In a record-breaking event, a healthy giraffe calf was born on January 23 at Taronga Western Plains Zoo. “This little male is the fifth calf to be born here at the Zoo since June last year, and this is the first time we’ve had five calves so close together in age,” giraffe keeper Bobby-Jo Vial […]
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Guests at Taronga Western Plains Zoo can now see firsthand how Taronga cares for an array of animals with previously behind-the-scenes hospital activities now on display to the public at a brand-new Wildlife Hospital. The new $14.6million hospital opened in early December. It was funded by the NSW Government and philanthropic donations.
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Six healthy cheetah cubs were born at Taronga Western Plains Zoo on June 6, to mother Kyan and father Jana. The Zoo’s cheetah breeding program first began in the 1980s.
Continue ReadingTaronga Western Plains Zoo has announced the birth of Australia’s first Greater One-horned Rhino calf. The male calf was born early on Sunday morning, 25 October, to first-time mother Amala. Zoo Keepers are closely monitoring both mother and calf, and although it is still early days, report that both are doing well. “Amala is being […]
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