A zoo of exotic animals
Known to locals for years as Mogo Zoo, the park set itself apart from most small Australian zoos by focusing on exotic species. It holds one of the country’s largest collections of primates and has bred endangered species such as the cotton-top tamarin, the black-and-white ruffed lemur, the red panda and the Sumatran tiger.
Snow leopards and new owners
Snow leopards lived at Mogo from October 1995, and on 20 October 1999 the first snow leopard cubs born in a New South Wales zoo arrived here. In November 2019 Featherdale Wildlife Park bought the zoo from its former owner, Sally Padey.
The summer of 2019
Weeks after the sale, in December 2019, bushfires reached Mogo and the town was evacuated. The park’s staff stayed to protect the animals, and the park came through. Today it is Mogo Wildlife Park, part of the Australian Wildlife Parks group.
