Petra’s reports

22.10.2024 – Source: Wilhelma Stuttgart, Photos by Petra Ballon A small sensation with a striped pattern! There is great excitement at Wilhelma: on the 4th October 2024, a new hatchling was born to the black-backed […]

17.10.2024 – Photos by Petra Ballon When Petra visited the Karlsruhe Zoo she met many sweet animals there enjoying the Autumn sun that still warmed their furs and feathers. This birdie must have heard a […]

18.8.2024 – Photos by Petra Ballon The Summer is heading to the Fall but the days are still warm so the animals in Wilhelma can still let the sun rays warm their skins and furs. […]

27.5.2024 – Photos by Petra Ballon Hello! My name is Gina and I’m a proud mother of three lovely cubbies. My friend Petra visited us in the Kölner Zoo on the 6th of May and […]

1.4.2024 – Photos by Petra Ballon The Spring has arrived in Wilhelma Zoo in Stuttgart and the magnolia flowers are glowing in the sunshine. When Petra visited the zoo she met many lovely animals – […]

20.3.2024 – Photos by Petra Ballon Although the meetings between Kap and Nuka have been very cautious there hasn’t been any hostility from either side. When Petra arrived the bears were separated. Kap was obviously […]

15.3.2024 – Photos by Petra Ballon, Karlsruhe Zoo Source: The Karlsruhe Zoo: Cautious familiarisation: Kap and Nuka meet for the first time The two polar bears Kap and Nuka have met for the first time. […]

4.3.2024 – Photos by Petra Ballon When Petra took these photos in February it was still Winter but the animals in the Karlsruhe Zoo were already looking forward to the Spring. Kathy and Halloween enjoy […]

25.2.2024 – Photos by Petra Ballon I’m very glad to publish photos from the Heidelberg Zoo because they are quite rare in this magazine. After watching Petra’s photos I could only sing ‘Ich hab’ mein […]

17.2.2024 – Photos by Petra Ballon Although Old Man Winter is still visiting Wilhelma the animals are very ‘avantgarde’ and want to present the latest Spring fashion trends. Skunk knows that a forelock is very […]