Platypus Rescue HQ Dubbo
Platypus Refuge The new platypus HQ located at Taronga Western Plains zoo in Dubbo New South Wales Australia is a world class facility and ground breaking place. It is designed to safe guard platypus populations due to the increasing pressures of climate change on existing populations. It is located on the traditional lands of the Tubba-Gah people on Wilaay Wiradjuri Country. Platypus HQ has the ability to house 65 platypuses and it functions as both a rescue and research facility. A male platypus (aged 23) called Mackenzie is also on display but as the display is set to natural light conditions instead of reverse light conditions (nocturnal created environment within day time), he wasn't out swimming but rather in his burrow, and should become more active later in the day. Although it was sad not to see Mackenzie I have seen him before as he was housed in the nocturnal display at Sydney Tarongo zoo before he was moved to Dubbo. You can read more about Platypus Rescue HQ her