Aki, the Red Panda
Animal news | 24 April 2025Red 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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New residents at the orangutan house
Animal news | 16 April 2025Meet 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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Mourning for snow leopard Askin
Animal news | 7 March 2025On 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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The orangutans have offspring
Animal news | 4 March 2025Visitors 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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World Wildlife Day
Species protection | 3 March 2025Today is World Wildlife Day! Alongside climate change, the biodiversity crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time, with ...
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Hatari, our new African forest buffalo calf
Animal news | 5 February 2025Our 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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Inventory of the animals at the zoo
Animal news | 17 January 2025At the end of each year, we do a precise headcount of all the animals at the zoo to determine exactly how many inhabitants we have on 31 ...
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Zoo Animal of the Year 2025
Animal news | 13 January 2025Well armoured yet under threat ‒ prehistoric mammals with an uncertain future. Protected by their unique bony armour, they have survived 60 ...
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Vicuña offspring in the South American enclosure
Animal news | 13 December 2024A week ago, female vicuña Amber gave birth to a healthy cria (baby vicuña). However, the birth was not without complications, which is why our ...
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Joy over baby sloth
Animal news | 19 November 2024Vor 10 Tagen brachte Zweifingerfaultier Marlies ein gesundes Jungtier zur Welt, um das sich unser Weibchen wieder fürsorglich kümmert. In ...
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Construction projects
We are constantly striving to improve the living environments of our animals based on the latest ...
Construction projects
Events
There is always something going on at our Zoo. From talks to animal campaign days, from species ...
Events
Hangouts & Feeding times
At our animal keeper hangouts, you have the opportunity to get to know our animal keepers and their ...
Hangouts & Feeding times