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Dear forum members, My name is Kevin Prenger and I'm the writer of the book 'War Zone Zoo' about the history of the Berlin Zoo during the 3rd Reich and WW2. It's available on Amazon as paper back or e-book. You can read the first two chapters there. If you are interested I can publish an...

So as a sequel to my planned Cologne/Frankfurt/Stuttgart long weekend early next year, I am mulling over a possible Germany tour either late next year or the year after....currently on the proposed itinerary would be: Walsrode Berlin Zoo Berlin Tierpark Leipzig Magdeburg Can anyone recommend...

Hi there, I'm currently in the process of planning a trip to Duisberg zoo (in part to see their river dolphin!). Which other zoos are worth travelling to from here? Current plan is to stick around Germany/the Netherlands but I am open to ideas :) Are there any other local zoos with rare wildlife...

Personal Background For those who don’t know I’m going to start off with a little about my personal circumstances. It will help explain how, why and when I travel. As my location shows I currently live in China, but I’m actually from the UK. For the past two years, and hopefully several more...

I went to Cologne Zoo in the summer of 2007 and enjoyed this zoo very much. I have a few questions about it's future development: 1. What is the status of the mountain tapir? Has it already arrived, and if not, when? And where will it live? I can see on the map of Cologne Zoo that a new South...

Yeah, i know a new thread with no news, go on blindfold and bind me and call for the firing squad, but i though this would be of interest.

So next summer I will be making the rounds of the top three Belgian zoos (Antwerp, Planckendael and Pairi Daiza) as well as Beekse Bergen across the border in the Netherlands. The idea of a zoo tour got me thinking and so I will be attempting a two year long European bonobo zoo tour. This is...

Hey guys Planning on going on a zoo tour in Germany next July and was wondering if Luneberg Heath Wildlife Park was easy to get to via public transport from Hamburg? Im going there mainly to see the bears and wolves in a mixed species exhibit and was also wondering If they are still together...

A place called Lundi-farm, looks like a private breeder, formed by an animal feed company has hatchlings of torrent duck. Does anyone have any further information on this place? https://www.facebook.com/lundifarm/?fref=ts

So following the awesome response time of my chimpanzees in the UK thread, I thought I'd start this thread with the hope of any updates being added here? At the current time of writing there are 10 zoos in Europe that house bonobos, 118 as of end February 2016. The groups are as follows...

A little update on the gerenuk situation in Berlin at the moment, (this is a translation from Facebook (good luck)) A special treasure of the zoos Berlin are the Southern Giraffes Gazelles (lit comenius ocra wal leri wal leri). Since 2013 they have been in the livestock, 2015 then the...

Hi everyone, the attached images were taken at Kurpfalz Park in Wachenheim in April this year. Not sure about the ID of these species. Anyone know what species are captive at this park?

German chancellor Angela Merkel today inaugurated a new mixed aviary for Humboldt's penguin, brown pelican and inca tern. https://www.facebook.com/153717091326546/photos/pcb.942384832459764/942382912459956/?type=1&theater

Photo traps and withneses have proved that a pair of wolves living near town Doksy in lowland north Bohemia has a litter of at least 4 cubs! This pair formed last year and it is their first litter. They came most probably from Lausitz-population (former Eastern Germany), that started in 2000 by...

Yesterday was a great day for wildlife in Germany. By opening a gate 8 wisents were given the possibility to leave their temporaly enclosure and roam free in at least 30 squir kilometers of fields and woodland ! The release was followed by many reporters but the animals behaved shy and were...

The zoo has become the first in Germany to breed the Northern cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii). 5 cubs were initially born, but 0.0.2 died soon after, with 3 kittens currently being raised. A female Philippine deer was born in August. A male Hartmann's zebra arrived from Blackpool A...