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Zoos are primarily facilities where animals are kept within enclosures and displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred. Such facilities include zoos , safari parks , animal theme parks , aviaries , butterfly zoos and reptile centers , as well as wildlife sanctuaries and nature reserves where visitors are allowed.
Situated on approximately 8 acres (3.2 ha) of land, it was initially established as a walk-through butterfly garden (the butterfly house remaining the flagship attraction of the place) and has now expanded to having a number of both native and exotic animal species including two saltwater crocodiles (the only two of their species to be kept in New Zealand) named Goldie and Scar.
The zoo, now left with Tisa and Zahara, is currently looking to import a new male giraffe or use artificial insemination on the younger female, Zahara. [25] In September 2012, Wellington Zoo opened a new enclosure for their Malayan sun bears, Sean and Sasa. [26] The zoo is currently awaiting the arrival of a new male sun bear for breeding with ...
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In 1996 New Zealand whio (blue duck) were added. Whio have become one of the Park's most important conservation species. Orana has regularly bred these highly threatened native birds for release to the wild, in various locations in the North Island. African wild dogs arrived in 1998. These animals are one of the most threatened African carnivores.
The kiwi is a national symbol of New Zealand.. The animals of New Zealand, part of its biota, have an unusual history because, before the arrival of humans, less than 900 years ago, the country was mostly free of mammals, except those that could swim there (seals, sea lions, and, off-shore, whales and dolphins) or fly there ().