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Catta eats dandelion blossom.
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in the middle of Dresden

News from the zoo

Roter Panda Aki

Aki, the Red Panda

Animal news | 24 April 2025

Red panda Aki returned to Dresden Zoo in early April. Before the 10-year-old male arrived from Poznań Zoo, we renovated all the ...

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Brillenlangur

New residents at the orangutan house

Animal news | 16 April 2025

Meet Apollo, Latura and Felipe, the latest additions to our orangutan house. They are a family of spectacled langurs from the Grasleben ...

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Snow leopard

Mourning for snow leopard Askin

Animal news | 7 March 2025

On 28 February 2025, our male snow leopard Askin was put to sleep at the venerable age of almost 18. He had been showing several signs of ageing ...

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Orang-Utan Daisy mit Jungtier 2025

The orangutans have offspring

Animal news | 4 March 2025

Visitors to the orangutan house may have caught a glimpse of a tiny new arrival in the large enclosure last Sunday: female orangutan Daisy has ...

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Holzbiene auf Blüte.

World Wildlife Day

Species protection | 3 March 2025

Today is World Wildlife Day! Alongside climate change, the biodiversity crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time, with ...

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African forest buffalo calf.

Hatari, our new African forest buffalo calf

Animal news | 5 February 2025

Our herd of African forest buffalo welcomed a new female calf in late January, named Hatari. The little buffalo cow is the seventh baby born to ...

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Fütterung der Pelikane

hangouts and feeding times

 

Golden takin

Fri
12:30 pm
hangout with commentary

Snowy Owl

Fri
3:00 pm
hangout with commentary

Dhole

Fri
9:30 am
hangout with commentary

Snow leopard

Sat
9:30 am
hangout with commentary

Vulture aviary
(Vulture aviary)

Thu
12:30 pm
hangout with commentary

Orangutan

Thu
3:00 pm
hangout with commentary

Koala feeding
(Prof. Brandes House)

daily
9:30 am
feeding without commentary

Humboldt Penguin

daily
2:30 pm
hangout with commentary

False gharial
(Prof. Brandes House)

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

Meerkat feeding

Sun
11:30 am
hangout with commentary

orangutan

Sun
9:30 am
hangout with commentary

Bactrian camel

Wed
12:30 pm
hangout with commentary

Lion

Tue, Sun
11:00 am
hangout with commentary

African elephant
(Afrika House)

Tue, Sun
1:45 pm
hangout with commentary

Koala weighing
(Prof. Brandes House)

Wed, Sun
11:00 am
hangout with commentary

1,031
animals

365
days a year

One day at the zoo

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
Orang-Utan Toni und Daisy im neuen Orang-Utan-Haus.

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