NEWS
NOVEMBER
- A tragic death by poisoning of a rare sumatran tiger
has robbed Wellington Zoo of its breeding male. Jambi was fed beef laced with an
euthanasia drug and fell into a coma, dying four days later on 1 Nov 2001. Jambi had
been born at Taronga zoo and had sired six cubs, one of whom, Malu is a mother
of three.(Tiger Family Tree)
The death of this tiger has left Wellington zoo without a breeding pair, their
two remaining tigers being mother and son. The female tiger, Cantik and a lioness,
Manta also ate the poisoned food but were saved from death.
- Celebratory news at Adelaide zoo though, with the birth of a baby siamang, the
first birth of its species at the zoo in ten years. The little gibbon, gender unknown,
is the child of father, Ulysses, who was born at Adelaide zoo in 1987 and mother,
Mang, who arrived from San Francisco Zoo in 1997. This youngster was actually
born on October 20th.
- Wellington Zoo in New Zealand has lost a second big cat in a week. A 14 year old
lioness called Mara was put down on Saturday 10 Nov after eating contaminated
meat that also killed male Sumatran Tiger Jambi Apparently four big cats
were fed meat laced with an euthanasa drug, the remaining two, a female tiger called
Cantick and a lioness, Manta have survived.
- Adelaide Zoo is the news this month, with lots of positive information. Something
which Wellington Zoo wished that they had I'm sure. Ed McAlister, Adelaide Zoos chief
executive has been elected President of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
Dr McAlister has run Adelaide Zoo since 1991 and is the first person from Australasia
to be elected President of WAZA since its foundation in 1946.
- Adelaide Zoo has also had a successful breeding season. Along with the Siamang
(see above), there was also the birth of 16 Blood Pythons, the first time this
species has been bred in Australia. This python is an endangered species from
South East Asia.
- As well, Adelaides resident sea lions, Shara and Birri are parents
of their first pup, which is thought to be a male.
- Dreamworld, on the Gold Coast, has two new residents with the arrival of two cute
Bengal Tiger cubs. The brother and sister were born at Bullen's Wildlife Sanctuary
in New South Wales and have joined six other tigers at Dreamworld. They will be part
of a breeding program of the tiger sub-species.
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