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Wild news

Whether it’s new arrivals of baby animals, reports on our involvement in species conservation, or new developments in our construction projects - here you will find all the latest news from our Zoo.

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Vicunja

Vicuñas welcome a new arrival

Animal news | 26 July 2025

On Thursday 17 July, female vicuña Alegra gave birth to a healthy cria (baby vicuña). The baby was born during the day in the outdoor ...

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red panda Aki

Sad loss of red panda Aki

Animal news | 24 July 2025

On the morning of 16 July, our red panda Aki was found weak and almost motionless on the floor of his enclosure. An examination revealed no ...

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Binturong-Weibchen Swantje mit Jungtier Holly

Binturong cub Holly passes away

Animal news | 15 July 2025

Unfortunately we have very sad news about the loss of our young binturong, Holly. At the end of June, Helga and Holly contracted a viral ...

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Mandrill Jungtier Ha

Say hi to our new baby mandrill

Animal news | 7 July 2025

In the early hours of 30 June, our female mandrill Ikela gave birth to her eighth infant, giving our keeper quite the surprise when she started ...

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Flamingo

first baby flamingo has hatched

Animal news | 23 June 2025

Our first baby flamingo has hatched and many more chicks could soon follow. This spring the red flamingos were once again busy building ...

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red 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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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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