Editing Perth Zoo (section)

===Exotic species===
Perth Zoo contributes to the conservation of threatened species in the wild through its fundraising program, . Started in 2007, funds raised have been used for the conservation of [[African painted dog]]s, [[Asian elephant]]s, [[Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo]]s, [[Javan gibbon]]s, [[northern white-cheeked gibbon]]s, [[Rothschild's giraffe]]s, [[southern white rhinoceros]]es, [[Sumatran orangutan]]s, [[Sumatran tiger]]s,  and [[sun bear]]s. More than {{AUD|881,000|link=yes}}{{as of? |date=May 2025}} has been raised since the program began.<ref name="wca"/>

Many individuals of these species have been born at the zoo and later contributed to further generations of international and regional captive-breeding programs.
[[File:Sumatran_Orangutan_(Pongo_abelii)_at_Perth_Zoo,_February_2021_19.jpg|thumb|The zoo has had a long successful conservation program with endangered Sumatran orangutans, breeding twenty-three individuals from 1970–2012. Three individuals born at Perth Zoo have been released into the wild in Sumatra in 2006, 2011 and 2016 respectively.]]
The zoo's Sumatran orangutan breeding program is one of the most successful in the world, having bred twenty-three Sumatran orangutans between 1970 and 2012 (and additionally eight hybrid Bornean-Sumatran orangutans in the 1970s before difference species status was known, the hybrid orangutans were later sent to zoos in India). In 2006, 2011 and 2016 zoo-born Sumatran orangutans were released into the wild in Bukit Tigapuluh National Park in Sumatra as part of an international program to re-establish a wild population of the critically endangered ape.<ref name="released_orangutan"/>

Since 2006, Perth Zoo has made a significant contribution to conservation projects in the Bukit Tigapuluh National Park and the surrounding forested areas which support a rich diversity of life including a new colony of orangutans. These orangutans are part of an international program to reintroduce rescued ex-pet and orphaned Sumatran orangutans into the wild to establish a new population of this critically endangered species. More than 139 orangutans have been released into the area and some have bred.

In November 2006, Perth Zoo released 14-year-old, Perth Zoo-born Sumatran orangutan Temara into Bukit Tigapuluh as part of the reintroduction program. Temara was the first zoo-born orangutan in the world to be released into the wild. This was followed in 2011 with the release of the first male zoo-born orangutan, Semeru, into the wild, and in 2016 by another male Nyaru in the wild of Sumatra. Perth Zoo works with the [[Frankfurt Zoological Society]], Indonesian Government and the Australian Orangutan Project on this program and other conservation activities in Bukit Tigapuluh.<ref name="released_orangutan"/>

Puteri (born 1970) is the first of the Sumatran orangutan to be born at the zoo. She has lived at Perth Zoo her entire life, and birthed six second generation Sumatran orangutans (including Temara).