Farewell to Oskar: Wirgarten Fulda mourns popular Wallaby!

Farewell to Oskar: Wirgarten Fulda mourns popular Wallaby!

in the Wirarten Fulda, a newly designed animal park, there has been sad news in the past few days. Oskar, a Wallaby that was very popular with visitors and the team, died on Monday, March 3, 2025. This happened just a few months after the death of his partner Luisa in July 2024. Oskar was about 15 years old, which corresponds to the typical life expectancy for Wallabies. The management of the Wirgarten has announced the loss on the social platform Instagram and shared its grief. According to Fuldaer Zeitung lived in Fulda for at least ten years and were previously accommodated in the home animal garden.

The Wirarten Fulda opened its doors again on February 1, 2025 after a winter break. However, some areas of the park remain closed to reduce the risk of mouth and claw disease. New German yellow turkeys are new in the strangle, which offer visitors an extended animal experience. Rieke Trittin, the head of the Wirgarten, emphasizes the importance of buying new animals in the future, ideally further kangaroos because this type of society needs.

New concept in the Wirgarten

The stratar was previously run as a "Heimatiergarten" and opened on October 21, 2023 under the new name. According to ffh.de , the zoo was previously shortly before the closure due to financial problems and non-appropriate animal husbandry. The city of Fulda, the Environment Center, the Children's Academy and the Heimatiergarten-Verein came to the help of the renaming and redesign of the park.

A major innovation is the concept in which animals can decide for themselves whether they want to look for contact with visitors. Unlike before, the animals are no longer actively attracted with food, but have the freedom to withdraw if they do not want to be caressed. These changes aim to enable animals to live more appropriate.

educational offers for children

The stratar also has a strong pedagogical claim to introduce children to domestic farm animals. Various programs, such as "Animal Best Friends", offer a kind of zoo training for children and young people. These programs are tailored to the needs of school classes, daycare centers and social groups and take place on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in the morning. The zoo has also developed concepts for children's birthdays, company celebrations and conferences.

The opening times of the Wirgartens are Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Fridays to Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission prices are 3.50 euros for children and adolescents between 3 and 18 years, while adults have to pay 6 euros. It remains to be seen how the new zoo will continue to develop and cope with the loss of Oskar.