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Search Articles. Search Store. Guests at the opening day of Taronga Park Zoo, as it was then called, on 7 October Photo Credit: courtesy Taronga Zoo. Jessie being transferred from the barge in School group at Taronga Zoo unknown date. The Mosman site of Taronga Zoo covers 52 acres.
Zoo keeper with a small star tortoise date unknown. Photo Credit: Taronga Zoo. Zoo keeper Cody brushing the teeth of a hippo. Unknown date Photo Credit: courtesy Taronga Zoo. Taronga Zoo staff member with two elephants unknown date. The Giraffe House at Taronga Zoo was completed in The Zoombile outreach program is still in operation today.
Keeper John West feeds a seal in the s. John West started his career in the Taronga Zoo Aquarium in Visitors observe a giant panda in the s. Children get up close with a pair of kiwis. At the time the zoo said baby Monifa, which means 'I am lucky' in Nigerian, was important to the regional population of eight pygmy hippos. Many chimpanzees have also been born at the zoo, with the latest two in , just six weeks apart. Taronga Zoo says its chimpanzee community is internationally recognised as one of the most natural in terms of social cohesion, behaviour and breeding.
While the animals are undoubtedly the stars of Taronga Zoo, many famous humans have visited the Sydney icon. In Taronga announced a five-year partnership with world renowned primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall. The project's aim was to expand the Tchimpounga Rehabilation Centre in the Congo, the largest sanctuary on the African continent, which cares for more than rescued or orphaned chimpanzees.
Sir David Attenborough has also spent time with the animals at Taronga. He is one of the zoo's centenary ambassadors, along with comedian John Cleese and actress Naomi Watts. Prince Harry visited the zoo in , trying on a wide-brimmed hat and being photographed with koalas.
It was the first day of his three-month holiday in Australia, where he spent time working as a jackaroo on a Queensland cattle station. It was followed by another royal visit in , when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge brought their son Prince George with them on a visit to Taronga Zoo. A bilby enclosure was named after the young royal, who also got a toy bilby to take home.
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