BREEDING 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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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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Bantengs welcome new arrival
Animal news | 12 January 2022The few sunbeams that managed to break through the clouds today were enough to entice our nearly four-week-old banteng bull calf out into the open.
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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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Double trouble at the Prof. Brandes House
Animal news | 19 November 2021There’s great jubilation over at the Prof. Brandes House at the moment, with our emperor tamarin Sissi having given birth to babies number 13 ...
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Young griffon vultures released into the wild
Animal news | 12 November 2021Nearly one year ago to the day, our two young male griffon vultures, who hatched in 2019 and 2020, left us for Sardinia, where they joined a ...
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A tricky start for Lele
Animal news | 14 October 2021On 11 September, our two-toed sloth Marlies gave birth to twins after an eleven-month pregnancy. A twin birth is very rare among sloths ‒ and ...
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