Zoo's Research Delivers World's First IVF Black Rhino EmbryoTaronga Western Plains Zoo staff and international reproductive experts from Berlin's Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research have achieved a world first by successfully fertilising a Black Rhinoceros egg. The egg was collected from one of the Zoo's Black Rhinoceros females - Rocket, and fertilised on Wednesday with sperm from Black Rhino male, Kwanzaa, creating an embryo. |
Arna And Gigi Get With The Program At Taronga Western Plains ZooUpdate May 2008 As part of the settling-in process, the Zoo’s elephant keepers have moved Arna and Gigi into a paddock adjacent to Burma, who arrived at the Zoo in 2005 from Taronga . The three Asian Elephants can still see each other and make physical contact during the day, both on exhibit and in their barn, but are housed separately at night. Taronga Western Plains Zoo is home to three Asian Elephants and two African Elephants, all of who are in their twilight years. |
White Rhino Calf Born At Taronga Western Plains ZooTaronga Western Plains Zoo is proud to announce that a healthy, female Southern White Rhinoceros calf was born on Thursday 10 April 2008 - and is now ready to meet the public! It is the sixth calf born to the Zoo's White Rhino breeding program since 2003, when five Southern White Rhinoceros were transported from Kruger National Park in South Africa to add important genetic diversification to the Zoo's herd. |
Zoo Utilises Thermal Imaging TechnologyVeterinary staff at Taronga Western Plains Zoo are utilising infrared thermography technology as part of the special care program for our three Asian Elephants and two African elephants, all of which are in their twilight years. Infrared Thermography is a non invasive diagnostic screening tool that does not require handling or restraint of an animal. This modern method provides real-time, instantaneous visual images with measurements of surface temperatures.
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 Zoos Join Battle To Save Tasmanian DevilsA group of 12 Tasmanian Devils, sent from Tasmania to Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo as part of a national effort to save the species, are showing encouraging signs that they may be breeding in their first season at the Zoo. Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, Verity Firth said the breeding program is vital insurance as scientists race against the clock to find a cure for a terrible cancer threatening to wipe out the species. |
Arna And Gigi Make Taronga Western Plains Zoo Their Permanent HomeTaronga Conservation Society Australia Director, Guy Cooper, has announced that ex-circus elephants Arna and Gigi will live together at Taronga Western Plains Zoo. |
Circus elephants settle into their new home Stardust Circus elephants ‘Arna' and ‘Gigi' arrived at Taronga Western Plains Zoo on Monday 15 January 2008. The zoo is their temporary home while regional zoo elephant experts undertake behavioural and health assessments on the two animals. |
Zoos Announce New Conservation DirectionTaronga and Western Plains Zoos are to be part of the new Taronga Conservation Society Australia formed as a comprehensive approach to the needs of wildlife. The Zoos' Director and Chief Executive, Guy Cooper, said: "With our many new activities in research, conservation and in situ wildlife projects like the recent Gorilla birth at Taronga and our role in national breeding efforts to save the Tasmanian Devil, we needed a name that better describes our wide ranging activities to our community." |
