Prague Zoo at EXPO
Prague Zoo has the unique opportunity this year to participate in the EXPO 2015 world’s fair taking place in Milan, Italy. The aim of Prague Zoo’s presentation at the fair is to introduce itself to the world and, at the same time, demonstrate the relevance of the modern zoo.
Prague Zoo has seen its first Lord Howe Island stick insects hatch. These are the heaviest flightless insects on the planet. Thirteen little Lord Howe Island stick insects emerged from the first clutch to be laid at Prague Zoo. The luminous green nymphs are now in the zoo’s off-show facilities. Prior to their extinction, these...
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.
ZOOPRAHA.CZ
Contacts
- The Prague zoological garden
U Trojskeho zamku 120/3
171 00 Praha 7
Phone.: (+420) 296 112 230 (public relations department)
e-mail: zoopraha@zoopraha.cz
Others
