Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo in Australia


Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo
Typezoo
Owner
Founded1977
Address Obley Road
Zip-code NSW 2830
Place Dubbo
StateNew South Wales
Country Australia
Website Website
DirectorsNick Boyle
Key People -: Alfons Arndt (animal trainer)
VeterinariansDr Benn Bryant
Elephant department
Elephant managementProtected Contact, since
Head keepers
of elephants		 2020-now: Joel Kerr
(elephant head-keeper)
2016-2020: Glenn Sullivan
(elephant head-keeper)
-2016: Linda Gardiner
(elephant head-keeper)
Elephant keepers 2009-2020: Bobby-Jo Vial (elephant keeper)
2013-2020: Joel Kerr (elephant keeper)
2011-2016: Glenn Sullivan (elephant keeper)
-: Bec O'Riordan (elephant keeper)
-: Bradd Johnston (senior elephant keeper)
-: Jackie Stuart (elephant keeper)
-: Jason Kauntze-Cockburn (elephant keeper)
-: Linda Gardiner (elephant keeper)
-: Linda Gardiner (elephant keeper)
Record history
History of updates2025-03-18:
Latest document update2025-03-18 15:30:01
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Description

Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo, located at Obley Road, in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia , was founded in 1977

Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo elephants are managed in Protected Contact, since

.

Living elephants

At the Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo lives 7 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. ♀ Anjalee born 2006-08-23
  2. ♂ Gung born 2000
  3. ♀ Kanlaya born 2018-06-14
  4. ♂ Pathi Harn born 2010-03-10
  5. ♀ Porntip born 1992
  6. ♂ Sabai born 2016-11-02
  7. ♀ Thong Dee born 2000

Comments / pictures1998: The females, worked in free-contact, are housed in the same building in individual stalls, the bull, worked in Protected Contact, is housed in a separate building. All four spend the day together on exhibit (about 2.5 hectares). //Linda Gardiner, 29 July 1998.

Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo in Australia AustraliaBec O'Riordan, Cheri, Linda Gardiner, Yum Yum, Jason Kauntze-Cockburn, Robert, Cuddles and Roger.

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Koehl, Dan (2025). Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=76. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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