Animal inventory at the zoo
Campaigns | 14 January 2022In the final weeks of last year, our team was once again busy taking stock of all the animals in the zoo. As well as taking a full inventory, ...
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150,000 Euros for the Zoo Animal of the Year 2021
Campaigns | 7 January 2022The crocodile was named Zoo Animal of the Year in 2021, raising a total of 150,000 Euros. Here at Dresden Zoo we have Australian freshwater ...
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Merry Christmas
Campaigns | 23 December 2021We wish you and your loved ones a wonderful Christmas and a peaceful, healthy and confident end to the year. We would like to thank you very ...
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Happy Birthday Toni
Animal news | 13 December 2021Toni was born on 13 December in Budapest Zoo. Following the death of his mother, he was raised there by humans – which explains the great ...
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Koala Sydney goes on a trip to Duisburg Zoo
Animal news | 9 December 2021On 26 November, Sydney set off for the Ruhr. Our section head Olaf Lohnitz accompanied Sydney on her journey and remained in Duisburg for a few ...
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Extension of the elephant enclosure completed
Animal news | 13 August 2021Once the interim hall where our elephants were housed during renovations of the Africa House was dismantled, the second construction phase of ...
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Building starts on the new orang-utan house
Animal news | 23 July 2021Things are moving at long last. After almost two years’ planning, we are starting the construction phase of our new orang-utan house. Zoo ...
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Golden takins get a bigger enclosure
Animal news | 15 July 2021A little shy at first, our group of five golden takins soon took a keen interest in their new, much larger enclosure. Over the last few months, ...
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Elephant enclosure extension
Animal news | 28 June 2021Anyone strolling past our elephants’ bathing pool is bound to see the work that’s currently under way to extend their outdoor enclosure. The ...
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Conservation Euro helps animals in eastern Erzgebirge
Campaigns | 24 March 2021Since reopening on 15 March, lots of visitors have paid the voluntary Conservation Euro – raising just over EUR 1,000 for the field projects ...
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