Taronga

Bob Sheridan arrived in Dubbo and holds his bike above his head in front of Taronga Western Plains Zoo.

Factors such as habitat loss, hunting and the exotic pet trade have imperilled the South American apes, making Taronga's breeding program all the more vital, primate keeper Sasha Brook said.

To mark National Threatened Species Day, held annually on September 7, the Taronga Western Plains Zoo is celebrating the success of a number of their conservation breeding programs.

They also brought their baby, Diana’s grandson Prince George, who spent most of the stay with his nanny in Canberra, although he made an appearance at Taronga Zoo, where he met a bilby.

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Above, a sedated platypus being examined at the Taronga Wildlife Hospital in Australia.

Another developer, the Sydney-based Taronga Group run by managing directors Avi Naidu and Jonathan Hannam, recently had a proposal for a six-storey building in Windsor rejected after an appeal at Victoria's planning tribunal.

A Taronga Park tram crashed into the back of a tram bound for Victoria Avenue, Chatswood.

Koalas were exhibited at Melbourne Zoo from 1861 and at Taronga Zoo from 1914.

Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo has two new 1-month-old baby Giraffes.

Galapagos Duck have a new mascot - a Galapagos tortoise which the jazz band is sponsoring at Taronga Zoo.

Taronga’s director of welfare, conservation andscience, Nick Boyle, says the zoo has been trying to get ahead of the extinction game.

Western Lowland Gorilla and he and his family moved from Taronga Zoo to Mogo Zoo in 2013.

Taronga Zoo is situated in Mosman.