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In October 2012, Pathi Harn critically injured his keeper by crushing her against a pole; the keeper survived.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gardiner|first=Stephanie|title=Woman critically hurt by Taronga elephant|url=http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/woman-critically-hurt-by-taronga-elephant-20121019-27vlh.html|access-date=19 October 2012|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=19 October 2012}}</ref>
In October 2012, Pathi Harn critically injured his keeper by crushing her against a pole; the keeper survived.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gardiner|first=Stephanie|title=Woman critically hurt by Taronga elephant|url=http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/woman-critically-hurt-by-taronga-elephant-20121019-27vlh.html|access-date=19 October 2012|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=19 October 2012}}</ref>

===Royal tour===
On 20 April 2014, [[William, Prince of Wales|Prince William]] and [[Catherine, Princess of Wales|Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge]] (as they were), along with their 8-month-old son, [[Prince George of Wales|Prince George]], visited Taronga Zoo Sydney to participate in an unveiling ceremony at the bilby exhibit. The bilby was eventually renamed "Bilby George" in honour of the little prince who performed his first official duty. Later, William and Kate visited the zoo again without George meeting the other animals for Easter.


=== Birth of Sumatran tiger cubs ===
=== Birth of Sumatran tiger cubs ===
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===World's only leopard seals in a zoo===
===World's only leopard seals in a zoo===
Taronga Zoo was once home to the world's only [[leopard seal]]s living in a zoo. Leopard seals are native to [[Antarctica]] but on rare occasions, will come up to Australia's coastlines during the late winter months. From 1999 - 2014 Taronga housed three different leopard seals, Brooke, Sabine (females) and Casey (male). All three were found separately washed up on beaches sick, malnourished or injured. As leopard seals are from the [[Antarctic]], it was recommended that these seals not be returned to the wild once rehabilitated as they could potentially transfer unknown diseases to the fragile wild population and cause damage to the Antarctic ecosystem.
Taronga Zoo har som den eneste zoo i verden haft [[Søleopard|søleoparder]]. Søleoparderne lever ved [[Antarktis]], men kommer i sjældne tilfælde op til Australiens kyster i de sene vintermåneder. Fra 1999 - 2014 havde Taronga Zoo tre forskellige søleoparder. De blev alle tre på forskellige tidspunkter fundet syge, underernærede eller sårede på strande i og tæt på Sydney. syge, housed three different leopard seals, Brooke, Sabine (females) and Casey (male). All three were found separately washed up on beaches sick, malnourished or injured. As leopard seals are from the [[Antarctic]], it was recommended that these seals not be returned to the wild once rehabilitated as they could potentially transfer unknown diseases to the fragile wild population and cause damage to the Antarctic ecosystem.


These three contributed to important research conducted by the [[Australian Marine Mammal Research Centre]] (AMMRC), bettering the understanding of this typically remote and lesser understood species. AMMRC conducted important scientific studies using these three as subjects, including leopard seal whisker growth rate, echolocation inaudible to the human ear and the suction and filter feeding that leopard seals use to hunt krill in the Antarctic.
These three contributed to important research conducted by the [[Australian Marine Mammal Research Centre]] (AMMRC), bettering the understanding of this typically remote and lesser understood species. AMMRC conducted important scientific studies using these three as subjects, including leopard seal whisker growth rate, echolocation inaudible to the human ear and the suction and filter feeding that leopard seals use to hunt krill in the Antarctic.


An entire new enclosure was built to house the leopard seals, located in the new Great Southern Ocean Exhibit which opened to the public in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Great Southern Oceans |url=http://taronga.org.au/media/media-release/2018-07-11/great-southern-oceans |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=Great Southern Oceans {{!}} Taronga Conservation Society Australia |language=en}}</ref> This exhibit now houses [[Australian sea lion]]s, [[California sea lion|Californian sea lions]] and [[Arctocephalus forsteri|New Zealand fur seals]].
An entire new enclosure was built to house the leopard seals, located in the new Great Southern Ocean Exhibit which opened to the public in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Great Southern Oceans |url=http://taronga.org.au/media/media-release/2018-07-11/great-southern-oceans |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=Great Southern Oceans {{!}} Taronga Conservation Society Australia |language=en}}</ref> This exhibit now houses [[Australian sea lion]]s, [[California sea lion|Californian sea lions]] and [[Arctocephalus forsteri|New Zealand fur seals]].

