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Sotherland Zoo; Part of EAZA
Topic Started: Dec 24 2009, 12:46 AM (576 Views)
animalguy
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Hey guys this is my first S&T so I cant wait to get started critisisem is welcom as that is how we learn. First i will give you some background info.

Short Discription Of Zoo History
This zoo started up in 1930 and was very succsesful but due to dwindiling profits the state gouverment steped in to help but its efforts were useless the zoo closed down in 1960. After 10 years the lot which the zoo had been built on was cleared only a few trees were left along with some rocks, A young man whose name was Robert James Sotherland stepeted in and bought the lot and and started construction on a small pen for 3 Eastern Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) and in 2009 this was complete with 3 small fountains toilets a hot dog stand and some more foliage.

A word from the staff
This zoo was built to entertain guests aswell as give them a oppurtinity to learns as they travel through the lush grounds of the Sotherland Zoo. Robert along with all the staff would like to thank you for visisting this zoo and hope you come back. We do not have many animals yet but that will change as the zoo grows.
From the staff of Sotherland Zoo

Now Im sure youve been waiting for pics so I wont make you wait much longer :)

Picture time

You enter the zoo and see many diferent species of plants native to the area such as the Red Pine, Maple Tree along with many Bracken ferns
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You walk further and reach two mustang stautes that are very beacutiful with the way there carved
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You walk on towards the first exhbit but before you reach it you reach a stunning little garden with fountains and dasies
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You reach the observation area for the exhbit where you discover there are 3 turkeys (1m 2f). These were found roaming the park when the lot was bought and were given a exhbit.

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here is one of our females she is the least shy of the 3 and often comes cloes to the fence though she is also the most solitary of the 3 sticking to her self in the exhbit.

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Here is our male who is pretty shy at the moment he likes to roam in the longer grases at the back of the exhbit but seems to stick with our other female alot :HUGGLES: (not pictured)

Now if we leave the turkey we can get a drink at a nerby fountain which was built for our guest to refresh themselves with.
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If you head down a nerby winding path
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You reach a hot dog stand :IWANTCANDY: which geusts can buy hot dogs from for a resanbole price as well as sit down on the nerby table which a guest is demonstrating now :lol:
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Also we built some toilets as our guests seem to be having alot of accidents (I thought they were toilet trained :lol:) which made the zoo stink.
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Also earlier today I got a photo of the Turkey exhbit for all of you to see
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Well there you have it thats the zoo (exhbit) so far that wont be another update for a while as im going on holidays if you would like to request something pm me (I may not listen to your request as I would like to keep it realistic but dont let that discourage you). Also I will probably be very active in the trading center soon looking for some new animals as well as plants.

From Robert James Sotherland, Director of Sotherland Zoo
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animalguy
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Just to tell you we have plans for a new exhbit :) we are uncertain what will live here. We are going through the posibilities and looking at some zoos that have these animals we are thinking something small. Also If you would like to sponsor a animal contact me :)

From Robert James Sotherland, Director of Sotherland Zoo
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Nice zoo! I like the last pic of the turkey exhibit. I have an excess of speckled longfin eels at my zoo. If you would like any, contact me at the trade center for details.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall have eternal life." John 3:16
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animalguy
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Sorry for not updating in a while but an update will be coming later on as I just have to preapare some pics and edit them. Also I have decided on an animal though we have not reccived them yet. I will give you a clue though they come from Portugal and Spain.

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animalguy
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Okay update time we now have some young animals in the zoo along with a new project which is only wating for the first arrivals from Portugal.

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First some pics of some of our new arrivels some have grown up but some still are young and some still havent hatched.

here are is one of our younger turkeys this one really likes to hide and was hard to find
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We also have some eggs which havent hatched yet though this one is close
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okay time to show you our new exhbit
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first we have an overview of the area which includes the outdoor area and the indoor area
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We will start with the indoor area which has two entrences
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At this end of the indoor area there is a quarrintine exhbit and an indoor veiwing area

The quarrinte area for this area
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a veiwing area looking into the wolfs den
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if you go to the other end of the walkay you will see a ramp leading upstairs
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upstairs you can look down on the dens
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you head out the exit towords the outdoor areas which have a forsty feal to them
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You reach a veiwing area and get a great view of the exhbit
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Next I would like to show you some pics of new areas not pictured on the overview
we decided to dig out a lake and made a relaxation area as you can see.
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we also made a small rest area for our tired guests
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well thats this update hope you enjoyed it next update you can expect to meat our two new iberian wolves and much more. also if any one has a male iberian wolf I would gladly trade it for something. one last thing were looking for a zoo to patner up with if you interested please say so :)

From Robert James Sotherland, Director of Sotherland Zoo
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that's a good looking exhibit, cam
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alex12
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where did u get the trees in the worlfs den , but amazing zoo so far :) cant wait to see more
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animalguy
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Hey guys Im going to have a competion running to see who could come up with a new name for the Sotherland Zoo the winner who will be chosen by me will get $20,000 towords their zoo or a zoo of their choice :) you have until the 13th of January noon my time so get thinking :D
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animalguy
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Update time :D

First some news:
*The zoo has been offered a large peice of grassland just outside of the city of Adelaide by the river torrens :D. we have chosen to aceept this as it is pretty close to where we are now plus there is threat of bush fires so its safer.

okay now for some pics 2 to be exact we will start with I will show you pics of our wolves finally :) (note we are still looking for a male and we are getting despret :( )

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we will start with Santana the younger shyer one as you can see. She enjoyes hiding in amongst the foliage but can be very playful when she wants to be or when foods involved :lol:

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Saba is the older one and loves running around and exploring their exhbit but can keep to herself when the keepers come in we don't know why but hopefully she will cotton on.

Sorry for the short update the next one should be bigger.

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animalguy
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sorry for no updates lately I'm just realy stuck for ideas :)
update soon
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