By Richard Evans For footage and photos of Variety SA Chair Tanya Stratton ‘handing over’ the bus to Zoos SA Chief Executive Elaine Bensted and the Director of Monarto Safari Park, Peter Clark, click here  Thousands of spectators at South Australia’s biggest motor sport…

Monarto Safari Park’s littlest lions have had their first health check, revealing the litter has three females and one male. The health check involved a weight check, vaccination, and a quick once over of paws, claws and sharp teeth to…

Monarto Safari Park is celebrating after winning two major awards at last night’s South Australian Tourism Awards, including the prestigious Major Tourist Attraction award and the Voter’s Choice award. Zoos SA’s Chief Executive, Elaine Bensted, said it was fantastic to…

400 early morning runners, walkers and a wheelchair user hit the South Australian savannah this morning as part of the milestone birthday celebrations of a world leader in animal conservation. Monarto Safari Park, which marks the big four oh today,…

Today Enzi the Chimpanzee turns eight and to celebrate Monarto Safari Park is thrilled to share special footage of Enzi and Senior Keeper of Primates, Laura Hanley. Enzi loves visual enrichment and to support positive mental stimulation Laura read ‘Zuri’…

After 10 years in the making, ten endangered Mallee Emu-wrens have arrived at Monarto Safari Park, forming the first ever ex-situ population of the species and marking a major milestone for their conservation. The Mallee Emu-wren is one of Australia’s…

The ninth International Zookeeper Day is held on Wednesday October 4 in honour of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. Zookeeper Day celebrates the people who make it their life’s work to care for animals, whether at…

We are roaring with excitement to share Monarto Safari Park is a finalist in this year’s South Australian Tourism Awards! Monarto Safari Park is in the running for two awards: Major Tourist Attraction award Excellence in Accessible Tourism award. We…

Spring is in full swing at Monarto Safari Park, with the arrival of some very special babies! The Ring-tailed Lemur troop have welcomed five adorable new additions to the troop. Spindles, Lulu and Clementine have each given birth to a…

Monarto Safari Park’s Chimpanzee troop was treated to a stellar performance by the Australian Girls Choir on the first stop of their national tour. Fifty-eight girls from across Australia performed I Still Call Australia Home and Thulele Mama Ya to…

Monarto Safari Park is roaring with excitement to welcome four cubs to the world, with African Lion Husani giving birth to a healthy litter. The little lions were born on Wednesday 30 August. Senior Keeper of Carnivores, Rachel Hemming, says…

Our campaign to raise $2.025 million to bring three Asian Elephants to Monarto Safari Park has been realised in just 28 days! “We’ve done it. They’re coming!” said a very excited Elaine Bensted, CE of Zoos SA. “We are blown…

Zoos SA is delighted to announce that a private donor has stepped forward and given $1million to the ‘Help us home elephants campaign’ pushing them even closer to the original goal of raising $2.025million by the 23 October 2023. “The…

Left your Father’s Day gift to the last minute? There’s still time to go above and beyond and treat the dad in your life to an unforgettable day at Monarto Safari Park! We’ve got gifts that dad will be talking…

Zoos SA is calling on long-distance lopers and fun-loving runners to head to Monarto Safari Park to take part in an epic and wild fundraising run on Saturday 21 October 2023. The first ever ‘Run Wild’ event will take place…

Monarto Safari Park is thrilled to share the cub-tastic news, African Lion Makena has had a healthy cub. The paw-fect cub was born on Saturday 12 August. Senior Keeper of Carnivores, Rachel Hemming, says mum and cub are doing extremely…

The lion prides across South Australia had a paw-some time celebrating World Lion Day today. Adelaide Zoo locals, Mujambi and Amani, enjoyed tearing apart enrichment boxes created by the BEEZA (Behavioural Environmental Enrichment for Zoo Animals) volunteer group. At Monarto…

Help us home elephants Zoos SA calls on South Aussies and all elephant lovers to help raise funds to home Asian Elephants at Monarto Safari Park as plans to build an amazing habitat for initially three Asian elephants are revealed!…

We are roaring with excitement to share that not one but two lionesses are pregnant! Lionesses Husani and Makena are pregnant with blood tests confirming the roar-some news of cubs on the way. This week the whole pride celebrated with…

Four fuzzy Cheetah cubs and mum Kuishi have been spotted venturing out of the den for the first time, bringing the cub count to seven at Monarto Safari Park. Watch as Kuishi (pronounced coo-ish-ee) led her cubs into the outdoor…

The weather might be wintery, but there is a definite feel of spring in the air at Monarto Safari Park with the pitter-patter of feet and hooves across the plains. In the Land of the Lemurs, 14-year-old Spindles, the Ring-tailed…

Monarto Safari Park’s second litter of eight-week-old Cheetah cubs have had their first health check and their genders revealed! Last week, four-year-old Kuishi’s little ones were weighed (tipping the scales between 3.1kg up to 4.2kg), microchipped, vaccinated and given a…

Tsotsi was the alpha male Chimpanzee at Monarto Safari Park. He sadly passed away on Thursday 8 June 2023. Senior Keeper of Primates, Laura Hanley has penned this farewell…   It is so hard when you lose a being of this…

We just had to share this heartwarming vision of three-year-old Zola playing at ‘being mum’ with little chimp, Happy. In the film you can see Zola carefully preparing a nest for her ‘make believe’ baby (actually a stone), then being allowed…

It’s been a day of celebration at Monarto Safari Park as Chimpanzee, Lani, marked her 21st birthday. The whole troop were pant-hooting with excitement as they shared in a birthday party filled with enrichment treats from their keepers. Senior Keeper of…