Brooke was the first to be rescued. In 1999 Brooke was found on [[Garie Beach]] in the [[Royal National Park]]. She was underweight, dehydrated and suffering from shark attack injuries. She was taken to Taronga Zoo for rehabilitation, keepers and veterinarians at Taronga were able to nurse Brooke back to health. She was unable to be released after this due to concerns that she harboured unknown diseases. Brooke was very popular with staff and visitors, being the first of her kind on display in the world. In 2008 Brooke suddenly became less active and started refusing food and it was believed that she was succumbing to an unknown infection; on 23 May 2008 she succumbed to her illness and died. It is not known exactly how old Brooke was as she was not born at the zoo, but she was believed to be around 10 years old at her death.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brooke Farewelled |url=http://taronga.org.au/media/media-release/2018-07-11/brooke-farewelled |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=Brooke Farewelled {{!}} Taronga Conservation Society Australia |language=en}}</ref>

Sabine was the second leopard seal to come into Taronga's care, being found on Clontarf Beach in 2007, malnourished and on the brink of death with [[cookiecutter shark]] injuries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/keeping-mum-on-seal-sabines-condition/news-story/b38c5a9c1bd44139584184abc272f43f|title=Keeping mum on seal Sabine's condition|last=Saurine|first=Angela|date=29. april 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=5. marts 2023|pages=1}}</ref> Sabine was nursed back to health by Taronga's keepers. The exact date of Sabine's death is unknown.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Whisker into Leopard Seal Life |url=http://taronga.org.au/news/2018-07-11/whisker-leopard-seal-life |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=A Whisker into Leopard Seal Life {{!}} Taronga Conservation Society Australia |language=en}}</ref>

Taronga's final leopard seal Casey was found in 2007 a week after Sabine was found. Casey was found washed ashore at [[Wattamolla]], south of Sydney in poor health with a recent cookiecutter shark wound on his abdomen. Like the other two leopard seals, Casey was also unable to be released back to the Antarctic and was kept at Taronga as a permanent resident. Casey was nursed back to health; once the Great Southern Ocean exhibit opened in 2008 he and Sabine were moved there together, with Brooke dying months before it opened. Taronga Zoo hoped to encourage Casey and Sabine to mate, having the first leopard seal pup born in a zoo, but Casey was so young when he was found stranded that he never learnt his mating call. Taronga played the mating calls of mature male leopard seals for Casey in hopes that he would learn them, but Sabine died before he could learn them. In 2014 Casey's health and condition began to decline. Despite Taronga marine mammal and veterinary teams' efforts to help him Casey showed no signs of recovery. On 20 February 2014 the decision was made to [[Animal euthanasia|euthanize]] him.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vale Casey the Leopard Seal |url=http://taronga.org.au/news/2018-07-11/vale-casey-leopard-seal |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=Vale Casey the Leopard Seal {{!}} Taronga Conservation Society Australia |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Leopard Seal Serenade |url=http://taronga.org.au/news/2018-07-11/leopard-seal-serenade |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=Leopard Seal Serenade {{!}} Taronga Conservation Society Australia |language=en}}</ref>


==Exhibits and wildlife collection==
==Exhibits and wildlife collection==

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Taronga Zoo
Taronga Zoos øvre hovedindgang.
Generelle informationer
StedAustralien Sydney, Australien
EjerSelvejende institution
Indviet7. oktober 1916[1] (1884 i Moore Park)
Areal28 ha[1]
Dyrebestand
Antal dyr2.000+
Antal arter150+
Andet
Webstedhttps://taronga.org.au/taronga-zoo

Taronga Zoo er en offentlig zoologisk have i Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, beliggende i forstaden Mosman ned til Sydney Harbour. Taronga er et Aboriginsk ord, som betyder "smuk udsigt".[2]

Taronga Zoo er en af Sydneys mest besøgte turistattraktioner.[3] Den åbnede officielt 7. oktober 1916. Taronga Zoo Sydney administreres af Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales under navnet Taronga Conservation Society sammen med Taronga Western Plains Zoo i Dubbo.

Haven er inddelt i zoogeograpiske regioner på 28 hektar jord. Taronga Zoo har mere end 2.600 dyr fordelt på omkring 150 forskellige arter.

Historie

Taronga Zoological i 1916
Rustic Bridge a historical relic of the zoo
Taronga Zoo lower-level entrance

Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales åbnede den første offentlige zoologiske have i New South Wales i 1884 ved Billy Goat Swamp i Moore Park tæt på Sydneys centrum, hvor skolerne Sydney Boys High School og Sydney Girls High School nu ligger. Den første direktør for Taronga Zoo, Albert Sherbourne Le Souef, blev inspireret af et besøg til Tierpark Hagenbeck i Hamburg i 1908, til en ny zoologisk have uden tremmer.[4] Regeringen i New South Wales erkendte, at stedet i Moore Park var for lille, og reserverede 17 hektar til en ny zoologisk have nord for Sydney Harbour. Yderligere 3,6 hektar blev tilføjet i 1916. 228 pattedyr, 552 fugle og 64 krybdyr blev flyttet fra Moore Park til Taronga. Mange af dyrene, inklusiv elefanterne, blev sejlet på en pram over Sydney Harbour.[5] Den nye zoologiske have åbnede for offentligheden 7. oktober 1916. Allerede inden den officielle åbning var Taronga Zoo dog blevet besøgt af 120.000 skolebørn fra offentlige skoler i Sydney, som havde fået gratis adgang.[6]

