Werribee Open Range Zoo in Australia

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Werribee Open Range Zoo
Typezoo
Size225 hectares (560 acres)
First elephant arrived2025
Opened for public1983
Address K Rd
Zip-code 3030
Place Werribee
Province Werribee South
StateVictoria
Country Australia
Website Website
Related persons
OwnerZoological Parks and Gardens Board
Zoological department
Zookeeper -: Linda Gardiner
Elephant department
Elephant managementProtected Contact, since
Record history
History of updates2025-02-20: elephants arrived
Latest document update2025-04-10 12:59:56
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Description

Werribee Open Range Zoo, located at K Rd, in Werribee, Victoria, Australia , opened for public in 1983 and the first elephant arrived in 2025

Werribee Open Range Zoo elephants are managed in Protected Contact, since .

Living elephants

At the Werribee Open Range Zoo lives 9 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. ♀ Aiyara born 2022-11-16
  2. ♀ Dokkoon born 1993
  3. ♀ Kati born 2023-01-01
  4. ♀ Kulab born 2000
  5. ♂ Luk Chai born 2009-07-04
  6. ♀ Mali born 2010-01-16
  7. ♀ Mek Kapah born 1973
  8. ♀ Num-Oi born 2001
  9. ♂ Roi-Yim born 2022-11-25

Comments / picturesWerribee Open Range Zoo is an African themed zoo in Werribee, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, about 32 kilometres (20 mi) south-west of Melbourne. It is part of the Zoological Parks and Gardens Board or 'Zoos Victoria' which also includes Melbourne Zoo and Healesville Sanctuary. It is situated on approximately 225 hectares (560 acres) and is located on the Werribee River in Werribee Park, adjacent to the Werribee Mansion.

2020: Premier Dan Andrews announced an $84 million upgrade to the suburban zoo coming in the state’s budget. The announcement also included news about the Asian elephants currently residing at Melbourne Zoo. These elephants, which currently live within a two-hectare space in the CBD, will be relocated to Werribee and will get over 22 hectares of space to roam around.

2025: 9 elephants arrived.


References for records about Werribee Open Range Zoo

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Werribee Open Range Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3091. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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