Chital deer Monarto Zoo

I enjoy seeing the birds and animals of Australia on my travels around our wonderful country. Wherever possible I take photos of them to share here on this site and on Trevor’s Birding, my site about birds.

But I also love visiting the various zoos around Australia. Whenever I get the chance to do this I take photos of the birds and animals encountered and again share them here or on my other site about birds. Today I feature some of the animals of Monarto Zoo which happens to be a ten minute drive from my home in Murray Bridge.

Monarto Zoo is a part of the Adelaide Zoo, one of our oldest zoos and well known for its conservation efforts in breeding endangered species. The Monarto section opened to the public in 1993 and has developed an international reputation for its conservation efforts. The keepers have been most successful in breeding a herd of Przewalski’s Horses, for example, once listed as extinct in the wild and now reintroduced to their natural habitat and thriving.

I have included a series of photos of some of the animals seen on this latest visit to the zoo, including deer, rhinos, ostrich, black buck and others.

Further reading:

• Trevor’s Birding – my site about Australian Birds
• Monarto Zoo
• Adelaide Zoo

Eland, Monarto Zoo

Black buck, Monarto Zoo

Rhinos, Monarto Zoo

African Painted Dog, Monarto Zoo

Barbary Sheep, Monarto Zoo

Ostrich, Monarto Zoo