Hobart Zoo and Aquarium
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Hobart Zoo and Aquarium is a privately owned zoological park located in Richmond, Tasmania, outside of Hobart. It was established in 1999 as Zoodoo Wildlife Park, initially focusing on native rescued and orphaned wildlife species. Over time, the zoo expanded its collection to include exotic animals such as African lions (one tawny-coated female and a white-coated male), neotropical monkeys, zebras, camels, porcupines and several others. In March 2020, the zoo became accredited by the Zoo Aquarium Association of Australasia and is assessed annually.
| Hobart Zoo and Aquarium | |
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![]() Interactive map of Hobart Zoo and Aquarium | |
| 42.7057°S 147.3762°E | |
| Date opened | 2 July 1999 |
| Land area | 90 ha (220 acres) |
| Owner | Stuart Webster |
| Website | https://www.hzaa.com.au/ |
The zoo was listed for sale through Finn Business Sales with an asking price of $3,750,000. In September 2024, The Mercury reported that Stuart Webster had taken over the Tasmanian zoo.[1][2]
In May 2025, the zoo changed its name from Zoodoo Wildlife Park to Hobart Zoo & Aquarium. 300 acres of land behind the facility has been turned into a protected area for threatened native vegetation as an ecology contribution initiative by the zoo's management.
Animals
The zoo has expanded its animal collection continuously over twenty-five years (including the establishment of the aquarium complex in 2025) and the zoo's species are as follows:
- Aquarium
- Bennett's toby
- Blue linckia
- Sea goldie
- Blackeye Thicklip Wrasse
- Black spotted pufferfish
- orangebar tang
- Chocolate surgeonfish
- Blue tang
- Blueface angelfish
- Bluestreak cleaner wrasse
- Borneo loach
- Black tetra
- Serpae tetra
- Red zebra cichlid
- Haplochromis nyererei
- Brittle star
- Cherry barb
- Copperband butterflyfish
- Coral banded shrimp
- Coral beauty
- Epaulette shark
- Freshwater angelfish
- Golden-headed goby
- Golden moray eel
- Green chromis
- Half-and-half chromis
- Humbug damselfish
- Lawnmower blenny
- Lionfish
- Neon tetra
- Ocellaris clownfish
- Ocellate river stingray
- Orange rainbowfish
- Peacock Cichlid
- Phantom catfish
- Pictus catfish
- Pot-belly Seahorse
- Purple-lined fairy wrasse
- Pyramid butterflyfish
- Ram cichlid
- Red devil fish
- Red rainbowfish
- Redeye tetra
- Royal angelfish
- Rummy-nose tetra
- Sailfin tang
- Sea apple
- Sea cucumber
- Sea urchin
- Silver dollarfish
- Three-spot angelfish
- Tiger oscar
- Upside-down jellyfish
- Valentin's sharpnose puffer
- Werner's panchax
- White-eyed moray eel
- Yellow boxfish
- Yellow longnose butterflyfish
- Yellow tang
- Yellowtail damselfish
- Clown loach
- Domestic & Farm Animals
- Exotic Animals
- African lion (including a male white lion named Bakari)
- Blue-and-yellow macaw
- Bolivian squirrel monkey
- Brown capuchin monkey
- Cape porcupine
- Capybara
- Common marmoset
- Common peafowl
- Cotton-top tamarin
- Dromedary camel
- Emperor tamarin
- Fallow deer
- Fischer's lovebird
- Grant's zebra
- Helmeted guinea fowl
- Lady Amherst's pheasant
- Mandarin duck
- Meerkat
- Ostrich
- Ringneck parakeet
- Serval
- Wild turkey
- Native Birds
- Native Mammals
- Reptiles
