At Perth Zoo, we’re proud to provide a loving home for four adorable Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroos: Huli, Doba, Kaluli and little Muku. 

These special animals are important ambassadors for their wild cousins, helping to raise awareness for their plight in the wild.  Sadly, Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroos are considered endangered.

On World Tree Kangaroo Day, here's a look behind-the-scenes into all the work we do as part of a global effort to protect tree roos and their rainforest homes in Papua New Guinea.




We work with good zoos and wildlife parks all over the world on the globally coordinated breeding program.

Through this, we’ve had five adorable joeys born right here! In fact, descendants of Perth Zoo’s tree kangaroos are now living all over the globe – as far as Europe and the UK.

Not only do these adorable joeys delight our visitors with their sweet little faces, but as we watch them grow, they help to raise awareness for the plight of the species in the wild.



Every sweet joey born is a great success story and deserves to be celebrated. But real, impactful conservation work can be more than just the cute and cuddly stuff.

Since 2006, we’ve been proudly partnered with the Tenkile Conservation Alliance (TCA), a Papua New Guinea based organisation who are actively protecting native tree kangaroo habitats and supporting local communities.

Importantly, TCA have a holistic approach to making the world safer for tree kangaroos, the local ecosystems and the local communities. 
 
TCA has been working in Papua New Guinea for more than 20 years across 43 villages. Over this time, they’ve developed strong working relationships with the local communities, because when you support people, you’re supporting nature too!



In recent years, they have focused on an initative that empowers women called the Rokrok Meris Project.

In this project, 41 women from two villages were given smartphones and special training to become wildlife rangers.

Now, they help collect important and previously uncaptured data from the local environment about frogs.

This invaluable data helps scientists learn more about the biodiversity of the area and to measure any potential impacts from climate change.



TCA are working every day to make a brighter future for tree kangaroos and the local environment and we are SO proud to partner with them.

Happy Tree Kangaroo Day!