A heroic zoo boss saved dozens of helpless animals from a blazing inferno as he took rare monkeys and pandas into the safety of his own home. Chad Staples, the director of the small Mogo Zoo in NSW, said conditions were 'apocalyptic' as his team battled to protect dozens of breeds they considered 'like family'. Not a single one of the 200 animals in the zoo was injured despite the raging bushfire threatening the regional town. 'It was like Armageddon, it was black as midnight with tinges of red,' Mr Staples told ABC. In a perfectly planned rescue mission, a team of 15 zookeepers frantically watered the ground and put out spot fires, while making sure to keep the animals calm. The popular zoo is north of Batemans Bay on the NSW far south coast. But Mr Staples warned the risk of the fire returning remained a very real possibility. Mogo Zoo is home to about 200 animals and the largest collection of primates in Australia - as well as giraffes, lions, tigers, southern white rhinos, red pandas and its famous snow leopards. 'Our director of life sciences and his team are currently on site and taking extra steps to make sure they and the animals in the zoo are safe,' a spokesperson for Featherdale Wildlife Park told Daily Mail Australia.
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