Featherdale’s partnership with GE Health resulted in the donation of a state-of-the-art diagnostic ultrasound machine which helps to identify fertility and breeding availability as well as injuries and illness. It is used across the species but most frequently for the koala community with females being scanned to check fertility and pregnancy. There are currently over 40 koalas at Featherdale and in its’ 49 years of operation, the Park has successfully bred over 210 koalas. We share the benefits of this machine which is often also used by other zoos such as Taronga,
Featherdale’s partnership with GE Health resulted in the donation of a state-of-the-art diagnostic ultrasound machine which helps to identify fertility and breeding availability as well as injuries and illness. It is used across the species but most frequently for the koala community with females being scanned to check fertility and pregnancy. There are currently over 40 koalas at Featherdale and in its’ 49 years of operation, the Park has successfully bred over 210 koalas. We share the benefits of this machine which is often also used by other zoos such as Taronga,
Featherdale’s partnership with GE Health resulted in the donation of a state-of-the-art diagnostic ultrasound machine which helps to identify fertility and breeding availability as well as injuries and illness. It is used across the species but most frequently for the koala community with females being scanned to check fertility and pregnancy. There are currently over 40 koalas at Featherdale and in its’ 49 years of operation, the Park has successfully bred over 210 koalas. We share the benefits of this machine which is often also used by other zoos such as Taronga,
The ‘Save the Bilby Fund’ has found a dedicated ally in Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park, which plays a pivotal role in supporting the New South Wales campaign. Featherdale actively contributes to raising awareness by featuring educational programs and exhibits centered around the endangered Bilby. Their collaboration extends beyond awareness, as Featherdale is committed to implementing on-site conservation measures and actively participating in the broader campaign’s initiatives. By leveraging its status as a popular wildlife park, Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park engages visitors and channelizes resources toward protecting the Bilby’s habitat, further reinforcing the collective endeavor to ensure a sustainable future for this distinctive Australian marsupial.
The ‘Save the Bilby Fund’ has found a dedicated ally in Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park, which plays a pivotal role in supporting the New South Wales campaign. Featherdale actively contributes to raising awareness by featuring educational programs and exhibits centered around the endangered Bilby. Their collaboration extends beyond awareness, as Featherdale is committed to implementing on-site conservation measures and actively participating in the broader campaign’s initiatives. By leveraging its status as a popular wildlife park, Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park engages visitors and channelizes resources toward protecting the Bilby’s habitat, further reinforcing the collective endeavor to ensure a sustainable future for this distinctive Australian marsupial.
The ‘Save the Bilby Fund’ has found a dedicated ally in Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park, which plays a pivotal role in supporting the New South Wales campaign. Featherdale actively contributes to raising awareness by featuring educational programs and exhibits centered around the endangered Bilby. Their collaboration extends beyond awareness, as Featherdale is committed to implementing on-site conservation measures and actively participating in the broader campaign’s initiatives. By leveraging its status as a popular wildlife park, Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park engages visitors and channelizes resources toward protecting the Bilby’s habitat, further reinforcing the collective endeavor to ensure a sustainable future for this distinctive Australian marsupial.
Featherdale Keepers have worked with the Nature Conservation Working Group of the Murray Catchment Area to release endangered Bush Stone Curlews back into the wild. These shy, ground-dwelling birds rely on camouflage to remain hidden by day, and feed at night. Their numbers have been adversely affected due to predation from feral species and land clearing.
Featherdale Keepers have worked with the Nature Conservation Working Group of the Murray Catchment Area to release endangered Bush Stone Curlews back into the wild. These shy, ground-dwelling birds rely on camouflage to remain hidden by day, and feed at night. Their numbers have been adversely affected due to predation from feral species and land clearing.
Featherdale Keepers have worked with the Nature Conservation Working Group of the Murray Catchment Area to release endangered Bush Stone Curlews back into the wild. These shy, ground-dwelling birds rely on camouflage to remain hidden by day, and feed at night. Their numbers have been adversely affected due to predation from feral species and land clearing.
Featherdale Wildlife Park welcomed 2 year old Tasmanian Devil brothers, Saxon and Vandal from Peel Zoo in Western Australia as part of the Tasmanian Devil Insurance Population. This vital program has been developed to build a sustainable captive population of Tasmanian Devils, free from the fatal Devil Facial Tumour Disease which has decimated the Tasmanian wild population in the past two decades.
Since discovery of the disease, sightings of wild Devils have decreased by approximately 70 percent. The Cancer is transmitted like a contagious disease and is characterised by large facial tumours around the face and neck. The Disease makes it increasingly difficult to compete for and, digest food, with most Devils dying within a few short months of tumours first appearing.
The Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA), in conjunction with the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE), are managing the Devil Breeding Program and are working towards maintaining the captive insurance population of 550 Devils. This strategy may one day assist in re-establishing wild Tasmanian Devil populations in Tasmania.