Pumpkin pie might be the order of the day for people this Halloween but now zoo animals are also getting in on the act. Not only is pumpkin – either served raw or packed with various treats – a welcome change in the diet for most zoo animals, it is also a great way to […]
Romance will be in the air this Friday at Schoenbrunn Zoo as tickets for two are offered at a discount price and a special tour teaches visitors about the love lives of animals. Pairs of tickets bought using the password ‘Valentines Day’ will be on offer for a total price of 15 Euros on Friday […]
Wildlife fans got their first p-p-p-peek at this fluffy newborn King Penguin chick in Austria after he went on show for the first time in Vienna’s Schonbrunn Zoo. The chick -already 10 inches tall (25 cm) – has previously been hidden by the flaps of skin both parents use under their tummies to insulate their […]
This is the moment a doting panda mum came eye to eye with her minutes-old cub for the first time after giving birth in an Austrian zoo. Mum Yang Yang gave birth naturally to the four inch long (10 cms) cub at Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Zoo, a rarity in panda pregnancies. Zoo director Dagmar Schratter said: […]
One of Schönbrunn Zoo’s biggest visitor attractions Tuluba the elephant turns three on August 6th. To celebrate, Tuluba will be given a birthday party. From 15.00 hours Tuluba will be given a birthday cake and there will be attractions for children. Zoo director Dagmar Schratter said: “Tuluba will be given a surprise hay cake which […]
Three baby snow-leopards born in Salzburg’s Hellbrunn zoo six weeks ago got their first brief taste of the outdoors this week. The two female cubs and their brother frolicked around in their enclosure for half-an-hour before mum Mira decided they’d had enough and took them back inside. Zookeeper Andreas Gfrerer said: “This is the first […]
The Chinese government has threatened to take Schönbrunn’s panda’s away if the Austrian government meets the Dalai Lama again. The foreign minister and deputy president Michael Spindelegger (ÖVP) was presented with a scarf by the Dalai Lama in Vienna’s Stadthalle last year and the chancellor Werner Faymann met the spiritual leader of Tibet for dinner […]
Five wolf cubs are the latest addition to the Schönbrunn zoo in Vienna this spring. The wolves are now several weeks old and have gradually been wondering more and more outside their underground lair. Wolf pups have their eyes closed for two weeks after they are born and are defenceless during that time. Zoo director […]
By Olivia Michaud The second edition of the six-kilometre Vienna zoo run will take place on June, 11 in Schönbrunn. Half of the entry fee will go to a charity, “Die Luftkinder”, which helps children with pulmonary hypertension and money will also go into building a new enclosure for the polar bears. The run will […]
Vienna Schönbrunn zoo will be celebrating Halloween as part of their golden autumn festival running from 20 October to 1 November. On offer for visitors will be the opportunity for kids to build Halloween decorations, organic products will be on sale and special workshops are also being arranged for the kids. In the zoo’s elephant […]