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Taronga Zoo elephant pregnancy confirmed - Feb 14, 2008 NEWS.com.auThe zoo and NSW Environment Minister Phil Koperberg yesterday refused to comment on the pregnancy, amid criticism from the NSW Greens that the elephant was ... elephant | environment | taronga zoo - Jul 6, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldIT WAS not so much a baby elephant walk as a cautious sniff followed by a hasty retreat as the miniature trunk caught the sting of Sydney's chilly winter ... Taronga zoo under fire over rhino death - Aug 23, 2007 ABC Online - ABC OnlineBy Timothy McDonald. The RSPCA had earlier investigated the death of the rhino and cleared the zoo of any wrongdoing. [File photo]. ... Taronga Zoo to get its elephants - Dec 7, 2005 Sydney Morning HeraldAustralia looks set to become home to eight new Asian elephants next year, after a commonwealth tribunal conditionally approved their importation from ... Endangered francois langur Elke makes debut at Taronga Zoo - Mar 24, 2009 NEWS.com.auBy Kelly Robinson. AFTER entering the world just six days ago under a veil of secrecy, a rare monkey has been revealed at Sydney's Taronga Zoo. ... Elephants pregnant from Taronga Zoo artificial insemination - Aug 28, 2008 NEWS.com.auNO BABY elephant has ever been born in Australia - but now three elephants are pregnant at zoos in Sydney and Melbourne. Zoo authorities announced today a ... Baby binturong debuts at Taronga Zoo - May 30, 2007 Sydney Morning HeraldBaby binturong Indah plays in her exhibit during her first public appearance at Sydney's Taronga Zoo. Photo: AP. Fuelled by her favourite diet of grapes, ... First elephant born in Australia at Taronga Zoo - Jan 8, 2010 NEWS.com.auTHE first Australian-born elephant calf is already showing signs he's a fair dinkum Aussie, spending his first day drinking and taking it easy. ... Death of rhino not Taronga Zoo's fault - Aug 15, 2007 NEWS.com.auTARONGA Zoo staff have been cleared of any wrongdoing in the death of a ... Responding to the allegations, Taronga Zoo CEO Guy Cooper told The Daily ... Jumbos finally cleared for landing at Taronga Zoo - Feb 7, 2006 Sydney Morning HeraldBy Andrew Darby. The zoo and its Melbourne counterpart were cleared to import eight Asian elephants yesterday after the Administrative Appeals Tribunal set ... Satu and Isha at home at Taronga Zoo - May 1, 2009 NEWS.com.auTiger Cubs Isha and Satu, born at Melbourne Zoo two years ago, are now happily enjoying their life at Dubbo's Great Plains Zoo. Here is Satu on the climbing ... Taronga Zoo elephant dies - Dec 28, 2006 NEWS.com.auBy Peter Trute. The 50-year-old Asian elephant was found dead in his enclosure at Dubbo's Western Plains Zoo this morning. ... THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TARONGA ZOO SWIM WITH THE SEALS … - Nov 28, 2008 NEWS.com.auBy entering. 1.1 Information on how to enter forms part of the terms of entry. Entry into the promotion is deemed acceptance of these conditions of entry. ... Taronga Zoo welcomes baby gorilla - Dec 11, 2007 Sydney Morning HeraldAn endangered gorilla has delighted her keepers by showing off her newborn son at Sydney's Taronga Zoo. The baby was born on Saturday to endangered African ... First Asian elephant born in Australian zoo - Jul 5, 2009 The GuardianTaronga Zoo director Guy Cooper said Sunday that the calf was suckling ... Two other elephants in the Taronga Zoo group are also pregnant and are due to ... Elephant gives birth at Melbourne Zoo - Jan 16, 2010 Sydney Morning HeraldMelbourne Zoo together with Taronga Zoo brought seven females and a male elephant from work camps in Thailand to start the regional breeding program in 2006 ... Zoos seek assurances - Jun 7, 2006 Sydney Morning HeraldSydney's Taronga Zoo and Melbourne Zoo, which have offered to take the animals, ... However, Taronga Zoo spokesman Mark Williams said blood samples from all ... Taronga Zoo - Reviews and Ratings of Sights in Sydney - New York … - Jan 24, 2010 New York TimesLocationBradley's Head Rd., MosmanCitySydneyPhone02/9969 2777Web Sitewww.taronga.org.au/taronga-zoo.aspxPriceAdmission A$41 (US$36/£18) adults, ... First meerkats born in nine years at Taronga Zoo venture out in public - Feb 21, 2009 NEWS.com.au - news.com.auBy Angela Saurine. THEY are only 28 days old, but these meerkat pups are already out and about exploring their own Meerkat Manor and showing all the signs ... Sydney zoo tour | Taronga Zoo, Sydney Aquarium, Wildlife World | It's... - Nov 14, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldApparently the mere sight of Sebastian was enough to send several members of the French rugby team screaming for cover when they visited in June. ... Baby binturong debuts at Taronga Zoo - Nov 13, 2008 Sydney Morning HeraldFuelled by her favourite diet of grapes, Taronga Zoo's new binturong cub explored her enclosure today like a "wound-up toy". The jet-black cub, named Indah, ... Hopes pinned on spiky lovers hitting it off at Taronga Zoo - Feb 18, 2007 Sydney Morning HeraldWHILE St Valentine's Day has come and gone, love may be blossoming for two short-beaked echidnas at Taronga Zoo. Pitpa, 20 years old, and Robbie, 15, ... Taronga zoo gorilla Kibabu celebrates his birthday - May 26, 2009 NEWS.com.auA health conscious gorilla from Taronga Zoo has been treated to sugar-free cupcakes to mark his 32nd birthday. 05/09 Sky News ... Sydney Zoo Plays Platypus Matchmaker - Jan 24, 2005 National GeographicThe pride of Sydney's Taronga Zoo, platypus twin girls named Samantha and Binari, ... Taronga Zoo staff plan to send one of its female platypuses, ... Rare pygmy hippopotamus birth - Nov 7, 2008 Toronto Sun...“Monifa," a three-week-old baby pygmy hippopotamus, enjoys a warm bath in her enclosure at Sydney's Taronga Zoo on Nov. 7, 2008. ... Zoo book parades animal magic - Jul 23, 2006 Sydney Morning HeraldTARONGA Zoo turns 90 this year and, to celebrate, some of its funniest and ... Taronga Zoo will turn 90 on October 7. A spokesman said celebrations were ... Zoo enters the duck-billed dating game - Jan 5, 2005 The AgeTwin female platypuses at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, Samantha and Binari, are all grown up ... Taronga Zoo behavioural biologist Margaret Hawkins said the "very ... Sydney passengers stranded after ferry crashes at Taronga Zoo wharf - Apr 6, 2009 NEWS.com.auHundreds of passengers were stranded for more than an hour after a Sydney ferry crashed into rocks next to Sydney's Taronga Zoo wharf. ... Tiny Tacker glides into Taronga zoo staff hearts - Dec 27, 2008 NEWS.com.auBy Brooke Newstead. TACKER, Taronga Zoo hospital's most loveable patient, has won the hearts of vets and nursing staff after being rescued from the bathroom ... Baby Taronga Zoo gorilla stealing hearts - Dec 17, 2007 NEWS.com.auBy Saffron Howden, Environment Reporter. SYDNEY'S favourite newborn is settling into his Taronga Zoo home, getting to know his family, and stealing the ... Surge of stray babies arrive at zoo nursery - Oct 14, 2006 Sydney Morning HeraldIn safe hands ... among the rescued orphans taken to Taronga Zoo is this wide-eyed ringtail possum. A COMBINATION of the spring breeding season and recent ... Photo: Fiona-Lee Quimby - Jul 9, 2005 Sydney Morning HeraldThe RSPCA has accused Taronga Zoo of holding the Federal Government to ransom by spending $40 million of taxpayers' money on a new elephant exhibit before ... Christmas comes early at Taronga Zoo - Dec 23, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldA wallaby checks a bag full of fruit and nuts as animals at Taronga Zoo. Photo: AP. Christmas has come early at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, with hibiscus ... Taronga Zoo's Tex is one randy Tasmanian devil - Jul 2, 2008 NEWS.com.auZoo keepers believe Tex is the father of at least two joeys