Animal Stories
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Bearded Dragon
Spike is our Bearded Dragon, she loves to welcome people as they enter the zoo. Bearded Dragons live in arid, rocky, semi-desert regions and dry open woodlands of Australia.
Bearded Dragons have an average life span of 10–20 years, although some have been known to live longer. We love looking after Spike her favourite foods are [...] -
Bobcats
Our Bobcats love to sleep in their hammocks, but at dawn and dusk are very active playing and hunting for their food that the keepers hide for them.
The female Kakisa and male Sikanni are litter mates 9 years of age. Sikanni is vasectomised so they are not a breeding pair. Although Bobcats prefer to eat [...]
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Bearded Dragon
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Jumbo (Mila), African elephant plays in her new enclosure
Click on photo above to view video of Mila, African elephant retired from the circus, enjoys playing in the rain loves her variety of mud, dirt and sand wallows around her... -
Jumbo the elephant enjoying her retirement at Franklin Zoo
Franklin Zoo and Wildlife Sanctuary in Tuakau has been the home for Jumbo (Mila) the retired circus elephant for the past six months. Sanctuary director and veterinarian Dr Helen Schofield says... -
Tony Returns
Tony the Chacma Baboon is coming home to Franklin Zoo after living at Auckland Zoo since Feb 2007. We moved Tony to Auckland Zoo so he could be in a...
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Ay: The New Cotton Topped Tamarin
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