Beastly fun – Zoo tram goes on maiden voyage
Bauprojekte | 25 January 2023Following 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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Inventory of the animals at the zoo
Animal news | 11 January 2023At 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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Hog deer welcome new arrival
Animal news | 9 January 2023Eggsy is the name our keepers have given to the young female hog deer that was born between Christmas and New Year. The little one spent ...
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New female koala in Dresden
Animal news | 2 December 2022Dresden Zoo has a new female koala. Eerin from Duisburg Zoo moved into the show enclosure in Prof. Brandes House this afternoon, which she will ...
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Topping-out ceremony for the new orangutan house
Animal news | 28 November 2022In the summer of last year, Dresden Zoo began construction on the largest building project in the zoo’s 160-year history – the new orangutan ...
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New enclosure for our red kangaroos
Animal news | 6 October 2022Over a three-month construction period, the old antelope house has been transformed for red kangaroos, turning it into a sunny oasis for ...
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Record litter for the naked mole-rats
Animal news | 5 October 2022A record-breaking litter was born at the weekend: 28 pups from one female in a group of naked mole-rats. The gestation period is about 76 days, ...
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Orangutan House construction update
Bauprojekte | 17 August 2022Last summer, we started work on our biggest project to date ‒ the new Orangutan House. Despite one or two complications such as the Covid-19 ...
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Construction of a new red kangaroos enclosure
Animal news | 20 July 2022It’s not just the orangutan house that is currently under construction at the zoo; another new development is also taking shape across from ...
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Southern tamanduas welcome new arrival
Animal news | 13 June 2022Kiwi and Ignacio, our southern tamanduas, have welcomed baby number four to the world. The mini anteater was born at the Prof. ...
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