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Book courses or excursions now!
The 2025 event program is online.
Whether forest bathing, brunch in the animal park or a mushroom course - the foundation Wildnispark Zurich has many exciting events to offer this year. Reservations are now possible!
Immerse yourself in the wilderness –€“ you would like to get to know the Sihlwald forest or the animals in the Langenberg Wildlife Park, you can now reserve the dates of your choice in the agenda. With more than 60 events, the Wildnispark Zurich Found...
Christmas trees – a feast for moose and red deer
Moose feed almost exclusively on conifers for months in winter. Red and silver fir trees are also an important source of food for red deer and roe deer during the cold season. Fortunately, Wildnispark Zurich is receiving numerous unsold Christmas trees from Coop and Grün Stadt Zürich again this year.
Moose are voracious. An adult moose eats four to six conifers a day in winter. But they picky eaters –€“ ey prefer silver fir and Nordmann fir because their spikes are not as hurtful. However, Norway spruce will also do in a pinch.
Other wild animal...
Second lynx from Wildnispark Zurich released into the wild in Germany
In Germany, the lynx is threatened with extinction. Initiatives are currently underway in several federal states to support the lynx population. In this context, the female lynx "Vreni", born in the Wildnispark Zurich, was released into the wild in the Thuringian Forest in August. Today, her twin sister "Verena" has found a new home in the Black Forest.
The last lynx in the German Alps was killed in 1850. Thanks to reintroduction projects since the 1970s, the population has grown to around 200 animals. However, without further releases and good habitat networking, the lynx will not survive in German...
Hasenrain closed
Detour signaled
Due to a landslide, the Hasenrain is currently closed and a detour has been signaled.
Wolf pack leader dies at Langenberg Wildlife Park
Due to a tumor, the male leader of the wolf pack in the Wildnispark Zurich Langenberg had to be put down.
At the end of October, the animal care team at Wildnispark Zurich discovered that the male pack leader was limping badly. Unfortunately, the veterinary examination revealed that it was a broken bone and that the male had little chance of recovery. To...
Special find in the Sihlwald
A highlight of the 2024 mushroom season
Russula camarophylla, which is widespread in central-western Europe, is only known from a few locations. This year it was discovered several times in the Sihlwald and on the Horgenberg.
In mid-August, mushroom picker Brigitta Danuser was faced with a puzzle. She had found a mushroom in Wildnispark Zurich that she could not easily identify. The Zurich Mushroom Association, where she presented her find, was also initially puzzled as t...
Hedgehog listed as an endangered species for the first time
On the IUCN Red List
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the number of Western European hedgehogs – also known as brown-breasted hedgehogs or western hedgehogs – is in sharp severe. They have classified the animal as «potentially endangered» on their Red List of Threatened Species for the first time.
The Western European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) can be found in Switzerland, Germany and Austria, the Benelux countries, Scandinavia and Great Britain, among others. Over the past ten years, the number has declined by between 16 and 33 percent, d...
Winter season - adjustment of opening hours
The visitor center and the nature museum are closed during the winter season. In addition, the animal enclosures, the Langenberg West park area, the Langenberg restaurant and the store at Langenberg WIldlife Park have adjusted opening hours. Customer service will also have reduced contact hours.
Customer service
During the winter season, the customer service of the Wildnispark Zurich has changed its hours. From now on, customer service will only be available all day on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. On all other days, on weekends, and p...
Lynx Vreni from Wildnipark Zurich has settled in well in Germany
At the end of August, a female lynx that was born in 2023 at Langenberg Wildlife Park in Langnau am Albis was released into the wild in the Thuringian Forest. The animal, named Vreni, has adapted well to life in the wild and has already killed several deer.
Vreni, the female lynx born at Langenberg Wildlife Park, was released into the wild in Germany around a month ago. Now there is good news: "She is doing very well, our young Swiss lynx!" reports Markus Port, project coordinator of "Luchs Thüringen". Init...
Stone crayfish released into the wild in the Sihlwald forest
This afternoon, 40 stone crayfish were released in the Sihlwald. This native crayfish species is highly endangered. With this reintroduction project, the Foundation Wildnispark Zurich is helping to promote biodiversity in Switzerland.
Crayfish used to be widespread in Switzerland. However, the four native species are now under severe pressure. In 2011, the federal government launched the "Swiss Crayfish Action Plan". This proposes various measures to protect the native crayfish spec...
