A young bull fallow deer in the Betzenberg Wildlife Park in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Oct. 27, 2014. (Joshua L. DeMotts/Stars and Stripes)
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Fall suddenly turned to winter in Kaiserslautern, Germany, on Wednesday, as residents, including the animals in the wildlife park, woke up to about 3 inches of snow.
The Wildpark am Betzenberg was created in 1970 so that Kaiserslautern’s residents and visitors could observe indigenous wild animals, as well as some that were native to the area in the past.
The nearly 62-acre park is home to wild boars, lynx, various forms of deer and the endangered wisent, also known as the European bison, among other species.
The park is open daily; admission is free.
A young bull fallow deer in the Betzenberg Wildlife Park in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Oct. 27, 2014. (Joshua L. DeMotts/Stars and Stripes)
A bull fallow deer groans and snorts during the rut, or mating season, in the Betzenberg Wildlife Park in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Oct. 27, 2014. ( Joshua L. DeMotts/Stars and Stripes)
Bred-back tarpan, or Eurasian wild horses, at the Betzenberg Wildlife Park in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Oct. 27, 2014.
(Joshua L. DeMotts/Stars and Stripes)
A stag red deer in the Betzenberg Wildlife Park in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Oct. 27, 2014. (Joshua L. DeMotts/Stars and Stripes)
A European roe deer warmed by the fall midday light at the Betzenberg Wildlife Park in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Oct. 27, 2014.
(Joshua L. DeMotts/Stars and Stripes)
A European roe deer doe feeding a fawn is interrupted by another deer at the Betzenberg Wildlife Park in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Oct. 27, 2014. (Joshua L. DeMotts/Stars and Stripes)
A couple of European roe deer graze at the Betzenberg Wildlife Park in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Oct. 27, 2014. (Joshua L. DeMotts/Stars and Stripes)
Two wild boars, or Eurasian wild pigs, run around in this winter's first snow at the Betzenberg Wildlife Park in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Dec. 3, 2014. (Joshua L. DeMotts/Stars and Stripes)
Two bred-back species of aurochs, the extinct ancestors of modern cattle, graze in this winter's first snow at the Betzenberg Wildlife Park in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Dec. 3, 2014. (Joshua L. DeMotts/Stars and Stripes)
A wisent, also known as the European bison, walks through this winter's first snow at the Betzenberg Wildlife Park in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Dec. 3, 2014. The wisent species is one of two existing species of bison alongside the American bison.
(Joshua L. DeMotts/Stars and Stripes)
Two bull wisent, also known as the European bison, playfully challenge eath other in this winter's first snow at the Betzenberg Wildlife Park in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Dec. 3, 2014. (Joshua L. DeMotts/Stars and Stripes)
A herd of fallow deer rest in a clump of wood blanketed with this winter's first snow in the Betzenberg Wildlife Park in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Dec. 3, 2014. (Joshua L. DeMotts/Stars and Stripes)
A stag red deer surrounded by females in this winter's first snowfall in the Betzenberg Wildlife Park in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Dec. 3, 2014. (Joshua L. DeMotts/Stars and Stripes)
A stag red deer grazes through this winter's first snowfall with a few females nearby in the Betzenberg Wildlife Park in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Dec. 3, 2014. (Joshua L. DeMotts/Stars and Stripes)
A bred-back tarpan, or Eurasian wild horse, walks through this winter's first snowfall at the Betzenberg Wildlife Park in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Dec. 3, 2014. (Joshua L. DeMotts/Stars and Stripes)
