Family-friendly animal park focusing on regional domestic breeds and European wildlife. Home to around 2,000 animals from 100 species.
Least Concern
Canis lupus lupus
Eurasian Wolf
Wolves in a naturalistic forest enclosure.
🌍 Europa
🍽️ Carnivore
⚖️ 25–50 kg
⏳ 10–13 Jahre
🏞️ Forests and steppes of Europe
💡 Eurasian wolves howl to communicate with their pack over kilometers.
Least Concern
Phoca vitulina
Harbor Seal
Harbor seals in a North Sea coast exhibit.
🌍 Europa
🍽️ Piscivore
⚖️ 60–170 kg
⏳ 25–30 Jahre
🏞️ Coasts of the North Atlantic and North Pacific
💡 Harbor seals can dive for up to 30 minutes.
Bentheimer Landschaf
Rare, endangered sheep breed from the Emsland region.
🌍 Europa
🍽️ Herbivore
⚖️ 50–80 kg
⏳ 10–15 Jahre
🏞️ Pastures and moorlands of Lower Saxony
💡 Tierpark Nordhorn keeps over 100 animals – the largest herd of this rare breed.
Least Concern
Choloepus didactylus
Two-Toed Sloth
Leisurely tree dwellers that sleep up to 20 hours a day.
🌎 Südamerika
🍽️ Herbivore
⚖️ 4–8 kg
⏳ 20–30 Jahre
🏞️ Tropical rainforests of South and Central America
💡 Sloths descend from their tree only once a week to relieve themselves.
Domesticated
Sus scrofa domesticus
Buntes Bentheimer Schwein
Rare, endangered pig breed with black and white spotting.
🌍 Europa
🍽️ Omnivore
⚖️ 100–150 kg
⏳ 15–20 Jahre
🏞️ Pastures and barns
💡 In the 1950s, only about 100 Buntes Bentheimer pigs remained worldwide.