they have spotted in the pouch of fellow tasmanian devil Martha - the first born at Taronga Zoo ... Giraffe moves to Taronga Zoo - Aug 23, 2007 Sydney Morning HeraldWELL, if it's good enough for George Bush … Jimiyu the giraffe got traffic treatment usually reserved for world leaders when he made his move to Sydney ... Thai elephants arrive at Taronga Zoo Asian elephants arrive at... - Nov 2, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Australian Broadcasting Corporation... - Factiva, from Dow JonesMARK COLVIN: Four of the eight Asian elephants at the centre of an animal welfare row have arrived in Sydney. There have been two years of legal argument ... Here's looking at you kid - Jan 13, 2005 Sydney Morning Herald..."We are especially proud of the breeding program here at Taronga Zoo for gorillas, for African Lions, for tigers, for black rhinoceros - a great variety of ... Sheryl Crow at Taronga Zoo before gig with John Mellencamp - Nov 28, 2008 NEWS.com.auHopefully a dry run before the main event ... Sheryl Crow got out and about and visited Taronga Zoo and met Koori the koala. Source: The Daily Telegraph ... Taronga Zoo named Sydney's favourite attraction - Aug 26, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldThe loud pitter patter of baby elephant feet has helped Taronga Zoo claim the title of Sydney's favourite attraction. The zoo won 24 per cent of votes in ... Taronga Zoo gives orphan babies a chance - Aug 24, 2007 NEWS.com.auBy Saffron Howden. The orphaned Nadia was brought to Taronga Zoo 2½ weeks ago to be mothered by keepers until she could survive on her own. ... Thai elephants on display in Taronga Zoo - Nov 3, 2006 ABC Regional Online - ABC Regional OnlineFour thai elephants that have arrived in Sydney after being in quarantine on the Cocos Islands will be on display to the public from today. ... Taronga Zoo's rescue program to save iguana colony - Jun 20, 2008 NEWS.com.auNow Sydney's Taronga Zoo has stepped in to announce a rescue program, one of eight wildlife programs to receive between $5000 and $8500 from Taronga ... On ya trike: Google Maps shows off latest innovation - Jan 25, 2010 NetworkWorld.comWeighing 110 kilos and standing 130 centimetres wide, the trike began its career peddling around the grounds of Sydney's Taronga Zoo, complete with its ... Baby elephant blessed by Buddhists at Taronga Zoo - Aug 15, 2009 Herald SunTHE first elephant calf to be born in Australia has been blessed for good health and success during a traditional Buddhist ceremony in Sydney. ... Taronga Zoo animals moved for APEC - Aug 25, 2007 NEWS.com.auA CONTINGENT of Aussie wildlife from Taronga Zoo will be taken to Garden Island for a private viewing by the spouses of world leaders attending next month's ... Is Taronga an endangered species? - Sep 16, 2006 Sydney Morning HeraldManagers of Taronga Zoo have been invited to Darling Harbour to celebrate the opening ... But back in 2003 the chief executive of Taronga Zoo, Guy Cooper, ... Zoo ready but no elephants - Apr 3, 2005 Sydney Morning Herald..."We don't have a specific date for the elephants' arrival yet," Taronga Zoo chief executive Guy Cooper told The Sun-Herald. ... Big cats take pride of place at Taronga Zoo - Aug 15, 2008 NEWS.com.auBy Lauren Williams. THEY may be the kings of the jungle, but the royal line is in danger of coming to an end. Big cats are disappearing from the wild at an ... Taronga Zoo prepares for elephant Thong Dee to give birth - May 23, 2009 NEWS.com.auBy Malcolm Holland. In just 7 weeks, one of Taronga's Asian Elephants will hopefully give birth to Australia's first elephant calf. ... Jumbo row hits elephant plans - Mar 25, 2005 The AgeSydney's Taronga Zoo has a web page of anonymous support messages. ... Taronga Zoo is completing a $40 million Asian elephant rainforest exhibit, ... Red panda twins make debut at Sydney zoo - Mar 28, 2007 Reuters UKSYDNEY (Reuters) - Twin red pandas