Petra’s reports

12.3.2025 – Photos by Petra Ballon The friends of the Zoo Karlsruhe were allowed to meet Mika already a day before the official presentation. Mika was a bit tired … … and certainly surprised by […]

26.2.2025 – Fotos: Petra Ballon, Source: Pressemitteilung von Wilhelma Kurz vor Weihnachten haben die beiden im Juni 2024 zur Welt gekommenen Koala-Babys in der Wilhelma erstmals aus den Beuteln ihrer Mütter geblickt. Seitdem wurde viel […]

19.1.2025 – Source: Wilhelma, Photos by Petra Ballon and Wilhelma Wilhelma in Stuttgart has once again achieved a sensational breeding success. Visitors to the zoological and botanical garden, Terra Australis, which only opened in July […]

7.1.2024 – Photos by Petra Ballon When Petra visited the Zoo Heidelberg on the 28th of December there was no snow but there was frost on the ground and on the plants. The frozen roses […]

20.12.2024 – Photos by Petra Ballon Petra visited Hellabrunn in Munich on the 2nd of December. It was a rainy and foggy day but she managed to take great photos of many of our animal […]

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 – […]