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Underpaid Casuals at Australia’s Taronga Zoo Get $2.6M in Back Pay

June 9, 2023
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Workers from Taronga and Western Plains zoos will receive millions in back pay after the non-profit operator admitted to underpaying casual staff. The NSW zoo organisation on June 9 said it was acting to address underpayments worth about $2.6 million (US$1.7 million), including interest and superannuation. It found it was underpaying casual maintenance staff after undertaking…

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Five Lions Escape From Sydney’s Taronga Zoo

November 1, 2022
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Five lions escaped their enclosure at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, forcing staff to take refuge and placing the zoo into lockdown. Taronga issued a statement confirming the incident early on Wednesday, saying all the lions were back in their enclosure. “An emergency situation occurred this morning at Taronga Zoo Sydney when five lions were located outside…

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Five Lions Caught After Escape From Sydney’s Taronga Zoo

November 1, 2022
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Five lions who escaped their enclosure at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, forcing staff to take refuge and placing the zoo into lockdown, have been recaptured. Taronga issued a statement confirming the incident early on Wednesday, saying all the lions were back in their enclosure. “An emergency situation occurred this morning at Taronga Zoo Sydney when five…

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New Breeding Facility Saves Dying Frog Population

February 3, 2022
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Taronga Zoo is re-establishing Australia’s Booroolong frog population with a $178,000 (US$127, 000) breeding facility funded by the Australian government. Booroolong frogs are a critically endangered species, native to the New South Wales (NSW) Northern Tablelands, that were almost wiped out by a severe drought in 2019 which dried up their stream habitats. “The extended…

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