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Change in the Foundation Members' Meeting
There are personnel changes in the Foundation Members' Meeting of the Wildnispark Zurich Foundation.
Andreas Hasler is stepping down from the Founders' Assembly at the end of May. He has represented Pro Natura Zurich as the sponsoring and founding organisation of the Wildnispark Zurich Foundation in the Foundation Members' Meeting since 2008.
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New president and management of zooschweiz
At the end of May, veterinarian Karin Federer was unanimously elected as the new president of zooschweiz, the association of scientifically managed zoological gardens in Switzerland.
At the end of May, the ten members of zooschweiz unanimously elected Karin Federer as the new President. Federer is Director of the Walter Zoo in Gossau and takes over from Caspar Bijleveld. The director of the Papiliorama in Kerzers headed zooschwei...
Annual report 2023
Our review of the year 2023 shows encouraging results in various respects: Thanks to targeted enhancement measures along the river Sihl, significantly more sand lizards have been observed. The operation of the new emergency care station for bats at Langenberg Wildlife Park has also got off to a successful start. And according to a representative survey, the Sihlwald Nature Discovery Park has become better known to the public.
The Wildnispark Zurich Foundation's 2023 annual report offers exciting insights behind the scenes. It shows how the first year of operation of the new emergency care station for bats at Langenberg Wildlife Park went and the measures the Wildnispark Zu...
Lynx from the Langenberg makes headlines
A female lynx from the Langenberg Wildlife Park is to be released into the wild in Germany next autumn. Now it has made headlines ahead of time: The Thalwil fire department had to be called in to help catch it for transportation.
European lynxes living in the wild are threatened by inbreeding. The Wildnispark Zurich is participating in the European conservation breeding program. A female born in 2023 is to be released into the wild in Germany to strengthen the gene pool of th...
The return of the large herbivores
New exhibition at Langenberg Wildlife Park
A new exhibition will open at Langenberg Wildlife Park on May 1st. "Wisent & Co. - the landscape gardeners" impressively shows how the large herbivores have reconquered Switzerland over the last 150 years and how they influence the landscape.
Today it is almost impossible to imagine: 150 years ago, ibex, red deer, roe deer and wild boar were completely or almost extinct in Switzerland.
A new exhibition at Langenberg Wildlife Park impressively shows how the large herbivores were able to...
S4 replacement bus between Langnau-Gattikon and Sihlwald
Due to construction work, the section of the S4 between Langnau-Gattikon and Sihlwald station will be closed from April 15 to December 24, 2024. During this time, rail replacement buses will run twice an hour between the two stations.
In order to protect the lower Sihl valley and the city of Zurich from flooding, the canton of Zurich is building a relief tunnel between Langnau am Albis and Thalwil, through which water can be diverted from the Sihl directly into Lake Zurich.
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Three young wolves have moved to Basel
The Lange Erlen zoo in Basel is opening a new wolf enclosure on April 19. In future, it will be inhabited by three male wolves that were born at Langenberg Zoo.
In the wild, wolves grow up in packs. This consists of the two parents, the pups from the current year and possibly from the previous year. At the age of one to two years, the growing wolves have to leave the pack. Both females and males then set off...
"Sand lizard. Are you all right?"
New special exhibition at the Nature Museum
From Friday, April 12, the Nature Museum of the Zurich Wilderness Park will be presenting the new special exhibition "Sand lizard. Everything alright?". It offers an exciting insight into the life of these bright green mini-dinosaurs. In keeping with the theme, the Zurich Wilderness Park has redesigned the habitat next to the museum. Sand lizards, insects and numerous other small animals feel at home in the new small animal community.
The sand lizard loves clutter. It uses piles of stones and branches as shelter. Its preferred habitat is dry areas, embankments, hedges and strips of old grass along fences. The sand lizard is rarely found on intensively used agricultural land and in...
Leash obligation in the forest and at the edge of the forest
The new law also applies to the Sihluferweg.
Wild animals are particularly susceptible to disturbance during the breeding and settling season. Therefore, according to the new hunting law of the Canton of Zurich, dogs must be kept on a leash in the forest and at the edge of the forest from April...
Spring is here: start of the season at Zurich Wilderness Park!
From Good Friday, March 29, the visitor center in Sihlwald will be open again. This marks the start of the main season in the Zurich Wilderness Park. The Wilderness Park team has once again put together an exciting program with around 300 events.
Mushroom and wild plant courses, guided tours of the animal park or wilderness days for the whole family; with over 300 events, the Zurich Wilderness Park offers a varied program and attractions for all nature-loving people.
Proven and new
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