Meet the zookeeper who’s the animal expert equivalent of Cupid— skilled at matching the perfect couple and making sure the first date goes so smoothly these cute bubs are made.
born at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, we bring you another cute little guy — but now with an added Tinder-style backstory.The triplets were part of the Zoo and Aquarium Association’s breeding program for zoos across Australasia.
“Once the pandas have been paired up, based on many factors such as social compatibility and genetic diversity, it’s the job of the zoo keepers to make sure their first date goes well.”With every meeting getting a little longer than their last, the shy pandas are soon ready to spend the night together, which means it’s time for the keepers to start talking birth plans to ensure mum and cubs are happy and healthy.
Auckland Zoo’s new cubs Tashi and Taronga Zoo’s Rohan, Ishwar and Mishry join older cubs in the breeding program from Perth Zoo, Symbio Wildlife Park and Wellington Zoo. While breeding programs are a key part of conservation, they are only one part of the fight to save an endangered species like the red panda, found in the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.wild were protected in their natural habitat was just as important.conservation partners,” he said.
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