News/Media Release

Tue, 26 August 2008

Zoos SA Sees Success with Five Joey's Born to the Tasmanian Devil Breeding Program

Zoos South Australia has confirmed the success of the first Tasmanian Devil breeding season with the birth of five joeys.
Senior Curator of Zoos South Australia, Peter Clark, said the birth of the five joeys, born from two wild caught Tasmanian Devils is a significant achievement this early on in the program.

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Tue, 26 August 2008

Walk with the lions

Monarto lion

Through his eyes: The first DVD in the series is about lions at Adelaide Zoo and Monarto. Photo: Phil and Lynne Richardson Photo Gallery

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Adelaide Advertiser - Page 12 - Amy Noonan

Forget talking with the animals - a new National Geographic DVD series allows viewers to see through the eyes of an animal.

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Tue, 19 August 2008

Wild about dogs

Belair Primary School Year 6/7 Students

Belair Primary School Year 6/7 Students Fraser, Jacqui, Naish and Erin with a Jigsaw puzzle of an African Wild Dog. Picture: Greg Higgs

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Adelaide Advertiser

In collaboration with Monarto Zoo and the organisation for Painted Dog Conservation, students from Belair Primary built a jigsaw to share their knowledge with others, made toys filled with rhino poo and raised money for Zimbabwean children to enjoy seeing the dogs in the wild.

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Sun, 17 August 2008

Aiming High

Sunday Mail - Page40 - Elissa Lawrence

Chris West relayed the news by phone. Nelson, the beloved family guinea pig, had died. "Oh, that's so sad," a family friend says. "Are the children upset?"

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Fri, 1 August 2008

Helping the environment

Murray Valley Standard - Page 9

Monarto Zoological Park passed out 450 tree planting kits to zoo visitors at the weekend.

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Wed, 30 July 2008

Pandas home at heart of Adelaide Zoo development

Panda Exhibit

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Work will begin next week on a world-class Giant Panda enclosure at Adelaide Zoo, as the landmark tourism site gears up for the 2009 arrival of drawcard residents Wang Wang and Funi.

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Thu, 24 July 2008

Plant a Tree to Save a Habitat

Zoos South Australia is joining the National Tree Day celebrations on the 27th of July with Adelaide and Monarto Zoos hoping to pass out 3,000 tree planting kits to visitors.

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Fri, 18 July 2008

Tiny fish a Murray victim

Yarra Pygmy Perch

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Independent Weekly - Page 6

While the Riverland braces itself for a drought which the CSIRO says may be a decade long, and Goolwa sees the Lower Lakes dropping to below sea level, one tiny fish has come to symbolise what's wrong with the Murray system.

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Tue, 8 July 2008

$20m zoo home for pandas

Adelaide Advertiser - Page 13

Two Giant pandas will move into a new enclosure when they arrive next year, after the Adelaide City Council last night approved Adelaide Zoo's $20 million refurbishment plans.

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Sun, 6 July 2008

Dolled up with an eye on love

Sitting Pretty: The Adelaide Zoo pelican shows off her finery

Sitting Pretty: The Adelaide Zoo pelican shows off her finery

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Sunday Mail Adelaide - Page 27

Humans wear plunging necklines or cologne to attract the opposite sex, but Australian pelicans go for colour.

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Fri, 27 June 2008

Helping hands help the environment

Taking action: Rebecca Atkins and Kaitlyn Pfeiffer having fun planting trees.

Taking action: Rebecca Atkins and Kaitlyn Pfeiffer having fun planting trees.

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Murray Valley Standard - Page 9

The Murray Bridge High School accelerated class traveled to Monarto last week to help out with the environment.

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Wed, 25 June 2008

Never a dull day at the zoo

Wendy Foster with a hand raised koala

Wendy Foster is a conservation director at the Adelaide Zoo

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City Messenger - Page 36

From tracking big cats through South African game parks to studying the mating habits of endangered marsupials, Zoos SA researcher Wendy Foster has rarely had a dull day in the office.

