Animals on display at the zoo include chimpanzees, northern white-cheeked gibbon, small-clawed otters, meerkats, koalas, wombats, red kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroos, dingoes, crocodiles, goannas, frilled-neck lizards, blotched blue-tongued lizards, boa constrictor, turtles, frogs and a variety of birdlife including wedge-tailed eagles, emus, southern cassowaries and macaws.

The WWF said while the best way to save endangered animals was to protect the natural environment, they believed zoo breeding programs using best practice can play a role.

[10] The baby chimpanzee was eventually named "Capri", nominated by a Yeppoon family as an homage to her place of birth - the Tropic of Capricorn on which Rockhampton sits in a region often referred to as Capricornia.

[11] The birth of "Capri" is part of an Australian and New Zealand breeding program aiming to increase the number of chimpanzees from 51 to 80 over twenty years.

Rockhampton Zoo expressed interest in working with international experts to ensure the longevity of the vulnerable species with the hope of eventually establishing a breeding program.