About zoo

About zoo
Loading the crates carrying their precious cargo. Photo: Petr Hamerník, Prague Zoo.

The Sumatran orangutans—male Pagy, female Diri and their two-year-old son Harapan—were moved yesterday from the Indonesian Jungle to the Dja Reserve. In the new gorilla pavilion, they have found a temporary home, while Prague Zoo rebuilds their existing enclosure. The water moat that previously separated the animals...

History

The history of Prague Zoo goes all the way back to the year 1881, when, on the occasion of the wedding of Crown Prince Rudolf and Princess Stephanie of Belgium, Count Sweerts-Sporck published an open letter in the newspapers calling for the establishment of a zoological garden in Prague.


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