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Sun, 22 June 2008

Don't mind us, mate, we're just job-hunting

In the lion of duty: Gavin Thoman, Justin Connolly and Gary Ashton carry on regardless - that's raw courage. Picture: Dylan Coker

IN THE LION OF DUTY: Gavin Thoman, Justin Connolly and Gary Ashton carry on regardless - that's raw courage. Picture: Dylan Coker

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Sunday Mail Adelaide - Page 10

Think your boss is intimidating? Try working alongside eight menacing lions that stalk your every move and snarl if you get too close to their territory.

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Fri, 20 June 2008

Students find their wild side

wildSide.jpgIntriguing: Students involved with the zoo walk observe some of the Monarto Zoo's emus.

Intriguing: Students involved with the zoo walk observe some of the Monarto Zoo's emus.

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Murray Valley Standard - Page 12

More than 250 Murraylands students descended upon Monarto zoo to take part in the inaugural Monarto Zoo School Walk in early May.

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Wed, 18 June 2008

Last chance for rare wallaby

Black-flanked Rock wallaby

Only 50 Black-flanked rock wallabies exist in the wild prompting a recovery program at Monarto Zoo.

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Mount Barker Courier - Page 23

A captive breeding program to save the State's most endangered mammal has been strengthened with the arrival of young Black-flanked rock wallabies at Adelaide and Monarto zoos.

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Fri, 6 June 2008

Zoo's chimp city

Peter Clark at chimp site

Senior curator for Zoos South Australia Peter Clark looks at the site of the new chimpanzee exhibit.

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Murray Valley Standard - Page 8

Monarto Zoo will become home to eight chimpanzees by the end of the year.

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Thu, 5 June 2008

Young endangered wallabies taken into captivity

A captive breeding program to help save the state’s most endangered mammal, the Black-flanked Rock-wallaby, has been strengthened this week with the arrival of several young wallabies at Adelaide and Monarto Zoos.

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Tue, 27 May 2008

Farewell to Tiger Boy

Tiger Boy

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Today Zoos South Australia said a sad goodbye to one of the most beloved members of its Sumatran Tiger family, Tiger Boy. At approximately 24 years old, Tiger Boy succumbed to kidney failure, a common disease for a cat of his age.

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Fri, 23 May 2008

Pandering to the fans

Panda suits

Nadia Barnes, Rachael Ford and Melissa Librandi get cosy with a couple of mascots yesterday.

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Adelaide Advertiser - Page 29

Don't be fooled by the fuzzy panda suits - the young professionals raising money for the zoo are doing it for the real animals.

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Thu, 22 May 2008

Pandas are 'fine'

Adelaide Advertiser - Page 4

Adelaide's giant pandas Wang Wang and Funi are "fine" in the wake of China's devastating earthquake.

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Wed, 21 May 2008

Panda News and Relief Fund announcement

Funi - Giant Panda

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Wang Wang and Funi are safe but disaster relief for Wolong continues and will continue for some time.
Below is a fax from the China Wildlife Conservation Association in response to messages from Zoos SA offering our support.

We will provide more information as we receive it.

Dr. Chris West
CEO Zoos SA

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Zoo News

Title Date Released Download
Deadly Palm Oil Report - Orangutans Fri, 1 June 2007  Deadly Palm Oil Report
Farewell Gorillas Sun, 1 April 2007  Farewell Gorillas
Certificate of Accreditation Thu, 1 March 2007  ZOOS SA Accreditation Certificate
High Praise for our City's Zoos Wed, 28 March 2007  ZOOS SA Receives Accreditation
How close have you been to a TIGER?  Boileau Animal Encounters
IMMERSION - Siamang/Orangutan Introduction Sun, 1 October 2006  Siamang Orangutan Introduction


Media Releases

Title Date Released Download
Giant Pandas to call Australia home Sat, 1 September 2007  Giant Pandas to call Australia home
The New Enviro Dome Tue, 1 May 2007  Enviro Dome Media Release
Farewell Gorillas Sun, 1 April 2007  Farewell Gorillas
Immersion Opening Sat, 1 April 2006  Adelaide Zoo's Rainforest Opens


Archived Articles

Wed, 19 September 2007

Lion Cubs Born at Monarto

Fri, 29 February 2008

Year of the Frog Launch at the Zoo

Tue, 1 April 2008

Farewell Watoto

Thu, 10 April 2008

Federal Panda Support

Thu, 1 May 2008

A Langur is Born

Mon, 12 May 2008

Zoos SA Goes Smoke Free

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