New signing in the Landau Zoo: Dária, the Siberian tiger cat, explores your home!

New signing in the Landau Zoo: Dária, the Siberian tiger cat, explores your home!

The Siberian tiger cat Dária has found its new home in the Landau Zoo in the Palatinate for a few weeks now. The 7-year-old Tiger originally comes from Debrecen, Hungary, and, supported by the zoo team, got used to her new environment. The first meetings between Dária and her carers went positively, which indicates that the animal could carefully integrate into the new processes. Already on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, the outdoor enclosure of the zoo, which extends over an impressive 7,000 square meters, will be open to the Tiger at 10:30 a.m.

The zoo director Dr. However, Jens-Ove Heckel has emphasized that Dária may not immediately explore the outdoor enclosure. So far, it has been seen as a rather reserved animal what could be due to its adaptation process.

background for keeping tiger in the Zoo Landau

The Landau Zoo has gone through a lot of change in recent years. The Tiger Igor and Ninoshka, who were born in the Austrian Zoo Schmiding at the end of 2007, died in 2024 at the age of 17. The two were important parts of the European ex-situ program (EEP), which was created to secure endangered species. After the death of the last brown bear, Jonny, in the summer of 2009, the old bear system was rebuilt for the attitude of Siberian or Amur-Tiger.

Siberian tigers, scientifically known as Panthera Tigris Altaica, are among the largest still existing big cats. Male tigers can weigh up to 300 kilograms and reach a shoulder height of up to 1.10 meters. The attitude of such impressive animals requires a lot of expertise and suitable conditions to meet the requirements of the species. The size of the enclosure, like the outdoor enclosure in the Landau Zoo, plays a crucial role.

outlook and challenges

The Zoo Landau plans to further expand tiger husbandry in the coming months and soon expects other tigers as part of the European ex-situ program. The animal -friendly attitude represents a complex challenge for zoos. The demands of the animals to their living conditions vary greatly and can often only be difficult to adapt to the conditions in a zoo. Improper handling can lead to behavioral disorders or even suffering in the animals.

Overall, the case of Dária shows how important it is to focus on the needs and the well -being of the animals. Those responsible in the Landau Zoo are faced with the task of finding a balance between the requirements of their protégés and the expectations of visitors.

For more information about the tiger farming in the Landau Zoo and the experience with Dária, visit The website of the zoos , or learn more about the challenges that Zoos have to face at the species-appropriate attitude of animals. href = "https://www.tierschutzbund.de/tiere-themen/tierein-sport-und- entertainment/zoo"> tierschutzbund.de .