Ranger Red's Zoo & Conservation Park, formerly Peel Zoo, is a zoo and wildlife sanctuary located on the banks of the Murray River in Pinjarra, Western Australia. It is a member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association.
It is home to over 100 native and exotic animal species, and specializes in being a "hands-on" zoo. Patrons can feed the animals by hand and interact with animals such as snakes, rufous bettong and ferrets. The park features other animals including koalas, wombats, dingoes, birds, reptiles, and kangaroos.
History
The zoo was originally called Peel Zoo. In 2012, three Tasmanian devils escaped, making the national news.
In 2017, Narelle MacPherson and David Cobbold moved from Peel Zoo to take over the Warrawong Sanctuary in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia.
In August 2019 the zoo was rebranded as Ranger Red's Zoo and Conservation Park after being taken over by Bradley Holland, also known as "Ranger Red". Holland was inspired in his youth by Harry Butler and Gerald Durrell.
Animals
The animal species (including some sub-species of certain species) include:
Amphibians
Dumpy tree frog
Magnificent tree frog
Birds
Alexandrine parakeet
Australian kestrel
Australian king parrot
Australian magpie
Australian ringneck parrot (Twenty-eight parrot) Australian wood duck Banded lapwing Bar-shouldered dove Barbary dove Barking owl Bleeding-heart dove Blue-and-gold macaw Blue-faced honeyeater Blue peafowl Brown quail Brush bronzewing Budgerigar Buff-banded rail Bush thick-knee stone-curlew Cattle egret Chestnut-eared finch Cockatiel Common canary Crested pigeon Crimson rosella Crimson-backed forest finch Diamond dove Diamond firetail finch Domestic chicken (Bantam breeds) Eastern barn owl Eastern rosella Eclectus parrot Egyptian goose European goldfinch Galah Glossy ibis Golden pheasant Gouldian finch Grey butcherbird Grey goshawk Hooded parrot Japanese quail Java sparrow King quail Lady Amherst's pheasant Laughing kookaburra Little corella Long-billed corella Long-tailed finch Major Mitchell's cockatoo Masked lapwing Mountain shelduck Moustached parakeet Musk lorikeet Nankeen night heron Pacific black duck Painted finch Peaceful dove Peach-faced lovebird Princess parrot Rainbow lorikeet Red-capped parrot Red-collared lorikeet Red junglefowl Red-rumped parrot Red-tailed black cockatoo Reeve's pheasant Regent parrot Royal spoonbill Scaly-breasted lorikeet Scarlet-chested parrot Silver pheasant Sooty owl Southern boobook owl Spur-winged plover Sulphur-crested cockatoo Superb parrot Tawny frogmouth Varied lorikeet Wandering whistling duck Weaver finch Western rosella White-tailed black cockatoo
Mammals
Alpaca
Arabian camel
Bare-nosed wombat
Common brushtail possum
Common ringtail possum
Dingo
Domestic ferret
Domestic guinea pig
Domestic goat
Domestic rabbit
Domestic sheep
Euro wallaroo
Grey-headed flying fox
Koala
Red-bellied pademelon
Red deer
Red kangaroo
Rufous bettong
Shetland pony
Short-beaked echidna
Southern hairy-nosed wombat
Spotted-tailed quoll
Squirrel glider
Sugar glider
Swamp wallaby
Tasmanian devil
Western grey kangaroo
Woylie bettong
Reptiles
Banded rock python
Black-headed python
Bobtail lizard
Centralian blue-tongued lizard
Common death adder
Dugite
Eastern blue-tongued lizard
Frill-neck lizard
King's skink
Mertens' water monitor
Northern blue-tongued lizard
Oblong turtle
Olive Python
Rough knob-tailed gecko
South-western carpet python
Steindachner's flat-shell turtle
Western bearded dragon
Western blue-tongued lizard
Western tiger snake
Woma python
Note: some wild species of water birds also occupy the zoo's waterways. Displays for a number of arachnids and insects too include giant prickly stick insect and barking tarantula.