Zambi Wildlife Retreat
| Zambi Wildlife Retreat | |
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| 33°52′11″S 150°40′12″E / 33.86972°S 150.67000°E | |
| Date opened | 2012 |
| Location | 279 Park Rd, Wallacia, New South Wales, Australia |
| Land area | 20 ha (50 acres) |
| No. of animals | 100+ |
| No. of species | 15+ |
| Memberships | Zoo and Aquarium Association |
| Website | www |
Zambi Wildlife Retreat is a private-tour zoo (and rescue zoo of former circus animals), located in Wallacia, New South Wales, Australia in the outskirts of western Sydney, that operates at the former site of the Bullens family property, and adopted some of the Bullen's former animals. The Zambi foundation was established by Silke Bader, Traci Griffiths and Donna Wilson in 2012. It's officially stated focuses is the re-homing captive wild animals such as lions, tigers (including Siberian tiger), Sri Lankan leopard, dingos, wolfdogs, red panda, Mongolian wild horses (takhis), hamadryas baboons, crab-eating macaques, common marmosets, meerkats, hyacinth macaws, Hahn's macaws, blue-and-gold macaws, green-winged macaws, red-tailed black cockatoos, sun conures, koi carp, and until recently the last puma held in Australia (Kota, who died in 2020 aged 19).
Visiting is by pre-arranged appointment and donation and tours are said to offers feeding and interaction opportunities with some of the animals. In 2025, the Zambi team rescued three herds of Mongolian wild horses (takhis) from the nearby abandoned Ferndale Estate at Mulgoa.[1][2][3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Jacqui King (August 2, 2016). "Zambi Wildlife Retreat is Providing Homes for Lions, Tigers, and Many Animals". Now to Love. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ Michael Dahlstrom (September 11, 2015). "Zambi Wildlife Retreat's puma Kota has world-first stem cell treatment". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ Dannielle Maguire (July 27, 2017). "Instagrammer of the Week: Zambi Wildlife Retreat". Nine.com.au. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ Matt Jones (December 22, 2016). "Zambi Wildlife Retreat in Final Stages of Approval for Facility". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
- ^ Michael Dahlstrom (October 6, 2019). "Aussie tradies' sacrifice to help lions rescued from the circus". Yahoo News Australia. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
