Director

Director
Miroslav Bobek. Photo: Michal Sváček

Miroslav Bobek (* 10/2/1967 in Mladá Boleslav) has been leading Prague Zoo since 2010. He graduated in zoology from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Charles’ University, then worked in Czech Radio between 1993–2009. During his tenure as Director of Prague Zoo many new exhibits were built – particularly the Elephant...

It is said that for isolation and characterization of pederin in 1980s it was necessary to collect 25 million of beetles Paederus fuscipes. Today this toxin can be synthesized in laboratory. Photo: Dragiša Savić

This year’s Return of the Wild Horses seemed to be haunted by the ten plagues of Egypt. One of them struck three of my colleagues in the Kazakh steppe.

Ball’s Pyramid. Photo Miroslav Bobek

Ball's Pyramid rises steeply 562 meters above the Pacific Ocean. It is said to be the tallest volcanic plug in the world. In any case, it is a truly fascinating rock formation!


Photo: Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo

Ganbaatar waved at me insistently and showed me the direction I should take. I quickly set off up the rocky slope and then I saw him. From behalf the horizon, just a few dozen metres from me, a beautiful stallion of Przewalski’s horse silently...

Photo: Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo

After the outbreak of the Prague Uprising some zoo employees left to defend the Troja Bridge. It is said that they retrieved weapons from hiding places on the premises of Prague Zoo, but we have no evidence of this, or I don’t know about any. But...