made their public debut at Sydney's Taronga Zoo on Wednesday, the latest additions to a breeding program that aims to ... Crowds go ape for baby Fuzu at Taronga Zoo - Jan 29, 2008 NEWS.com.auBy Saffron Howden, Environment Reporter. SYDNEY'S baby gorilla is glowing with good health - and beginning to show his hundreds of daily visitors a cheeky ... Zoo needs donations for the Asian elephants - Jun 19, 2006 The AgeSydney's Taronga Zoo is appealing for public donations to help fund the upkeep ... No date has been confirmed for their flight, with Taronga Zoo spokesman ... Rees to reveal name of Taronga Zoo's baby elephant; Rann pressured … - Jul 27, 2009 The AustralianNSW Premier Rees will be at Taronga Zoo this morning, along with Deputy Premier Carmel Tebbutt, for the official naming of Sydney's new baby elephant. ... Zoo's death in the family - Jun 30, 2007 NEWS.com.auKua's loss came as a huge blow to the staff at Taronga Zoo, but most especially to Ms ... Taronga Zoo CEO Guy Cooper said an investigation was unwarranted. ... Stretching the tourist buck - May 20, 2005 Sydney Morning HeraldHaving arrived safely at Taronga Zoo, Zarafa will be kept in an isolated enclosure for her first couple of days. "It's important that we build up a good ... Tasmanian Devils in peril - Jan 27, 2010 Jamaica ObserverIf you get it, you die," said Mark Williams, a spokesman for Sydney's Taronga Zoo. "The face bursts into lesions, they can't feed so they starve to death in ... Taronga Zoo ready for 100kg bub - Jul 1, 2009 NEWS.com.auBy Malcolm Holland, Science Reporter. Australia is about to welcome its first baby elephant to be born in captivity, with Taronga Zoo resident Thong Dee ... Healed penguins back at sea after dog attack - World environment- … - Apr 28, 2006 msnbc.comAfter recovering at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, they were taken to North Curl Curl Beach, north of the city, and released by zoo staff. ... One of world's oldest chimps dies at 60 - Jul 19, 2007 Boston GlobeFifi was the matriarch of the 18 chimpanzees at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, and celebrated her 60th birthday in May with sugar-free cupcakes and coconuts among ... SFGate: Day in Pictures - Jun 19, 2008 San Francisco Chronicle...times removed: A statue of a Komodo dragon makes an appropriate perch for its distant relative, a Fijian crested iguana, at Sydney's Taronga Zoo. ... Tusk task ahead - Aug 1, 2005 The AgeMelbourne Zoo and Sydney's Taronga Zoo want to bring in the elephants as part ... If allowed, five elephants will go to Taronga Zoo and three to Melbourne. ... Taronga zoo breeding programs - Sep 27, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldTARONGA and Western Plains zoos have banned the sale of excess animals after it was revealed breeding programs were being used to make money. ... Mary Hutton | Asian bears | rescue | Free the Bears Fund | - Feb 1, 2010 Sydney Morning HeraldLouise Ginman, the unit supervisor of carnivores at Taronga Zoo, ... Taronga Zoo regularly hosts fund-raisers for Free the Bears Fund and its staff give ... Panda Inc: worth a fur-tune - Feb 13, 2006 Sydney Morning HeraldBut Taronga Zoo media relations manager Mark Williams said its menagerie was all its own. "For example our snow leopards came as part of a world breeding ... Zoo denies animal welfare problems - Jun 12, 2007 Sydney Morning HeraldGreens MP Lee Rhiannon has called for an independent inquiry into animal welfare at Taronga Zoo following the death of a pregnant Indian rhino. ... AM - Asian elephants to be imported to Taronga Zoo - Jul 20, 2005 ABC Regional Online - ABC Regional OnlineTONY EASTLEY: In a long awaited and highly contested environmental decision, eight critically endangered Asian elephants have been given Australian ... Female green winged macaws at Taronga Zoo are lesbians - Mar 11, 2009 NEWS.com.auBy Mal Holland. Gay time ... The two female macaws at