Ved åbningen havde haven sælanlæg, elefanttempel, abegrotter og volierer, ligesom den øvre hovedindgang også stod færdig.[7] Anlæggene var bygget kunstige klipper Den lille Bro "Rustic Bridge" stod også færdig. Den lå dengang på en lidt afsides romantisk sti.

I de første år havde haven mange andre tilbud til gæsterne. Der var picnic-områder, orkester, legeplads, en manege til optrædender med dyr og rideture på elefanter.

Fra 1941 - var forretningsmanden Edward Hallstrom formand for Taronga Zoo han dedikerede en stor del af sin tid til haven og donerede også store beløb til haven. I hans tid kom der mange flere dr og fugle i ghaven. Der blev bygget mange mindre bure med betongulve og tremmer, som var nemmere at gøre rent.

Der kom efterhånden mere og mere kritik af Hallstroms ledelsesstil og i 1967 blev han presset til at fratræde.

En kritisk rapport i 1967 førte til ny fokus på videnskabelig bevarelse og uddannelse

Rustic Bridge

The "Rustic Bridge" was opened in 1915 and was one of Taronga Zoo's earliest landscape features. It was the main way in which visitors could cross the natural gully that it spans. Early photographs show it as a romantic pathway secluded by plantings. The rustic effect was created by embedding stones in the wall and like the aquarium, its design was reminiscent of Italian grottoes.

Late 20th century

A critical review in 1967 led to a new emphasis on scientific conservation, education and preservation. New exhibits were built starting with the Platypus and Nocturnal houses, waterfowl ponds and walkthrough Rainforest Aviary. A Veterinary Quarantine Centre was built as was an Education Centre (funded by the Department of Education). Previous attractions such as elephant rides, miniature trains, monkey circus and merry-go-round gave way to educational facilities such as Friendship Farm and Seal Theatre (these latter two exhibits completed in the late 1970s).

A gondola lift was installed in 1987 and updated in 2000, running from the bottom of the park close to the ferry wharf, and transported passengers to the top end of the zoo. The gondola closed on 31 January 2023 and, if approved, will re-open in 2025.[8][9]

2000 master plan

In 2000, TCSA commenced a 12-year $250 million master plan, the majority of which is being spent at Taronga Zoo. The first major master plan item was the Backyard to Bush precinct which opened in April 2003. Under the plan, the zoo received five Asian elephants from the Thailand Zoological Park Organisation for breeding purposes, education, long-term research and involvement of conservation programs. The plan has met opposition from environmental activists in Tha iland, who blockaded the trucks hauling the elephants to Bangkok International Airport for their flight on 5 June 2006.[10] The elephants along with other Asian rain forest specimens are housed in the Wild Asia precinct which opened in July 2005 (the elephants arriving from quarantine in November 2006) and aims to immerse visitors in an Asian rain forest environment (though later renamed Rainforest Trail as included species from tropical Africa).

A marine section, Great Southern Oceans, opened in April 2008. Recently, the redevelopment and restoration of the historic entrance opened, further adding to the masterplan. The chimpanzee exhibit also underwent expansion work and re-opened as Chimpanzee Sanctuary allowing its residents more space and also to assist making it easier for the introduction of new individuals by splitting the areas of the exhibit when necessary.[11]

The Tiger Trek precinct opened in August 2017 allowing for multiple exhibits of critically endangered Sumatran tigers.

The zoo's African Savannah precinct, which opened in June 2020, was constructed as a major renovation and spatial expansion of the zoos' previous giraffe and zebra yards.

Zoo Friends

Zoo Friends offers support in form of volunteers and fund raising for both Taronga and Western Plains Zoo. Members are offered behind-the-scenes experiences at the zoo and unlimited zoo entry. Members are also eligible to volunteer to help at the zoo.

Notable events

Platypus birth

In February 2003, it became the second zoo in Australia to breed the platypus.

Luk Chai the Asian elephant at five months old

Australia's first elephant births

At 3.04 am on 4 July 2009, Thong Dee, an Asian elephant, gave birth to a male calf named Luk Chai. He is the first calf born in Australia. Thong Dee, and his father Gung, were two of the eight elephants imported into Australia to participate in the Australasian Conservation Breeding Program.

