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first baby flamingo has hatched
Animal news | 23 June 2025Our 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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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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