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radiated tortoise Gemma Borrell Hellabrunn

Hellabrunn Zoo participates in research study: Why do turtles age more slowly?

Although people today live longer than their historical ancestors, we cannot escape the inevitability of aging. Turtles could provide the key to buck …

Hellabrunn Zoo participates in research study: Why do turtles age more slowly?
lions Max and Benny Hellabrunn Zoo Marc Mueller

Lions Max and Benny's first weeks in new home

Since moving into their new home, the two lion brothers Max and Benny have found there is much to enjoy in their spacious habitat equipped with a …

Lions Max and Benny's first weeks in new home
cherry-throated tanagers picture

Hellabrunn Zoo supports species conservation project for cherry-throated tanagers in Brazil

Hellabrunn Zoo is once again actively involved in the conservation of an endangered species far beyond the borders of the animal park in Munich. In …

Hellabrunn Zoo supports species conservation project for cherry-throated tanagers in Brazil
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Hellabrunn Zoo presents Annual Report 2021 at Annual General Meeting

The year 2021 was also marked by the coronavirus pandemic worldwide, which Hellabrunn Zoo could not escape. The imposed periods of closure, …

Hellabrunn Zoo presents Annual Report 2021 at Annual General Meeting
Hellabrunn Sponsoring GEWOFAG

GEWOFAG becomes new sponsor of Hellabrunn Zoo

Hellabrunn Zoo is extremely pleased to announce that GEWOFAG, a municipal housing association, has become a new sponsor of the zoo. The Munich-based …

GEWOFAG becomes new sponsor of Hellabrunn Zoo
image lynx research Hellabrunn Zoo

Lynx at Hellabrunn Zoo becomes focus of research

Research is one of the key objectives of a modern scientifically-led zoo. However, the research work that takes place often goes unnoticed by …

Lynx at Hellabrunn Zoo becomes focus of research
reintroduction of alpine ibex into the Salzburger Land

Hellabrunn Zoo releases Alpine ibex into the wild again - in Austria

When the moment finally arrived, everything happened very quickly: the keepers slid open the doors of the transport crates and in a matter of seconds …

Hellabrunn Zoo releases Alpine ibex into the wild again - in Austria
meerkats outdoor compound

Meerkats return to Hellabrunn Zoo’s Africa geo-zone

There’s a lot of activity in the revamped meerkat enclosure at Hellabrunn Zoo. Here visitors can once again admire four meerkats scurrying, digging …

Meerkats return to Hellabrunn Zoo’s Africa geo-zone
lions max and benny outdoor compound

Hellabrunn lions Max and Benny explore new outdoor enclosure

Following the official opening of the new lion enclosure at Hellabrunn Zoo last Friday at a ceremony attended by several members of the press and city …

Hellabrunn lions Max and Benny explore new outdoor enclosure
Opening lion enclosure Hellabrunn

Hellabrunn Zoo opens its new lion enclosure

On Friday morning, 27 May 2022, the moment had finally arrived: after almost 18 months of construction, the new lion enclosure at Hellabrunn Zoo was …

Hellabrunn Zoo opens its new lion enclosure

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