year for conservation at Taronga Western Plains Zoo](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/Bilby_2880x875.jpg?itok=hL69r6KL)
Greater Bilbies, Plains-wanderers and Chuditch are all thriving behind the scenes in the Taronga Sanctuary, a 110-hectare feral predator-free area…
Posted on 07th September 2023 by Media Relations
![Happy 17th birthday Anjalee!](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/anjalee-thong-dee-and-kanlaya-header_2880.jpg?itok=lSlcTCqk)
Anjalee arrived at Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo on 8 March 2022. In the year and a half that Anjalee has been here, she has thrived in her new…
Posted on 29th August 2023 by Media Relations
![Greater Bilby numbers booming](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/Taronga-Western-Plains-Zoo-Bilby-survey_header_2880.jpg?itok=wXO3sEzF)
The quest to save the Greater Bilby is going from strength to strength at Taronga Western Plains Zoo, where the population has jumped from 18 to 136…
Posted on 29th August 2023 by Media Relations
![Dubbo Zoo the place to be this Father's Day](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/zoocoustics_2880.jpg?itok=Fg7NLXV5)
Australian country music star Andy Penkow is set to headline Zoocoustics 2023, as Taronga Western Plains Zoo hosts the ultimate, free Father’s Day…
Posted on 29th August 2023 by Media Relations
![World African Wild Dog Day](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/Wild_dog_header_2880.jpg?itok=CpVGMrfM)
This Saturday, August 26 is World African Wild Dog Day! Also known as African painted dogs, painted wolves and cape hunting dogs, these unique…
Posted on 29th August 2023 by Media Relations