Tierpark veterinarian Christine Gohl has been accompanying thousands of animals at Munich Zoo for 21 years, from birth to death. A conversation about their duties, the ruthlessness of nature and why there is no cemetery in the zoo.Interviewed by Philip CronesIn addition to veterinarian Christine Gohl, five other people are sitting at the table. She is flanked by a colleague, the head of the zoo, press officers, the head of the zoo. Apparently, the topic of death in the zoo...
A gorilla baby rejected by its mother has been put to sleep at Hellabrunn Zoo. The female newborn was apparently born on the night of December 31 and was not adopted by the mother or other animals in the group, the zoo said. The young animal was severely hypothermic and very weak, and its general condition continued to deteriorate. Experts from veterinary medicine, nursing, management and the veterinary authority had therefore unanimously decided to redeem the newborn.Keepers discovered the female...
A gorilla baby rejected by its mother has been put to sleep at Hellabrunn Zoo. The female newborn was apparently born on the night of December 31 and was not adopted by the mother or other animals in the group, the zoo said. The young animal was severely hypothermic and very weak, and its general condition continued to deteriorate. Experts from veterinary medicine, nursing, management and the veterinary authority had therefore unanimously decided to redeem the newborn.Keepers discovered the female...
Galloping giraffes are such a thing in winter. Some are very happy about it, including at least all visitors, maybe even the accompanying pets. Others, however, are much more competent when it comes to the sticky animals and are more concerned about them. Because although almost all species with outdoor enclosures, from lions to llamas, are used to minus temperatures, as zoo director Rasem Baban explains, there are big differences. The arctic fox, for example, is unsurprisingly in pretty good...
A serious disease had been discovered in the rare primates. Putting them to sleep was "inevitable for animal welfare reasons," according to the zoo.Hellabrunn Zoo put six drills to sleep on Tuesday because of an incurable illness. The decision was unavoidable for animal welfare reasons and was made by the local vet team, the zoo said on Wednesday. It was done "with a heavy heart"."All of us, but especially the veterinarians and animal keepers, were hit hard by the outcome...
When it gets cold, the animals shouldn't just be warm, they also need to be protected from rain, snow and wind. Because some residents of the Hellabrunn Zoo are quite sensitive when it comes to the weather. That's why the thermostats in the facilities, such as the elephant house or the jungle house, are not turned on, explains spokeswoman Sophia Zimmerling. In the zoo, saving energy is the task of the employees - not the animals.cuddle up warmOpen detailed viewMeerkats...
For the first time in 30 years: Hellabrunn Zoo is happy to have offspring among the white-tailed porcupines. "The male is healthy, strong and surprisingly prickly," says the zoo. The little porcupine doesn't have a name yet. The cub was born in July. Nurses did not examine it until Friday, four months later.Porcupines are very sensitive to the abdomen in the first few months. "We waited so that the young animal would not be injured during the examination," said a...
Around eight months after the accidental death of four meerkats at the Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich, four meerkats have moved into the revised facility. The female and the three male animals recently came from Zurich, the zoo announced on Monday. "We have spared no effort to create a beautiful facility with optimal conditions for our new meerkats," says zoo director Rasem Baban.A lot of work has been done in the meerkat facility in recent months. The outdoor area was completely...
In the past seven months, the flamingos at the Munich zoo have had to leave their traditional quarters and live next to the pelicans. But the animals didn't like that at all, says Verena Dietl, mayor and chairman of the zoo's supervisory board. Now the birds seem to be doing well again. The new aviary for some of the endangered birds was opened on Monday. The animals have been a figurehead for Hellabrunn for more than 40 years, and one...
In the middle of... MunichOpen detailed viewIllustration: Marc HeroldThe petting zoo in Munich's Hellabrunn Zoo is an experience for young and old. Even uninvolved onlookers who walk along the Isarweg and just take a look inside are always offered something. On a sunny winter's day, a small family roams through the enclosure, looking as if they have just returned from shopping on Maximilianstrasse. The parents try to get their six-year-old daughter in the most instagrammable positions possible to the four-legged...
