When you buy an animal encounter, you help support our conservation programs
Tasmanian Devil Day, initiated by the park, is held each year and donations have gone to the University of Tasmania and towards the upkeep of the devils here at the park.
Our Branching Out for Koalas progam has allocated over 3000 gum trees for planting. Both habitat trees for koala populations in the wild and feed trees for our koalas on plantation property and here at the park. You can purchase trees to help koalas!
Animal Sponsorship is a great way to support our animals and conservation efforts.
Cassowaries (Casuarius sp.) are native to the tropical forests of Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and northeastern Australia.
Recent studies (Pangau-Adam et al., 2015) have found that cassowaries are intolerant of heavy forest disturbance and that forest degradation needs to be addressed in order to secure their populations.
In 100 years, 97% of all Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) have been lost. They are victims of illegal hunting and human-wildlife conflict, but habitat degradation is the main threat to their survival.
From 1990 to 2010, Sumatra lost about 40% of its forests, mainly due to the expansion of oil palm plantations, which threatens the survival of this species with an estimate of under 400 individuals remaining in the wild.
Tree kangaroos (Dendrolagus sp.) live in lowland and mountainous rainforests in West Papua, Papua New Guinea, and the far north of Queensland, Australia.
Habitat loss for logging, timber production, or conversion to coffee, rice, or oil palm plantations have become the major threats to their survival.
