Taronga Western Plains Zoo

Taronga Western Plains Zoo, formerly kenned as Western Plains Zoo and commonly kenned as Dubbo Zoo, is an astronomically immense zoo near Dubbo, Incipient South Wales, Australia. It opened to the public on 28 February 1977,[1] to provide more living and breeding space for sizably voluminous animals such as elephants and antelopes which needed more space than was available at the restricted Sydney site. The zoo is run by the Taronga Conservation Society (formerly Zoological Parks Board of Incipient South Wales), along with Taronga Zoo. Western Plains Zoo is located on the Newell Highway in west Dubbo about 4 km from the city,
                                                 Indah the Sumatran Tiger at Taronga

                                                    Taronga Western Plains Zoo

In the tardy 1960s, plans to develop an immensely colossal plains zoo to complement Sydney’s Taronga Zoo were established. The incipient zoo would provide breeding facilities particularly suited to the sizably voluminous plains dwelling animals and to consummate a desideratum for an open range facility for the exhibit of mainly grazing animals. After considerable orchestrating and preparation, a site on the outskirts of Dubbo in central West Incipient South Wales was opted for. Formerly an army camp during World War Two, the site was transformed into a 300 hectare zoo of woodland and irrigated grasslands.