Sydney Zoo is a zoo in Bungarribee in the Western Sydney Parklands, in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Sydney Zoo is located 38 kilometres (24 mi) west of the Sydney central business district. It occupies a 16.5-hectare (41-acre) site. Sydney Zoo is a member of the Zoos and Aquariums Association of Australia and New Zealand.[2][3]
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Slogan | A unique animal encounter and educational experience |
Date opened | 7 December 2019[1] |
Location | Bungarribee, Western Sydney Parklands, Sydney. New South Wales, Australia |
Land area | 16.5 hectares (41 acres) |
No. of species | 100+ |
Annual visitors | 800,000 (forecasted estimate) |
Memberships | ZAA[2] |
Owner | Privately-owned |
Management | Jake Burgess (CEO) |
Website | sydneyzoo |
Development
editSydney Zoo was founded in 2015 with an aim to introduce local and international visitors to a range of animal species from all over the world, while also educating on animal welfare and conservation. The zoo has formed a partnership with the Western Sydney University and TAFE NSW.[4]
Sydney Zoo's senior curatorial and animal acquisition team includes current and former presidents of the NSW Fauna and Marine Parks Association (NSW FMPA) and the current president of the International Congress of Zoos (ICZ).[citation needed]
The zoo is subject to the oversight of government agencies including the Animal Welfare Unit of the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and the key zoo industry body in Australasia, the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA). The zoo's social programs include school education programs and aboriginal employment. Specific infrastructure to assist in the delivery of these programs includes veterinary facilities, quarantine facilities, extensive feed preparation and storage areas, an educational amphitheatre and disability access.
Exhibits
editSydney Zoo's exhibit sizes exceed NSW Department of Primary Industries standards by an average of 2.6 times.[citation needed] Sydney Zoo includes over 30 exhibits and a variety of animal species both exotic and Australian native kept in different focus precinct alphabetically listed below.[5]
- Africa
- African lion
- African wild dog
- Cape porcupine
- Cheetah
- Dromedary camel
- Giraffe
- Meerkat
- Nyala
- Ostrich
- Plains zebra
- Southern white rhinoceros
- Spotted hyena
- (Capybara also live in an exhibit in this area of the zoo)
- Aquarium
- Alligator snapping turtle
- Australian bass
- Banded rainbowfish
- Barbour's seahorse
- Barramundi
- Bicolour blenny
- Black phantom tetra
- Black-axil puller
- Blacktail humbug
- Bull shark
- Cleaner shrimp
- Common clownfish
- Common yabby
- Coral cardinalfish
- Crimson-spotted rainbowfish
- Dusky surgeonfish
- Dwarf hawkish
- Eastern long-necked turtle
- Eastern water dragon
- Eel-tailed catfish
- Emperor tetra
- Fork-tailed catfish
- Freshwater angelfish
- Giant glassfish
- Glowlight tetra
- Golden perch
- Golden-head sleeper goby
- Gulf saratoga
- Indo-Pacific tarpon
- Jade perch
- Leopard wrasse
- Little penguin
- Longfin eel
- Mandarinfish
- Milkfish
- Mono
- Morrison's dragonfish
- Murray cod
- Murray River rainbowfish
- Neon tetra
- Olive perchlet
- Orange-spot surgeonfish
- Pacific blue-eye
- Peppermint shrimp
- Pig-nosed turtle
- Pink anemonefish
- Red rainbowfish
- Red-spotted blenny
- Rummy-nose tetra
- Saltwater crocodile
- Sand-sifting sea star
- Seven-spot archerfish
- Silver perch
- Sixline wrasse
- Snakehead gudgeon
- Spotted scat
- Western carp gudgeon
- Yellow boxfish
- Yellow coral goby
- Yellow-eyed mullet
- Zebra dartfish
- Asia
- Australia
- Middle Corridor (Australia Building)
- Nocturnal Australia (Australia Building)
- Primate Boulevard
- Reptile House (Australia Building)
- Australian scrub python
- Black-headed monitor
- Boyd's forest dragon
- Broad-headed snake
- Burn's dragon
- Central netted dragon
- Centralian carpet python
- Common death adder
- Diamond carpet python
- Eastern brown snake
- Frill necked lizard
- Green tree python
- Heath monitor
- Inland taipan
- Lace monitor
- Mertens' water monitor
- Perentie
- Pygmy spiny-tailed skink
- Red-bellied black snake
- Rough-scaled python
- Shingleback skink
- Tiger snake
See also
edit- Louise Grossfeldt (Sydney Zoo's primates curator)
- Taronga Zoo
- Featherdale Wildlife Park
References
edit- ^ Boon, Maxim (25 November 2019). "New Sydney Zoo announces long-awaited opening date". TimeOut. Sydney, Australia. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Zoo and Aquarium Association Institutional Members' Directory". zooaquarium.org.au. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
- ^ "Brand new Sydney Zoo commences construction". Western Sydney Parklands. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ Evans, Simon (8 November 2017). "Sydney Zoo backers eye ASX listing as western Sydney booms". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ "Animals". Sydney Zoo. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
External links
edit- Official website
- Sydney Zoo (n.d.). "Welcome to Sydney Zoo" (PDF). Independent Planning Commission of New South Wales. Government of New South Wales.