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female indian rhino in australia!
26-09-2006

From the abc website
John Cleese to visit Dubbo for rhino program

John Cleese to visit Dubbo for rhino program
Tuesday, 26 September 2006. 08:31 (AEDT)Tuesday, 26 September 2006. 07:31 (ACST)Tuesday, 26 September 2006. 07:31 (AEST)Tuesday, 26 September 2006. 08:31 (ACDT)Tuesday, 26 September 2006. 05:31 (AWST)
English comedian and actor John Cleese will visit Dubbo next month for a fundraiser for the Western Plains Zoo.

The Taronga Foundation is working to raise $200,000 towards the cost of expanding facilities to begin a breeding program for the greater one-horned rhinoceros.

The zoo's general manager William Garton says it was able to secure the famous actor through his friendship with author and conservationist Bradley Trevor Greive.

"Through the planning and assistance of Bradley we've been able to get John Cleese to come out and perform in a one-off occasion here in Dubbo," he said.

"[It will be] in a format that's very much an intimate kind of night with John Cleese in support of some fundraising for our greater one-horned rhino breeding program."

Mr Garton says the wild asian wetlands exhibit is undergoing a $750,000 expansion.

"We've imported a female mate for Dora just as recently as last week," he said.
"And once that quarantine's up we're going to be able to start making introductions, once the facility's built - and construction's already under way - so it's all steam ahead."

26-09-2006

to quote steve irwin....

WOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Female Indian rhino
27-09-2006

Anyone know from where the Indian rhino was sourced?

Jelle

27-09-2006

i found out about it the other day, but i carnt get any details cause zukipah wont tell me!

27-09-2006

The female was born at San Diego Wild Animal Park, 10 May 2003, and is named Kua. She arrived directly from San Diego Wild Animal Park and is currently undergoing quarantine at Taronga Zoo.

27-09-2006

is she on display in taronga

27-09-2006

No. The quarantine area is fenced off from public view.

27-09-2006

great stuff. they seem to be bout the only zoo in the world that i know of that breed indians really well. there seems to be alot of singletons about in zoos...

27-09-2006

I've been trying to find out info about her bloodline but cannot find any newspaper articles oir anuthing on the zoos website. Any pointers?

27-09-2006

nothing on isis - neither dubbo or taronga recording new arrivals of indian rhinos

no press releases at san diego zoo/ WAP site
no press releases at Taronga/western plains zoo site
no press releases at Zoofari Lodge is Australia's premier zoo-based accommodation
no press releases at western plains zoo site

thats all my ideas gone, short of calling zoo

27-09-2006

Kua's sire is named Arun, international studbook number 0190, wild caught in Nepal in 1990. Her dam is named Jakichu, captive born at San Diego Wild Animal Park in 1997. Jakichu's sire is Rabha, captive born in Hyderabad (India) in 1981, and her dam is Jumia, captive born, San Diego Wild Animal Park in 1986.

Data on the ISIS web site is generally only updated about monthly for most institutions, and the transfer was more recent than that.

27-09-2006

woa where did u get this info, that is so kool, or r u jsut really smart hehe

27-09-2006

From the ISIS web site - you need to login as a member to get to this sort of detail.

27-09-2006

wow, how did u get that, r u with a zoo, or jsut as individual member?

28-09-2006

well i hope introductions btween dora and kua go smoothly and as planned. i thinks its a shame WPZ didn't have the foresight to build a mixed species paddock for the rhino. hopefully, a successful breeding program for indians might spur another zoo to build an indo-nepalese terai type display, particuarly in the light of a decline in african hoofstock availability (asian, deer, bovines and antelope however are in large numbers and viable). still i wouldn't be supprised if they just become another black rhino - destined to remain a dubbo only attraction.

why is that?