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A feisty Serval kitten receives their 6 week health check. Photo: Dave Mattner

18 Feb 2010

Serval Kittens on Display

They are cute, cuddly and curious - and Adelaide Zoo is proud to welcome its youngest dare devils - three Serval kittens - to the animal family.

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Funi ventures into her outdoor exhibit. Photo: Dave Mattner

12 Jan 2010

Giant Pandas now exploring "Australia's Great Outdoors"

Media Release

Adelaide Zoo’s Giant Pandas have officially cleared quarantine and can venture into their new outdoor areas.

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Hyena cub

03 Nov 2009

Carnivore Viewing Platform Opening

Media Release

Zoos South Australia is pleased to announce the official opening of the Carnivore Viewing Platform known as ‘Windana’ at Monarto Zoo today.

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Flamingo "Greater". Photo: Dave Mattner

29 Oct 2009

Full recovery for flamingo one year on

Media Release

Today marks the first anniversary of the bashing of Adelaide Zoo’s ‘Greater’ flamingo, with the iconic bird now having made a full recovery.

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Credit Union Christmas Pageant Panda Float

16 Oct 2009

Panda float launched

Media Release

The 2009 Credit Union Christmas Pageant is celebrating the arrival of the State’s cutest and cuddliest residents, Giant Pandas Wang Wang and Funi, with the unveiling of a brand new float today at the Adelaide Zoo.

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Example of safari style accomodation in Botswana. Photo: Peter Clark

09 Oct 2009

Monarto Zoo Opens its Doors to Investors

Media Release

Australians who have witnessed the unique wild-life experience offered by the luxurious African game parks, will soon have a similar offering on their doorstep.

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23 Sep 2009

Ambassador met CEO of Zoos SA

On 8th September 2009, the Ambassador Zhang Junsai met with Dr. Chris West, the CEO of the Zoos SA and Mr Edmung Ng, Asia Business Executive of ZoosSA, at the Ambassador's residence.

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26 Jun 2009

Panda Countdown is On!

Media Release

The official countdown is about to begin to the first public appearance of Giant pandas Wang Wang and Funi’s at Adelaide Zoo with the launch of a Giant panda countdown clock today.

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Funi samples bamboo at Bolivar plantation

19 Jun 2009

Adelaide Zoo launches bamboo plantation at Bolivar

Media Release

A bamboo plantation at Bolivar – to be officially “launched” today -- will ensure the Giant Pandas Wang Wang and Funi are provided with sufficient quantities of their preferred diet.

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Haigh's Panda Chocolate Range. Photo: Nicole Winen

20 May 2009

Historic agreement to result in Giant Panda conservation

Media Release

Two of South’s Australia’s icons Haigh’s Chocolates and the Adelaide Zoo join forces to help save one of the world’s most endangered species, the Giant Panda.

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Dr Chris West and Heather Caddick meet Funi for the first time. Photo: Courtesy of Channel 7

27 Apr 2009

Zoo chief meets a star guest of future

The Australian - Verity Edwards

His visit may have lasted only a couple of minutes, but Adelaide Zoo chief Chris West was yesterday thrilled to have been allowed to sit down with one of the two pandas in China earmarked to spend the next decade at his Australian menagerie.

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Gorilla 'Safiri' and Baby

18 Apr 2009

International Tours with Zoos SA

Advertiser - Clare Peddie

ZOOS South Australia has ventured into new territory with guided tours of Africa that offer a unique experience of animals in the wild.

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Kids play in the rooftop tents on the Westpac Envirodome

03 Apr 2009

Westpac Envirodome Opens

Media Release

The Adelaide Zoo has officially opened its $4 million Westpac Envirodome, one of the world’s most advanced interactive, environment-focused learning centres and part of the biggest redevelopment project undertaken in the Zoo’s 130-year history. 

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Measuring a baby Southern hairy nosed wombat

31 Mar 2009

Wombats Receive Conservation Award

Media Release

Zoos South Australia’s research and conservation programs have been recognised by the Australasian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria (ARAZPA) the peak body for zoos and aquaria with the Research Award being given for outstanding scientific research into the secret world of wombat breeding.

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Peter Jefferies from Rhino Water Tanks stands by one of the donated tanks with Ian Walton and Peter Clark from Monarto Zoo. Photo: Geoff Brooks

13 Mar 2009

Water Tanks Help Prevent Fire at Monarto Zoo

Rhino Water Tanks has recently donated 2 x 55,000 Litre Water Tanks to assist Monarto Zoo in South Australia with their emergency Fire Plan. 