Taronga Zoo prefer each other's company to that of the male in their enclosure. ... Taronga Zoo's feeling blue over pink flamingo - Apr 9, 2009 NEWS.com.auTARONGA Zoo staff are in mourning - and in shock - after one of their oldest inhabitants had to be put down. The mourning is understandable, given flamingo ... The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, ... - Dec 16, 2008 Sydney Morning HeraldAudio slideshow: Wedge-tailed eagle Nonami set to make her flying debut at Taronga Zoo. AFTER three months of rehearsing around the back streets of Mosman, ... Breaking into the zoo after hours - Apr 2, 2009 NEWS.com.auThe harbour views from Taronga Zoo are some of the best you'll see of the city (that's why Australia's answer to Posh and Becks, Bec and Lleyton, ... Bushfires threaten major koala colony - Dec 4, 2006 TVNZPark rangers and specialist rescue teams from Sydney's Taronga Zoo have been searching for two days for surviving koalas in a vast tract of bushland in ... Taronga Zoo hits back at RSPCA criticism - Jul 22, 2005 ABC Regional Online - ABC Regional OnlineSydney's Taronga Zoo says RSPCA Australia is at odds with its New South Wales branch over its criticism of the zoo's plan to bring eight Asian elephants ... Why was Thong Dee put at risk? - Feb 24, 2008 Sydney Morning HeraldThroughout 2007, Taronga Zoo stated that Thong Dee was seven years old. ... Taronga Zoo has rightly indicated that infant mortality for mothers under 10 ... RSPCA to probe deaths of zoo elephant, rhino - Jun 13, 2007 NEWS.com.auTaronga Zoo media relations manager Mark Williams said old age was the major cause of deaths in zoos. Besides the rhino, another animal -- a 49-year-old ... Co-operation is the law of the jungle, zoos insist - Sep 20, 2006 Sydney Morning HeraldYesterday morning, Taronga Zoo, Mosman, which is celebrating its 90th birthday, ... A Taronga Zoo spokesman, Mark Williams, denied that the $50 million ... Calls for Taronga Zoo welfare chief to resign - Aug 7, 2009 Brisbane TimesTHE chairman of Taronga Zoo's conservation and welfare committee, Anthony English, has been called on to resign after it emerged he was an advocate of game ... Lifematters - LifeAndStyle - smh.com.au - Feb 20, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldThe baby boom does not stop there, with Sydney's Taronga Zoo also expecting two baby elephants. While the spotlight is on these pregnant mums, the only male ... Australia moving cancer-hit Tasmanian Devils to new islands - Jan 21, 2010 Sydney Morning HeraldIf you get it, you die," said Mark Williams, a spokesman for Sydney's Taronga Zoo. "The face bursts into lesions, they can't feed so they starve to death in ... Hunters or collectors - Sep 10, 2005 Sydney Morning HeraldTaronga Zoo is at the centre of a fight that will decide whether city zoos join the endangered species list, writes John Huxley. ... Zookeepers thrilled at birth of four female Tasmanian devils - Oct 18, 2008 NEWS.com.au - news.com.auWHEN zookeepers at Sydney's Taronga Zoo learned that one of their Tasmanian ... Taronga Zoo curator Paul Andrew said that although he would not like a ... Sydney Taronga zoo's Kodiak bears turn 30 - Jan 17, 2007 New Zealand HeraldSYDNEY - There was no sisterly love lost as two bear sisters celebrated their 30th birthday today at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, marking a giant milestone for two ... Rescue team sent to save koalas - Dec 1, 2006 NEWS.com.auTaronga Zoo will also be on standby if koala casualties are high. "One of the great challenges for wildlife in bushfires is the staggering speed with which ... Panda baby steps out for the cameras - Mar 4, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldPemba, a four-month-old red panda cub, is fed some grapes during his first public appearance at Sydney's Taronga Zoo. Photo: AP ... Zoo releases boorolong frogs in NSW - Feb 19, 2008 Sydney Morning HeraldThe release