Taronga Wildlife Hospitals
Taronga’s two Wildlife Hospitals, at Taronga Zoo Sydney and Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo, are responsible for maintaining the health of close to 1,500 wildlife cases every year.
Australian Registry of Wildlife Health
Monitoring wildlife health
The Australian Registry of Wildlife Health (The Registry) is a dedicated research program of the Taronga Conservation Society Australia that investigates the health and disease of both free ranging and captive wildlife through both passive and active surveillance.
Monitoring wildlife health
The Australian Registry of Wildlife Health (The Registry) is a dedicated research program of the Taronga Conservation Society Australia that investigates the health and disease of both free ranging and captive wildlife through both passive and active surveillance.
Who we are
The Registry was established in 1985 as a collaborative program between the University of Sydney and the Zoological Parks Board of NSW (now Taronga Conservation Society Australia). Prof. Paul Canfield and Dr. Bill Hartley worked together to establish the Registry, which remains a collaboration between the two organisations.
The Registry engages with a large network of partners, including zoos, universities, state and Commonwealth government agencies, wildlife care groups, and human health professionals to bring multidisciplinary expertise together to address complex wildlife health problems.
What we do
The core mission of the Registry is to improve Australia’s ability to detect and diagnose endemic, emerging and exotic wildlife disease that could have negative impacts within the One Health sphere by causing adverse effects on biodiversity, human health, or the economy.
The Registry has been key in the discovery and identification of numerous wildlife diseases of concern including, tularaemia, leishmania, macropod babesiosis, macropod orbivirus, Bellinger River Snapping Turtle virus, and a novel bacteria threatening critically endangered reptiles on Christmas Island. With a 40+ year history of cataloguing diagnostics, active research, and delivering education, the Registry is a unique organisation positioned within the Australian wildlife health sector.
Visit the website
Registry publications and knowledge bases can be accessed on the official website.
More to explore
Conservation and science programs
Explore Taronga’s conservation and science programs, featuring research, wildlife care and initiatives that support healthy ecosystems and native species.
Taronga Institute of Science and Learning
To help us shape a future for wildlife and people, we’ve created the Taronga Institute of Science and Learning, a world-class facility right here at Taronga Zoo Sydney.
