The April school holidays is the perfect time to meet some of Perth Zoo’s newest and cutest arrivals.
In the African Savannah, a female giraffe calf will be out exploring her exhibit with mum Kitoto close by. The calf was born on March 7th and spent her first few weeks bonding with mum and adjusting to the outside world, meeting her dad, Armani, fellow giraffe Ellie and the zebras. The curious and confident calf is now keen to meet you!
Giraffe numbers in the wild have had a dramatic decline of 40% in the last 30 years, there are less than 80,000 of them roaming the African plains. This makes every giraffe birth in the regional breeding program vitally important.
The April school holidays is the perfect time to meet some of Perth Zoo’s newest and cutest arrivals.
In the African Savannah, a female giraffe calf will be out exploring her exhibit with mum Kitoto close by. The calf was born on March 7th and spent her first few weeks bonding with mum and adjusting to the outside world, meeting her dad, Armani, fellow giraffe Ellie and the zebras. The curious and confident calf is now keen to meet you!
Giraffe numbers in the wild have had a dramatic decline of 40% in the last 30 years, there are less than 80,000 of them roaming the African plains. This makes every giraffe birth in the regional breeding program vitally important.
On the boardwalk by the main lake, a tree kangaroo joey will be popping out of its mum, Kaluli’s pouch.
This is the third Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo to be born at Perth Zoo in recent years, following males, Haroli and Mian.
Native to Papua New Guinea, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroos are so endangered that zoos around the world have been working together to coordinate breeding with the aim of reversing their decline.
These adorable animals have long tails that help them balance and strong limbs with rubbery soles that allow them to grip branches.
If you wonder over to the Asian Rainforest, you may spot the Zoo’s furry Red Panda cub, Tenzing, climbing the giant fig tree in his exhibit.
Perth Zoo is part of a coordinated breeding program for this endangered species, and this new cub is the 19th Red Panda born at the Zoo since 1997.
Nepalese Red Pandas are found across the Himalayan Mountain and foothills of India, China, Nepal and Bhutan. Deforestation and illegal poaching continue to be significant threats to remaining populations. Less than 10,000 are thought to remain in the wild.
Escape to Perth Zoo these school holidays and discover more weird and wonderful facts about these Zoo babies and some of your other favourite animals. In-quiz-itive cubs can try their luck at the interactive quiz trail to go into the draw to win a roarsome prize.
The Wild Zone with plenty of activities will be open every day between 10am and 2pm. You can match your wits against the Perth Zoo Quiz Master to see if you can triumph in our animal quiz! Test your animal knowledge even further and challenge your friends in the Zoo’s online quiz.
Join in the fun at the Junior Wild Vet Hospital at Zoo HQ. Dress up as a zoo vet and see if you can figure out what’s troubling Leonard the lion or Gina the giraffe? All the tools you need, such as a stethoscope, medicine and bandages will be on hand.
Perth Zoo will be open every day of the Easter long weekend 9:00am – 5:00pm. More information can be found at www.perthzoo.com.au
We’re giving you the chance to WIN 1 of 85 family passes to Perth Zoo this April school holiday.
Submit the form below to enter. Competition closes 10am 9 April, 2018.
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