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President Heather Caddick with Satara the White Rhino. Picture: Chris Mangan

27 Jan 2009

Monarto to be largest open-range zoo in the world

The Australian - Claire Peddy

MONARTO Zoo will expand to become the world's biggest open range zoo, rivalling African game parks with safari-style tours and five-star accommodation.

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Picture: Dean Martin

01 Jan 2009

Spring Into 2009

Advertiser - Page 1

After three years at Monarto Zoo, lovable Madagascan lemurs have returned to Adelaide Zoo in time for New Year celebrations.

Emma Macchia with four-week old chicks at the Adelaide Zoo. Picture: TAIT SCHMAAL

24 Dec 2008

Cute, but these chicks can be a lot more

Adelaide Advertiser - Page 5 - Jessica Hurt

These cute chicks may be an adorable Christmas present for some but for others it's the gift of life.

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Dr Chris West, CEO Zoos SA

23 Oct 2008

Zoos at front line in battle to save world wildlife

Adelaide Advertiser - Page 20 - Chris West, CEO Zoos SA

A day at the zoo is about relaxing and enjoying. You're not meant to feel like you're in the front line of a war. But it's time to think of zoos in a new way - of field hospitals in a war zone, or refugee centres, trying to salvage dwindling species in the face of terrible threats and competing needs.

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Here's Lookin' At You: Gale Akerman from Monarto Zoo with Kupinya, an endangered black-flanked rock wallaby. Picture Matt Turner.

21 Oct 2008

We need to get wild about rock wallabies

Adelaide Advertiser - Page 1 - Cara Jenkin, Environment Reporter

A tiny population of rock wallabies has been boosted by more than a quarter in the past 18 months by a surrogate breeding program at Monarto Zoo.

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Raised Hopes: Mick Post, of Monarto Zoo, with a Tasmanian devil yesterday. Picture: Monarto Zoo.

18 Oct 2008

A Lifeline for Tassie devils

Adelaide Advertiser - Page 18 - Steve Gee, Clare Peddie

The famous Tasmanian devil could be extinct in the wild within a decade, experts warn.

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01 Oct 2008

Too Much Monkey Business

City Messenger - Page 5 - Adam Todd

WORLD renowned chimp expert Dr Jane Goodall knows a lot about primates but is struggling to understand humans. "Chimps are more like us than anything else and they help us understand our evolution even better; they help to explain some of the strange  things we do," she told the City Messenger this week.

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01 Oct 2008

Luxury Home for Chimps

Adelaide Advertiser - Page 29 - Clare Peddie

Chimpanzees will be at home at Monarto Zoo in an expansive enclosure that will soon be opened to the public for a sneak preview.

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Wild at Art: Belinda Redman with one of the chimp paintings.

28 Sep 2008

Artwork not just for peanuts

Sunday Mail Adelaide - Page 26 - Hannah Silverman

Paintings by chimps at Adelaide Zoo will be auctioned to help pay for the primates' new enclosure.

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Babes in arms: Kasha eyes Zoo mammal keeper Louise Stockburger and the hour-old kids. Picture: Dylan Coker

14 Sep 2008

Adelaide's best mum, no kidding

Sunday Mail Adelaide - Page 29

KASHA the miniature goat has to be the ultimate kid lover.

As one of the cluckiest mums at Adelaide Zoo, Kasha just can't seem to get enough offspring.

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Tall Order: Kojito shelters under mum Mutanda at Monarto this week. Picture: Matt Turner

14 Sep 2008

Cute Kojito just born to be a star

Sunday Mail Adelaide - Page 33

At just six weeks, Kojito the baby giraffe is already used to an audience.

The bright-eyed calf was born in the middle of a shallow creek in Monarto Zoo's giraffe enclosure in front of a busload of spectators.

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Check up: Zoos SA veterinarian Dr Ian Smith checks Farley, one of the five new joeys born at Monarto Zoological Park as part of the Tasmanian devil breeding program.

29 Aug 2008

A Devil of a check up

Murray Valley Standard - Page 2

Five little devils were given a check up at the Monarto Zoological Park this week. Stethascopes were out on Wednesday as the joey Tasmanian Devils had their first major check up.

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

26 Aug 2008

Walk with the lions

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

19 Aug 2008

Wild about dogs

Adelaide Advertiser - Page 66 - Clare Peddie

Students from Belair Primary School have found creative ways to help African wild dogs, writes Clare Peddie

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17 Aug 2008

Aiming High

Sunday Mail - Page 40 - 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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