Petra’s reports

24.4.2025 – Photos and videos by Petra Ballon There are lots of photos of Mika these days but I think we all need some cubbie cuteness now that the world is a total mess! Petra […]

1.4.2025 – Photos by Petra Ballon Everybody loves cute polar bear cubs and Mika in the Karlsruhe Zoo certainly is all the visitors’ darling. Of course, I want to publish as many photos I can […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]