occurred one year after Sydney's Taronga Zoo started a breeding ... "Taronga Zoo is continuing to conduct field research and breeding to boost ... Solitary confinement plan for elephant denied - Oct 11, 2005 Sydney Morning HeraldA male elephant would face a life of solitary confinement if it was brought from Thailand to live at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, a court heard today. ... On the brink: the case for zoos - Jun 20, 2007 Sydney Morning HeraldTaronga Zoo faced two years of concerted opposition when it recently sought to bring five surplus Asian elephants from work camps in Thailand - where they ... Compare the meerkats at Aussie zoo - Feb 20, 2009 ITV.com - ITV.comSydney's Taronga Zoo celebrated the arrivals - the first meerkats to be born there in nine years - with an official photo shoot. ... Private zoo for APEC wives - Aug 26, 2007 NEWS.com.auAnimals from Taronga Zoo will be moved to Garden Island so APEC wives can view them without being annoyed by tourists Source: The Sunday Telegraph ... Rat attack: Mosman ready for rodent invasion - Dec 4, 2008 Sydney Morning HeraldUnder the plan, backed by the local council, Taronga Zoo and the National Parks and Wildlife Service, a campaign would be launched in 2010 to trap 70 per ... Tasmanian Devil could be extinct in decade withour cancer vaccine - Oct 17, 2008 NEWS.com.auTex the Tasmanian Devil has breakfast at Taronga Zoo as the campaign urging ... The grim warning came as Taronga Zoo today launched a public fundraising ... Animal instinct - Mar 24, 2007 Sydney Morning HeraldThis experience is highly valued by Taronga Zoo when it considers ... Taronga Zoo also accepts students from years 10 to 12 to participate in work ... Aussie Zoo Hearing Puts Asian Elephants on Hold - Dec 4, 2009 National GeographicBut a spokesperson for Taronga Zoo, Lisa Keen, says a keeper recently returned from Thailand, where the waiting elephants were reported to be in good ... You belong in the zoo - Feb 22, 2008 Sydney Morning HeraldIN THE two summer months that Taronga Zoo resounds with live music as part of its twilight concert series, something intriguing happens among its permanent ... Article: Caption only: Iguana rescue - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)... - Jun 19, 2008 Pay-Per-View - Deseret News - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Taronga Zoo Selects WatchGuard Firebox X Integrated ... ... Nasdaq:WGRD) today announced that Taronga Zoo in Sydney has selected the new Firebox . ... Chimpanzee birth adds female touch - Mar 5, 2008 Herald SunTHE birth of a chimpanzee at Taronga Zoo has added a much-needed female touch to the breeding program at Sydney's Taronga Zoo. ... Ppp-petrified of water: The moment two little penguins were released ... - Mar 20, 2009 Daily MailAfter a little encouragement from the Taronga Zoo vet, however, he followed his friend into the sea. The penguins, also called Fairy Penguins, ... New legal bid to block elephant import - Aug 19, 2006 NEWS.com.auAfter three months in the Indian Ocean territory five of the eight will be brought to Sydney's Taronga Zoo. Melbourne Zoo is getting the other three ... One of world's oldest chimps dies at 60 - Jul 21, 2007 ä¸å›½æ—¥æŠ¥Fifi was the matriarch of the 18 chimpanzees at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, and celebrated her 60th birthday in May with sugar-free cupcakes and coconuts among ... "Groucho Marx" penguin has happy feet - Jan 10, 2007 Reuters UKThe penguin nick-named "Munroe" was taken to Sydney's Taronga Zoo, ... "The girls have been on their own for quite some time now," Taronga Zoo spokeswoman ... Calls for Taronga Zoo welfare chief to resign - 06 Aug 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldTHE chairman of Taronga Zoo's conservation and welfare committee, Anthony English, has been called on to resign after it emerged he was an advocate of game Jessica Chau and Tegan