Garden dormouse at Langenberg Wildlife Park
New Wildife Park residents
Instead of dormice, garden dormice will definitely be kept in the Wildnispark Zurich.
Since August 2025, two garden dormice have been living in the Müsli-Hüsli at Langenberg Wildlife Park. After the three edible dormice that previously lived in the enclosure died during last year's hibernation due to their advanced age, the Langenberg Wildlife Park initially took over two garden dormice from the Goldau Zoo on a temporary basis.
However, it has now been decided to keep garden dormice permanently instead of edible dormice at Wildnispark Zurich. In contrast to the edible dormice, there are better transfer and adoption options for garden dormice with other zoos to prevent inbreeding. In addition, the garden dormouse is rarer in Switzerland than the edible dormouse and is even highly endangered in Central and Eastern Europe.
