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What it's about

The ibex population in the Alps is threatened by inbreeding. European zoos have therefore launched a conservation breeding program for ibex in 2023. The Langenberg Wildlife Park is participating in this program.

New flooring, new water and sewage pipes and a new fence are needed to ensure that the animals in the ibex enclosure in Langenberg feel completely at ease and the animal keepers can work efficiently, because the facility, which opened 75 years ago, is getting on in years.

 

Donation goal

CHF 550,000

Effect / Goals
  • improved animal husbandry (hygiene, environmental impact)
  • positive effects on conservation breeding
  • Safety of animal keepers
  • Sensitization of visitors to the habitat's worthiness of protection
Time period

Building application 1.3.2025
Construction phase Oct. 2025 - March 2026

Project state

Under construction

Funding

Thanks to donations and personal contributions, CHF 350,000 has already been financed.

Our thank you

Invitation to the opening event.

After the heavy thunderstorms there is a lot of loose dead wood and fallen trees can block paths. Please be careful and do not rest under scrawny trees.

Due to the ongoing heat wave and drought, there is a considerable risk of forest fires in the canton of Zurich (level 3 out of 5). We kindly ask you not to light fires in the Sihlwald. You may use the marked fireplaces in the Langenberg Wildlife Park. Please always extinguish the fire completely.

Fun for the King of the Alps

The ibex enclosure at the Langenberg Wildlife Park needs to be renovated.

The keeping of ibex at the Langenberg Wildlife Park is of far-reaching importance for the healthy survival of wild ibex in the Alpine region.

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