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.
New admission prices
Campaigns | 1 July 2024New admission prices apply from Monday 1 July. We have created some new ticket categories to ensure that we remain affordable for Dresden ...
Read more"Family Dixieland" event
Campaigns | 10 April 2024The Sächsische Zeitung’s big family festival. With games, excitement, handicrafts, face painting and prizes, as well as jazz and dixie bands ...
Read moreThe Zookasper goes into retirement
Campaigns | 8 April 2024After 33 years and over 15,000 performances, Stefan Flinner is bowing out from the Zoo Kasper stage. At the age of 75, he is about to embark on ...
Read moreWinter holiday programme
Campaigns | 26 January 2024Enjoy a cool trip to Dresden Zoo this winter. Between 10th and 25th February, find out all about your favourite animals every day at 11 am, with ...
Read moreAnnual inventory at the zoo
Campaigns | 10 January 2024As we start the new year, we look back on the old one and look forward to an exciting year at the zoo in 2024. Exciting, because this year we ...
Read moreBeastly 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 ...
Read moreTerrarium remains open until 31 October
Campaigns | 20 October 2022Come and visit our terrarium one last time. This autumn holiday is your last chance to see the animals in our terrarium. We ...
Read moreOrangutan 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 ...
Read moreFree zoo admission for refugees from Ukraine
Campaigns | 17 March 2022The daily news coming out of Ukraine has left us shocked and appalled. Alongside our horror at the human suffering, we are naturally ...
Read moreBREEDING SEASON FOR THE GRIFFON VULTURES
Campaigns | 4 February 2022While most birds only start breeding in spring, our vultures in the large aviary were way ahead of the game back in January. At the ...
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