Mogo Zoo

Mogo Wildlife Park (formerly Mogo Zoo) is a small privately owned zoo in Mogo, on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia.

Mogo Wildlife Park
Mogo Zoo Logo
Date opened17 November 1991
LocationMogo, New South Wales, AUS
Coordinates35.7954°S 150.1592°E / -35.7954; 150.1592
Land area13.11 ha (32.4 acres) Zoo site; Entire property 26.88 ha (66.4 acres)
No. of animals220+
No. of species30+
Websitemogowildlifepark.com.au

Description

Mogo is a member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ARAZPA) and has had success in breeding programs for endangered species, including the Snow leopard, Cotton-top tamarin, Black-and-white ruffed lemur, Red panda, and Sumatran tiger. The zoo has one of Australia's largest collections of primates.[1] Unlike most small Australian zoos, Mogo Wildlife Park focuses on exotic species.

Mogo Wildlife Park exhibits a large African savanna, and a series of islands for primate species. The zoo took over care from some unwanted animals from other collections.[2] During the 1990s the zoo kept an endangered Kea parrot, the only individual held in any Australian zoo at the time or since,[3] and was also the home of the last Siberian tiger in Australasia (Kuldur, who died in June 1997 aged seventeen).

In Nov 2019, Featherdale Wildlife Park bought Mogo Zoo from former owner Sally Padey, and took over full ownership and operations from the end of Nov 2019.[4]

Current Species listing

The zoo also keep Asian water buffalo herds which can be sighted in paddock directly north of the zoo grounds viewable on the inland side driving Tomakin Road in the direction towards Princes Highway and Mogo village shops.

Orangutan duo Jantan and Willow, originally from Taronga Zoo, whom are of mixed origin of both the Bornean orangutan and the Sumatran orangutan species, are currently not housed in the general public viewing area of the zoo.

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Species no longer kept by the zoo

Formerly held species included: American alligator, Bengal tiger, Black-handed spider monkey, Boa constrictor, Brazilian tapir, Burmese python, Chimpanzee, Crab-eating macaque, DeBrazza's monkey, Dingo, Fennec fox, Fiji crested iguana, Francois' Langur, Green iguana, Jaguar, Kea, Koala, Little penguin, Puma, Red-handed tamarin, Reticulated python, Rhinoceros iguana, Scimitar-horned oryx, Siberian tiger, Syrian brown bear and Taiwanese beauty snake.

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References
  1. Smee, Ben (31 December 2019). "'We've lost our beautiful town': Mogo residents flee as bushfire rages up NSW south coast". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 31 December 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
  2. "Mogo Zoo". Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
  3. "Comparative Tabulation Report Nestor notabilis imported 1991". www.trade.cites.org. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  4. Campbell, Ian. ""They will honour my legacy and do it proud" – Sally Padey, Mogo Zoo". About Regional. Retrieved 13 November 2019.


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