About zoo

About zoo
The “big-eared” calves were named Eburu and Meru. Pictured here, from left, youtuber Jakub Steklý alias Stejk and keeper Lucie Křížová. Photo Václav Šilha, Prague Zoo

On Saturday, October 11th, Prague Zoo ceremonially “baptised” two mountain bongo calves. Their godfather is the YouTuber Stejk. The names of the two males emphasise the threats these forest antelopes face. Critically endangered, the only place where bongos live in the wild is in Aberdare National Park in central Kenya. The...

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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