Cheetah cubs are spot on at health check Monarto Safari Park vet Jerome Kalvas and keeper Michelle Lloyd no longer have to join the dots when it comes to determining the sex of Cheetah Qailee’s litter after performing a full…

No matter if you’re a cub, pup or bub everyone loves spending time with the special mum in their lives! This is no exception for the species at Zoos SA, who have shared some adorable cuddly moments in the lead…

Your fluffy Friday feel good treat is here! The pawfect start to any weekend, take a sneak peak of doting Cheetah mum Qailee and her three little cubs venturing out of their den for the first time. Senior Keeper of…

The puddle of adorable spots has grown again at Monarto Safari Park with four-year-old Cheetah, Kuishi, welcoming four fluffy cubs on 5 April. This is Kuishi’s first litter and the new mum has taken to her role spot-tacularly. The birth…

You could call them a prickly customer or, more to the point, a porcupette! Monarto Safari Park has had a spike in the number of porcupines in their prickle thanks to the birth of a Cape Porcupine named Louie. Little…

When a single Cheetah cub was born at Monarto Safari Park late in the night on Sunday 5 March, keepers were delighted but concerned. This was just the beginning of a very spotty ‘tail’ that ended in an Australasian first…

How could you not be ‘Happy’ when watching this cute vision! In footage that’s sure to brighten you day, keepers have shared this gorgeous moment two-month-old Chimpanzee, Happy, had some tummy tickles and kisses with mum, Hannah, and big sister,…

It was a case of Happy Birthday to you, you and you as keepers and visitors to Monarto Safari Park celebrated the first birthday of African Lion cubs Malkia, Ruka and Chad. The mini big cats, born on the 24 January 2022,…

There are plenty of reasons to shellabrate at Zoos SA with species across both sites welcoming an influx of eggciting eggs! At Adelaide Zoo, it has been a record laying year for Little Penguin, with seven chicks hatching over the…

Adelaide Zoo has a new long-legged arrival! Yesterday, Monarto Safari Park welcomed its fifth calf within a year to 17-year-old Thula. While initial signs of bonding between mum and bub were promising, it was apparent this morning that the calf…

He’s made his list, checked it twice and now Santa Paws has paid a special Christmas Eve visit to Zoos SA. The big man in red had some extra help from the volunteer BEEZA (Behaviour and Environmental Enrichment of Zoo…

Monarto Safari Park is pant-hooting with excitement with the arrival of a baby Chimpanzee just in time for Christmas. 28-year-old Chimpanzee, Hannah, gave birth to a healthy boy overnight on 20 December into early 21 December. The announcement was made…

Monarto Safari Park’s little Spotted Hyena cub has a name! Forest’s three-month-old cub was named Jabali meaning ‘strong as a rock’ in Swahili, chosen from a shortlist created by keepers with donations to Zoos SA given per vote. Totalling nearly $2000,…

A trison of bison have joined the herd at Monarto Safari Park! Three little American Bison calves were born within two days of one another last week to four-year-old Moneypenny, four-year-old Rose and three-year-old Erika. Keeper Tash Walker said the…

Monarto Safari Park’s Spotted Hyena cub has had its first health check, with veterinary staff and keepers delighted the little one is in ‘tip-spot’ shape. The two-month-old cub was carefully removed from its den to be weighed, examined, vaccinated and…

It’s been an exciting few days at Monarto Safari Park with animal arrivals by road and a much smaller journey for another giraffe (the first to enter the new Wild Africa precinct). Firstly, three-year-old giraffe Inkosi, which means King in…

We’re leaping with excitement to announce Monarto Safari Park visitors can now get within tail’s length of one of Australia’s largest Ring-tailed Lemur troop. To celebrate World Lemur Day today, Monarto Safari Park launched its brand-new experience, Land of the…

The herd has grown again at Monarto Safari Park! A new spotty giraffe calf joined the family last Thursday and made its wobbly debut at the Waterhole habitat. Born to first-time mum, Mkali, keepers have kept a careful watch over…

Zoos SA is roaring with excitement after its Grapes for good initiative, which supports critical conservation work in partnership with six wineries from the Langhorne Creek region, took away the award for ‘Tourism Collaboration Excellence’ in the 2023 Best of…

Who could resist that little face? An adorable little chocolate-brown cub has joined the Spotted Hyena clan at Monarto Safari Park. Born at the end of August, keepers have been monitoring the clan while allowing time for the little one…

Today is National Bilby Day and we’re bouncing with excitement to share that an adorable set of Greater Bilby joey twins has been born at Monarto Safari Park. The three-month-old duo, a male and female, have been snuggled up in…

Did you know a giraffe has over 200 spots? Each pattern is unique and no two coats are the same, just like human fingerprints! Along with counting spots and dots, Monarto Safari Park has recorded some other significant numbers this…

Baby boom continues at Monarto Safari Park Exciting news from across the Mallee plains – Monarto Safari Park has welcomed its first Przewalski’s Horse foal since 2017! The foal joins five critically-endangered Addax calves and five Eland calves born over…

Monarto Safari Park pride the mane event on World Lion Day What’s the pawfect way to celebrate your species? With tasty meat-filled enrichment of course! Today, the African lion pride at Monarto Safari Park celebrated World Lion Day with brightly…

A whopping 42 animals spanning a lengthy 32m long can be seen sprinting, bounding, and sauntering along a new mural as visitors disembark from the Zu-loop bus at Monarto Safari Park. Digitally created by Zoos SA Associate veterinarian Jerome Kalvas, ‘Monarto’s…