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A zoo for everyone
in the middle of Dresden

News from the zoo

Roter Brüllaffe

More monkeying around at the zoo

Animal news | 4 April 2023

As of today, there’s a new animal species to discover at Dresden Zoo. Three Colombian red howler monkeys from Cologne Zoo have taken up ...

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Discovering our new joey.

Discovering our new joey

Animal news | 3 March 2023

There’s a little newcomer we’re yet to meet, currently residing in the pouch of female kangaroo Ronja. The joey, whose sex we ...

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macaws

The macaw elected Zoo Species of the Year 2023

Animal news | 30 January 2023

  These large, vividly coloured parrots call the rainforests of Central and South America home. Right now, several species ...

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Beastly fun – Zoo tram goes on maiden voyage.

Beastly fun – Zoo tram goes on maiden voyage

Bauprojekte | 25 January 2023

Following on from the “In echt ganz anders” (“Something different in the flesh”) tram, in which made-up animals “borrowed” their fur ...

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Spenisco video pinguine.

“Research for Survival” project

Species protection | 13 January 2023

Dresden Zoo uses the proceeds from the Conservation Euro to support organisations such as Sphenisco, which is dedicated to the protection of the ...

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Kugelgürteltier mit Nachwuchs.

Inventory of the animals at the zoo

Animal news | 11 January 2023

At the turn of the year, all the animals at Dresden Zoo were counted and compared with the stock records. For most animal species, the tally is ...

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Fütterung der Pelikane

hangouts and feeding times

 

Golden takin

Fri
12:30 pm
hangout with feeding and commentary

Snowy Owl

Fri
3:00 pm
hangout with feeding and commentary

Dhole

Fri
9:30 am
hangout with feeding and commentary

Snow leopard

Sat
9:30 am
hangout with feeding and commentary

Vulture aviary
(Vulture aviary)

Thu
12:30 pm
hangout with feeding and commentary

Koala feeding
(Prof. Brandes House)

daily
9:30 am
feeding without commentary

Humboldt Penguin

daily
2:30 pm
hangout with feeding and commentary

African elephant
(Afrika House)

daily
1:45 pm
hangout with commentary

False gharial
(Prof. Brandes House)

every first Fri. of the month
11:00 am
hangout with feeding and commentary

Bactrian camel

Wed
12:30 pm
hangout with commentary

Meerkat feeding

Wed, Sun
11:30 am
hangout with feeding and commentary

Koala weighing
(Prof. Brandes House)

Wed, Sun
11:00 am
hangout with feeding and commentary

Lion

Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun
11:00 am
feeding without commentary

1,070
animals

365
days a year

One day at the zoo

Zooplan neu ab Oktober 2022

Tour

Set off on a fun and informative tour through our Zoo. You can find out more about the respective points ...

Tour
Boy eating ice cream in the Africa Lodge.

Catering & Zoo shop

Our catering partners are spread throughout the zoo and offer a wide range of hot food, snacks and ...

Catering & Zoo shop
Rotes Riesenkänguru in neuer begehbarer Anlage.

Tips for your visit

Our Zoo covers an area of around 13 hectares and offers visitors of all ages a fun, relaxing and truly ...

Tips for your visit
Orang-Utan Daisy
A new house for our orangutans

SPECIES CONSERVATION IN THE ZOO

We see ourselves as a place of learning, and regard nature and species conservation as one of our core tasks.

species conservation in the zoo

 

Contact

Zoo Dresden GmbH
Tiergartenstraße 1
01219 Dresden
Phone: +49351 - 4780 60
Fax: +49351 - 4780 660
Or simply use our online form form to submit your enquiry.

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