Panda twins conquer Berlin: An animal fairy tale is true!

Panda twins conquer Berlin: An animal fairy tale is true!

in the Berlin Zoo is reason to be happy: On August 22, 2024, the sweet Panda twins Leni and Lotti saw the light of day. These two small stars not only conquered the hearts of the visitors in the storm, but also the names have a very special meaning. At a festive event, zoo director Dr. Andreas Knieriem that the names Leni and Lotti were elected both as a homage to Marlene Dietrich and the neighboring city of Charlottenburg. "The names symbolize how common species protection efforts can beat bridges between two cultures," says Knieriem. At this event, Berlin's ruling mayor Kai Wegner and the Chinese ambassador Deng Hongbo, who each took over a sponsorship for the young animals, were also present, as reported on berliner-umschau.de .

The visits to the Berlin Zoo are not only entertaining, they also have a deeper meaning. The Panda twins serve as symbols for the endangered species and nature conservation and inspire the younger generation to work for the preservation of animal diversity. This was taken up by the filmmakers Michael Engelhardt and Ronald Kruschak, who were inspired by their visit to the zoo during the summer of 2020 to the children's book "Wild Rangers". In your book, you address how children can strongly get to endangered species, as can be seen from the report by berlin-live.de . The authors emphasize that touch with animal children such as Leni and Lotti arouses great emotions and stimulates thinking about dealing with nature.

Visitors who want to experience Leni and Lotti live can watch the two of one hour between 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. in the Panda Garden during a time window. In a lovingly equipped bed, the young animals enjoy their time next to their mother Meng Meng. From the end of January 2025, those responsible for the zoo plan to make the two small pandas accessible to the public together with their mother. Nice to see that despite their risk from poaching and loss of habitat, measures and nature conservation still take effect to secure these unique animals.