The baby elephant was a major tourist attraction, with thousands of visitors attending the zoo just to see him.[12]

A second baby Asian elephant was thought to have died during labour on 8 March 2010. The calf's 18-year-old mother Porntip was in and out of labour over the week beforehand, after a pregnancy lasting almost two years.

In specially built aviary: an Andean condor, the zoo has successfully hatched these threatened birds for over 40 years

Zoo keepers and veterinarians were concerned about the progress of the labour, with Porntip showing unusual movements and behaviour. An ultrasound revealed that the calf was unconscious in the birth canal, and the zoo announced on 8 March 2010 that the calf was believed to be dead.[13][14] On 10 March 2010 at 3:27 am, the live male calf was born.[15] He was subsequently named Pathi Harn, a Thai expression meaning "miracle".[16] Pathi Harn's father is Bong Su, of the Melbourne Zoo, and was artificially conceived.

In October 2012, Pathi Harn critically injured his keeper by crushing her against a pole; the keeper survived.[17]

Birth of Sumatran tiger cubs

On 17 January 2019, Kartika, one of the zoo's four Sumatran tigers, gave birth to three cubs.[18] Sumatran tigers are critically endangered, with fewer than 350 individuals alive in the wild. In total, 21 tiger cubs have been born at Taronga since 1980.[19]

Ongoing conservation work news

Taronga has been involved in numerous conservation captive breeding programs for endangered and vulnerable species for more than fifty years when the zoos management changed Taronga's trajectory away from general visitor entertainment to focus on assisting species that are threatened in their wild habitats.

For example, in November 2021 Taronga released 58 captive bred critically endangered regent honeyeaters into the wild.

The zoo's female pygmy hippopotamus Kambiri gave birth to a female calf named Amara on 22 November 2021, who died suddenly on 24 December.[20]

World's only leopard seals in a zoo

Taronga Zoo har som den eneste zoo i verden haft søleoparder. Søleoparderne lever ved Antarktis, men kommer i sjældne tilfælde op til Australiens kyster i de sene vintermåneder. Fra 1999 - 2014 havde Taronga Zoo tre forskellige søleoparder. De blev alle tre på forskellige tidspunkter fundet syge, underernærede eller sårede på strande i og tæt på Sydney. syge, housed three different leopard seals, Brooke, Sabine (females) and Casey (male). All three were found separately washed up on beaches sick, malnourished or injured. As leopard seals are from the Antarctic, it was recommended that these seals not be returned to the wild once rehabilitated as they could potentially transfer unknown diseases to the fragile wild population and cause damage to the Antarctic ecosystem.

These three contributed to important research conducted by the Australian Marine Mammal Research Centre (AMMRC), bettering the understanding of this typically remote and lesser understood species. AMMRC conducted important scientific studies using these three as subjects, including leopard seal whisker growth rate, echolocation inaudible to the human ear and the suction and filter feeding that leopard seals use to hunt krill in the Antarctic.

An entire new enclosure was built to house the leopard seals, located in the new Great Southern Ocean Exhibit which opened to the public in 2008.[21] This exhibit now houses Australian sea lions, Californian sea lions and New Zealand fur seals.

Exhibits and wildlife collection

Taronga Zoo Sydney cares for approximately 2,000 animals from over 150 different species, many of which are threatened.[22][23] They are housed in a large variety of exhibits, including:

Transport

Taronga Zoo ferry wharf

The Taronga Zoo ferry services are, for many tourists, the preferred mode of travel to the zoo, providing a 12-minute ride from the city to the zoo.[24][25] Passengers disembarking at the ferry wharf, located on Bradleys Head Road, can enter the zoo via a gondola lift or connect with local Keolis Downer Northern Beaches bus services. Sydney Ferries offers combined "ZooLink" tickets covering ferry fares, park entry, and gondola ride.

Taronga Zoo Sydney also works heavily with various other Sydney Harbour transport operators, such as Captain Cook Cruises and Yellow Water Taxis. Both of these operators offer combined tickets/packages which include tickets covering transport fares, park entry, and gondola ride.

Naturbevarelse

Taronga Zoo deltager i flere programmer for at bevare dyrearter og naturområder i Australien såvel som iinternationalt. Siden 2016 har haven fokuseret på bevarelsen af 10 truede arter.[26] Det er 5 australske arter: kongehonningæder, sydlig corroboree-frø, havskildpadder, næbdyr og stor kaninpunggrævling. Dertil kommer 5 arter fra Sumatra: sumatranæsehorn, sumatratiger, asiatisk elefant, malajbjørn og malajskældyr.

Giraffe in front of Sydney's skyline in African Savannah exhibit

See also

Skabelon:Wikivoyage listing

Referencer

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