Jeal - 06 Aug 2009 The Western WeekenderTwo students from McCarthy Catholic College are preparing for the sleepover of a lifetime after they were selected to be part of Taronga Zoo's Science Week. Australian films: not coming to a screen near you - 06 Aug 2009 Brisbane TimesContrast this with the excitement and joy generated by the birth of the elephant at Taronga Zoo and the thousands who came to see it. Your morning adorable: Asian small-clawed otters at Australia's ... - Jul 25, 2009 Los Angeles TimesAustralia's Taronga Zoo is home to a host of animals, but we think the resident Asian small-clawed otter family may rival them all for the title of cutest First son: Elephant's name picked from thousands - Jul 26, 2009 ABC OnlineKeepers at Sydney's Taronga Zoo have pored over 32000 suggestions from the public to pick a name for the first elephant to be born in Australia. Lucky hippo finds new home in Melbourne - Aug 2, 2009 BigPond NewsMonifa, who's name means 'I am lucky' in Nigerian, was born weighing just 3.8kg at the Taronga Zoo. Zoo keepers provided 24-hour care for her by sleeping Fishing cats move in at Hamilton Zoo - Jul 23, 2009 Newstalk ZBA six-year-old male and 10-year-old female arrived last Thursday from Sydney's Taronga Zoo. The Asian cats are capable of swimming underwater for long Royal debate over baby elephant's name - Jul 16, 2009 Radio AustraliaThe elephant was born at Sydney's Taronga Zoo and is the first to be born in Australia. It's sure to be a drawcard for visitors but will it be named after July 27: Politics briefing - Jul 26, 2009 The AustralianNSW Premier Rees will be at Taronga Zoo this morning, along with Deputy Premier Carmel Tebbutt, for the official naming of Sydney's new baby elephant. MediaWATCH: Thailand Worst for Crime, say Brits - Jul 27, 2009 Phuketwan...abc.net.au Keepers at Sydney's Taronga Zoo have picked a name for the first elephant to be born in Australia. New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees announced Brisbane zoo included in world's top ten - Jul 13, 2009 e-Travel Blackboard (press release)The only other Australian zoo to be included in the prestigious list was Sydney's Taronga Zoo, placing it with San Diego and Singapore Zoos. Don Noble: Retired zoo professional shares funny office tales - Jul 12, 2009 Dateline Alabama...as general curator at the new Phoenix Zoo and the Honolulu Zoo; and director of the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, which had a mandatory retirement age of 62. Dymocks offers unique interpretation of what 'exclusive Twitter ... - Jul 25, 2009 MuMbrella - everything under Australia's media & marketing umbrellaIf you thought the gestation period of Taronga Zoo's new baby elephant was long, then you haven't checked out the devlopment of book company Dymock's Sydney Snipers PP-Pick Off Penguin Killers - Jul 14, 2009 Sky NewsPost-mortem examinations carried out at Taronga Zoo confirmed the injuries were consistent with a dog or fox attack. Animal forensics experts have been Albino kookaburra flying solo in the 'burbs - Jul 24, 2009 Illawara MercuryTaronga Zoo bird trainer Matt Kettle says it's not easy being white in the animal kingdom, and this little fella would be lucky to make it to his first Gorillas may be a source of AIDS, researchers find - Aug 3, 2009 IBTimes IndiaWestern Lowland silver back Gorilla Kibabu eats a treat during a photo opportunity at Taronga Zoo in Sydney in this August 28, 2008 file photo. BeSydney Hosted Buyer Program A Strong Success - Jul 29, 2009 eTravelBlackboard MICE NewsWith the aim of providing a unique Sydney experience, buyers visited Taronga Zoo, Bondi Beach and climbed the Harbour Bridge. They also visited the Sydney Mercy shooting - Jul 22, 2009 Newcastle HeraldHey, what opportunity here for Taronga Zoo too! In the same way it raises much-needed funds by selling animal manure, it could sell the animal's death. Fin edge of the shark wedge - Jul 14, 2009 Weekly Times NowTaronga Zoo in Sydney produced a fact sheet on sharks, showing that more people die from slipping in the bath or from bee stings than shark attacks. Free kids passes to 70 museums and galleries - Jul 11, 2009 StreetCorner...