Troppo the Cassowary arrives at Symbio Wildlife Park
1,139 views · Published 20 August 2015 · 0:40 · Indexed 29 October 2026
Channel: Symbio Wildlife Park · 2015 · Pets & Animals
Troppo the Southern Cassowary joins the family at Symbio. Symbio Wildlife Parks new Cassowary Sanctuary welcomed it's first resident today (20/8/2015), with the arrival of Troppo, a Southern Cassowary who made the drive down from Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in Queensland this morning. Released at 8.30am, Troppo couldn’t have picked a more picturesque day to arrive and has spent the morning getting acquainted with new surroundings, basking in the morning sunshine and getting to used to his new neighbour’s, the kangaroos in the Kangaroo Walkthrough area and Franky the goose. Troppo marks yet another addition to the ever-growing list of endangered species conservation breeding programs for the family owned and operated zoo on the outskirts of Southern Sydney and is already making fans with patrons overjoyed at seeing the unique flightless bird. The world’s third largest bird, the Southern Cassowary is found in the tropical rainforests of North-east Queensland. Due to rainforest habitat loss, vehicle strikes, dogs and disease the Southern Cassowary is is listed as endangered with their believed to be less than 1,000 remaining in the wild today.
