Dean Schneider

Swiss animal sanctuary founder and social media personality

Dean Schneider was born on 3 October 1992 in Zurich. Official accounts: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook.

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Dean Schneider (born 3 October 1992) is a Swiss animal sanctuary founder and social media personality from Zurich. He lives in South Africa at the Hakuna Mipaka Oasis, a private sanctuary of more than 400 hectares that is not open to the public and houses wild animals including giraffes, leopards, hyenas and baboons. The Dean Schneider Foundation, a government-supervised non-profit, funds the care of the animals there. His YouTube channel, DeanSchneiderHakunaMipaka, had about 11.1 million subscribers in September 2025.

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