“To encourage the kids to take part, there's a series of prizes for those who are quick to complete it, including family passes to Taronga Zoo, Baby's day out - Jul 16, 2009 Gulf TimesThe unnamed male elephant calf at Taronga Zoo in Sydney tugs at a bamboo shoot as its mother looks on. Zoo Keepers are delighted with the progress made by Dog feeds abandoned panda cubs - Jul 20, 2009 Bartlesville LiveA red panda cub peers out of a towel-lined box while being weighed at Taronga Zoo March 28, 2007 in Sydney, Australia. (Ian Waldie, Getty Image) Two Belt up, this is your captain - Jul 27, 2009 Sydney Morning HeraldWhen he appeared at Taronga Zoo yesterday to name a baby elephant, the only shooters who turned up were armed with cameras. England expects: a winning draw? - Jul 17, 2009 Sydney Morning Herald...the Mosman Swans at Taronga Zoo, who generously hosted the 30 boys for an overnight "Zoosnooze", accompanied by Henry Playfair from the Sydney Swans. John Cleese nixes reports of Python reunion - Jul 16, 2009 CBC.caBritish comedian John Cleese is shown with Sebastian the Carpet Python at Taronga Zoo in Sydney on Jan. 6, 2006. Cleese is to perform in Toronto and Penguin patrol halts vicious attacks - Jul 25, 2009 NEWS.com.auPost-mortems have been carried out at Taronga Zoo on the 11 penguins found dead and DNA taken from bite marks has been examined to determine the identity of Top 10 cities to visit with children - Jul 31, 2009 Canada.com...www.visitsingapore.com If beaches, swimming pools and numerous ferries aren't enough, there's Sydney Aquarium, Taronga Zoo and the Koala Park Sanctuary, A move abroad: Cobb family recalls life Down Under - Jul 10, 2009 Redding PilotThere were outdoor concerts as well, and also the nearby Taronga Zoo. While on the continent, there are plenty of opportunities for further travel. A hell of a time for keeper - Jul 14, 2009 Tweed Daily NewsTaronga Zoo and the Australian Reptile Park also have “insurance populationsâ€?. Devils across Australia - including at Currumbin Sanctuary - are matched by a A holiday among illegal aliens - Jul 19, 2009 Brisbane TimesRather than just getting a tan on Bondi Beach or imitating the monkeys at Taronga Zoo, we are seeing parts of the harbour that many Sydney residents never Ãœbernachten im Zoo - Jul 27, 2009 AbendzeitungIm Zoo von Melbourne im australischen Bundesstaat Victoria und ganz neu im Taronga Zoo von Sydney können Besucher diesen Geheimnissen auf die Spur gehen. Снайперы защитÑ?Ñ‚ авÑ?тралийÑ?ких пингвинов от Ñ?обак и лиÑ? - Jul 15, 2009 Российская ГазетаÐ’Ñ?крытие, проведенное в Ñ?иднейÑ?ком зоопарке Taronga Zoo, показало, что они Ñ?кончалиÑ?ÑŒ от травм, нанеÑ?енным им Ñ?обаками или лиÑ?ами. Ð?вÑ?тралийÑ?кие Ñ?найперы будут защищать малых пингвинов - Jul 14, 2009 РИА НовостиСиднейÑ?кий зоопарк Taronga Zoo провел вÑ?крытие животных, в ходе которых выÑ?Ñ?нилоÑ?ÑŒ, что травмы были получены в результате нападениÑ? Ñ?обаки или лиÑ?Ñ‹. Um nome para o elefantinho - Jul 27, 2009 PioneiroO nome foi escolhido entre mais de 30 mil sugestões, num concurso feito pelo Sydney's Taronga Zoo, onde o elefantinho nasceu, no inÃcio do mês. As melhores cidades do mundo para visitar em famÃlia - Jul 31, 2009 Diário IOLDa Austrália, a cidade escolhida é Sidney: praias, piscinas, passeios de barco, o aquário de Sidney do Taronga Zoo eo Koala Park Sanctuary, Minunata coastă de est a Australiei - Jul 31, 2009 Evenimentul ZileiCa principale puncte de atractie in Sydney ar fi: Opera House, Habour Bridge, Botanical Garden, Taronga Zoo, Acvariul, Gradina Chinezeasca, Hide Parc, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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