Healesville Sanctuary (part of Zoos Victoria), located about an hour north-east of Melbourne, has debuted three Tasmanian devil joeys, bred as part of the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program (STDP). STDP, an initiative of the Australian and Tasmanian governments, was established in 2003, to combat the decline of Tasmanian devils die to devil facial tumour […]

Zoetis Australia, in partnership with the Veterinary Pain Advisory Committee (VPAC), is set to release the Australian Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Management and Monitoring of Osteoarthritis Pain in Dogs and Cats, the nation’s first clinical framework dedicated to the multimodal assessment and management of osteoarthritis (OA). The release comes alongside a nationwide practitioner education series led by […]

The first new cat species to be formally described in more than 100 years had been discovered in Bolivia’s Yungas cloud forest .The small wild cat species was already familiar to local communities and were thought to be oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus); however, genome sequencing from both museum bone specimens and living animals determined the cats […]

Population monitoring conducted at the Taronga Sanctuary inside Taronga Western Plains Zoo has confirmed an estimated population of 212 greater bilbies (Macrotis lagotis), marking a major milestone for the nationally threatened marsupial. The latest survey recorded 109 individual bilbies, including 45 newly identified individuals, confirming sustained, free-ranging population growth within the zoo’s 110-hectare feral-predator-free enclosure. […]

As the impact of feral cats on Australia’s native wildlife continues to be under the spotlight, the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) has announced it is launching a new National Feral Cat Research Program.  Founded in 1991, AWA was established in response to Australia’s mammal extinction crisis. Its latest program, announced in August, will begin with […]