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Under publications you will find our wilderness magazine, as well as annual reports and concepts.
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Contact for Media
Barbara Felix
Leiterin Marketing & Kommunikation
+41 44 722 55 29 (Di-Fr)
barbara.felix@wildnispark.ch
Mirella Wepf
Projektleiterin Kommunikation
+41 44 722 55 24 (Mo-Do)
mirella.wepf@wildnispark.ch
Media releases
Available only in German.
New prices for parking in the Zurich Wilderness Park
The Wildnispark Zurich Foundation is increasing the daily flat rates for visitor parking by five francs as of 1st January 2024. The foundation uses this income to finance a significant part of its operations. The reason for the price increase is rising costs for the maintenance of animal facilities and visitor infrastructure.
Wilderness day in the Sihlwald
An exciting event for the whole family: a wilderness day will be held in Sihlwald on September 24. The focus is on the reconquest of the forests by the red deer and the realm of mushrooms.
New tenant for the Langenberg restaurant from 2024
The Langenberg restaurant is passing into new hands: from mid-February 2024, guests at the popular excursion restaurant in the zoo will be served by the Zoo Restaurants GmbH team.
Young lynxes in the Zurich Wilderness Park
A trip to Langenberg Zoo is particularly worthwhile at the moment. Young animals can be observed in many animal species. Particularly pleasing: the lynxes have also given birth again - two females. These two should one day contribute to the preservation of the free-living lynx population in Europe.
Annual Report 2022 of the Zurich Wilderness Park Foundation
Zurich Wilderness Park is and remains a popular excursion destination: a total of 658,000 visits were recorded in Sihlwald and Langenberg Zoo in 2022. The Zurich Wilderness Park Foundation was able to open a new outdoor enclosure for Norway rats at Langenberg Zoo. Another highlight of the year was the transfer of a herd of five bison to Welschenrohr in the canton of Solothurn. An attempt to reintroduce bison is currently underway there - a species conservation project in which the Zurich Wilderness Park is also involved. Interesting research results can be reported from the Sihlwald forest: The proportion of deadwood has increased significantly over the last five years.
Of bisons and butterflies
Wilderness day at Langenberg Zoo for the whole family
A highlight in the Zurich Wilderness Park Foundation's annual program: the "Bison and Butterflies" wilderness day will take place at Langenberg Zoo on 11 June. A varied and playful program allows visitors to experience the native animal world.
"Wilderness fascinates"
New photo exhibition at the Nature Museum
On Sunday, March 26, the visitor center of the Zurich Wilderness Park in Sihlwald will reopen its doors. A new special exhibition at the Nature Museum shows the fascinating beauty of the wilderness.
A spiky Christmas menu for the moose in Langenberg
Moose feed almost exclusively on conifers for months in winter. The animals eat a lot - several trees a day. Unsold Christmas trees from the region are therefore welcome. A well-established win-win situation is once again providing much joy for humans and animals this year.
Insects in the forest - diverse, amazing and indispensable
Up to 60,000 insect species live in Switzerland. However, only half of these have been researched. The "Insects" wilderness day offers visitors to the Zurich Wilderness Park the opportunity to find out more about these small creatures.
Time and place: Sihlwald, Sunday, September 25 from 1.30 to 4.30 pm.
The shaggy giants have arrived in the Jura!
Wisent Thal" project
The go-ahead has been given for a pioneering species conservation project in the Solothurn municipality of Welschenrohr: Here, the "Wisent Thal" association wants to investigate whether the European bison can be reintroduced to Switzerland. On September 15, five young bison from the Zurich Langenberg Wilderness Park arrived in the Thal district.
