This is such a great time of year in Adelaide. I moved to SA in 2008 so last year was my first Fringe, my first Womad... I love it. And it’s so great that Adelaide Zoo is such a part of it all; even more so from this year with the new spaces for performance and exhibition at the new front entrance of the zoo.

With this, though, comes a responsibility for us to ensure that the animals in the Adelaide Zoo collection are not adversely affected by the events in and around the zoo – just as domestic dogs can be afraid of thunder. Between Festival and Fringe events, Womad right on our doorstep, Clipsal... and this year the AC/DC concert at the Adelaide Oval the night before last!... the zoo experiences a lot of loud noise at this time of year.

Hello this is Wayne Boardman here, Head Vet for Zoos SA.  Quite an interesting week this week - not full on but enough to keep us out of mischief.

On Saturday we saw Ian Smith, the main vet for Monarto Zoo, leave us for three months as he goes on his Churchill Fellowship. He is travelling to South Africa, Europe and USA to look at veterinary facilities for open range zoos. I think we are all a little green with envy.  We all wish him well and look forward to him being back at the end of May.

I checked on Mujambi, our lion that previously seizured, to review his medication which we have done.  He is looking great and eating well but occasionally stumbles – we want to titrate the dose the minimum effective level.