After 20 years 1.2 Pere David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus) arrived at the zoo, they can be found in the former fellow deer enclosure. The Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) that used to live in that enclosure can now be found in the new enclosures for Asian ungulates.
A two-toed sloth was born to parents Marlies and Mike, this is already their 15th young!
Edeka and Flash are the parents of the young that was born at the end of last year.
On the 27th of June a male domestic yak was born and a week later a female was born, this is the first time that a domestic yak was born in Wilhelma Zoo. This species has been in Wilhelma zoo since 2020, the zoo now has 2,3 domestic yaks.
A few hundred Deserta Grande wolf spider (Hogna ingens) hatched behind the scenes. The zoo received 50 spiders from Zoo Köln and was finally able to breed them! The Deserta Grande wolf spider is the rarest wolf spider in Europe with only an estimated of 4000 individuals in their ancestral habitat. Therefore an EEP has been started under the direction of Bristol Zoo.
The last (5-year old male) Mishmi takin (Budorcas taxicolor taxicolor) has left the zoo and was send to Sofia Zoo. The new Siberian tiger enclosure will be build at the location of the now former takin enclosure together with surrounding enclosures.