A bit quieter.” Larger animals also sensed trouble. Moving a group of red pandas was trickier – “because they’re a much bigger animal, and awesome at climbing trees”. None came. “You don’t know whether the southerly is 10 minutes away or three hours away,” he says.The realisation that they were alone, solely reliant on their own resources, gave the keepers a new sense of purpose.

“They can generally trace it back to a moment in their childhood when they knew there was no other option.” Like Fran Campbell, who worked unpaid at Mogo zoo for six months before being hired, many are willing to do long stints as volunteers to get a foot in the door. “We definitely owe him our lives.” For his part, Brookbanks insists that everyone’s contribution was crucial: “Nobody lost it. “I gave him a bottle and it was like, I can’t not do this now.”Campbell smiles. 'Mogo Zoo is home to about 200 animals and the largest collection of primates in Australia - as well as giraffes, lions, tigers, southern white rhinos, red pandas and its famous snow leopards.Australia's famous Mogo Zoo is directly in the line of fire as a 31,000-hectare blaze threatens the renowned tourist attractionThe out-of-control blaze has now crossed the Princes Highway close to the small town of Mogo (pictured Green Wattle Creek Fire near town of Tahmoor on December 19)The out-of-control blaze crossed the Princes Highway on Monday morning and destroyed the town of Mogo earlier on Tuesday morning. You’ve got 10 minutes.’ But obviously there was no way we as a team would evacuate. Early in the day, one of our keepers said she was scared. They said members of bushfire-prone communities near Batemans Bay and Bega should move to large towns away from bushland. "We’re all good unless it jumps the highway." 'It was hell. You can still see the flames just across from us. “The teamwork was amazing,” says Campbell, who gives much of the credit to Brookbanks’ clear-headed leadership. The giraffes briefly galloped as a herd, he says, but otherwise he saw nothing approaching panicked behaviour.

Mogo Zoo is situated 10 kilometres south of Batemans Bay and is home to over 200 animals of more than 41 rare and exotic species, including the only white lion pride in Australia. I’ve never had a kid; that one’s mine.”Gator, a baby alligator, held by primates curator Althea Guinsberg. Animals including lions, tigers, orangutans and zebras were at the zoo An evacuation order was called for Mogo about 6:00am on Tuesday, but staff at the zoo stayed and enacted their fire plan The town of Mogo itself had not fared so well, with at least one business on the main street in ashes “I’m his world,” Brookbanks says. “It did no good whatsoever. 'Multiple fires are currently burning between Cooma, Bega and Batemans Bay and a number of these pose a serious threat to life,' the NSW Rural Fire Service said.The company that owned  the zoo said they were taking 'every precaution' to ensure the animals were protected from the flames.The sprawling Mogo Zoo has the largest collection of primates in Australia, as well as giraffes (pictured at the zoo), lions, tigers, Southern White Rhinos and red pandas'Our director of life sciences and his team are currently on site and taking extra steps to make sure they and the animals in the zoo are safe,' a spokesperson for Featherdale Wildlife Park told Daily Mail Australia.The Sydney-based wildlife park bought the zoo on NSW's far south coast last month from previous owner Sally Padey.Ms Padey said the threat to the zoo from the fire was the 'worst thing to happen in the history' of the zoo.

When she did drop off, her dreams were filled with flames and trapped animals. “We’re trying to save species. Early in the summer, it had been decided that evacuating the animals was not feasible. Lions, cheetahs, giraffes, gorillas and many many more to see. Within days, the flames had done just that.Guinsberg and Coombs, who are partners, live at Broulee, a coastal town just south of Mogo. Mogo Wildlife Park (formerly Mogo Zoo) is a small privately owned zoo in Mogo, on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia.

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