The European Zoo Community in Łódź
Once a year, Europe's zoo community meets at the EAZA conference for five days of intensive exchange. More than 1,000 people made the pilgrimage to Łódź, Poland, this year to exchange ideas.
News from the Citizen Conservation Blog
Biannual report 1 / 2021 – status update
A second six months under the Corona crisis – a species conservation program is suffering from lockdowns, too.
Death in the forest – our fire salamander documentary
A tragedy is also happening in our native hardwood forests. An introduced fungal disease is killing all fire salamanders that cross its path. Our fire salamander movie about the fungal disease
Biannual report 2 / 2020 – status update
Looking back at 2020, you can see: This is working! Not only did some animals already reach sexual maturity, but they’ve even had offspring.
Biannual report 1 / 2020 – status update
A year and a half ago, we started developing our conservation breeding program using amphibians as an example. This included everything that belongs in a pilot phase:
Biannual report 2 / 2019 – status update
Citizen Conservation - taking stock after year number one At the reference date of November 1st 2019, 136 amphibians are in care of participating zoos, school vivaria and private terrarium owners.
On a mission for toads – Anna Rauhaus
Anna Rauhaus is a caretaker in the Cologne Zoo’s aquarium. Colleagues around the world value her knowledge and expertise in amphibian care.