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Heidelberg Zoo: Successful reintroduction of little owl nestlings

Posted on 27. July 202326. July 2023

Published on zoo-heidelberg.de the 22.06.2023. Germany’s population of little owls is endangered. This year, for the first time, nestlings from Heidelberg Zoo have been released into the wild in the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region. » to the full notice

Egyptian tortoises: Breeding success at Heidelberg Zoo

Posted on 23. July 202119. July 2021

Published on zoo-heidelberg.de the 09.07.2021. A wonderful success for conservation: the Egyptian tortoises rescued from smugglers have found a new home in Heidelberg Zoo and are now reproducing. » to the press release

Heidelberg Zoo: Four young northern bald ibises reintroduced

Posted on 30. March 202131. March 2021

Published on zoo-heidelberg.de the 19.03.2021. Four northern bald ibises from Heidelberg Zoo travelled to Spain in December and were reintroduced there as part of the Proyecto Eremita. » to the full press release

Heidelberg Zoo: “You don’t just take a throat swab from a tiger”

Posted on 26. January 202125. January 2021

Published on rnz.de the 16.01.2020. | By: Julia Lauer Zoo director Klaus Wünnemann speaks about health, enrichment, the coronavirus pandemic, offspring among the meerkats, and a possible baby boom at Heidelberg Zoo. » to the full interview

Zoo Heidelberg: And suddenly there was one more raccoon

Posted on 18. June 2019

Published on rnz.de the 03.05.2019. | By: Timo Teufert The animal keepers at Zoo Heidelberg were quite amazed that there suddenly was one more raccoon in the enclosure. The article explains the backgrounds. » more

Zoos Are Helping the Animals in Australia

Posted on 22. January 202021. January 2020

Published on sueddeutsche.de the 21.01.2020. Zoos from the southwest of Germany are helping the animals in Australia, by making donations to the Wildlife Conservation Fund of the Australasian Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA). » more

Argument Contest

Posted on 7. November 20217. November 2021

Published in the magazine TierparkGeschichte (issue No. 2 of 2021). | By: Alexander Pentek An article that introduces the project zoos.media against the background that zoo opponents are granted a lot of uncritical space in the media.

Beirat Ternes

Posted on 5. July 201714. January 2026

Dr. Kerstin Ternes has been a senior veterinarian and curator for marine mammals at Zoo Duisburg since 2008. After her time at the university, she was employed at the Hagenbeck Animal Park, then at the Wildlife Safari Park Winston, Oregon (USA). Her next stop was Heidelberg Zoo, where she wrote her doctoral thesis on tuberculosis […]