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...

Ceremonial handover of an off-road vehicle and motorbike. From left: S. Dalaitseren, employee at We Help Them to Survive—Mongolia, D. Naranbaatar, Director of the Nömrög National Park, Miroslav Bobek, E. Byambajargal, Governor of Khalkhgol District, Veronika Kapišovská, a Mongolist, P. Itgeltögs, Chairman of the District Council, O. Ganbaatar, Director of We Help Them to Survive—Mongolia. Photo: David Broda, Prague Zoo

A surprise awaited us during our August visit to Khalkhgol, Mongolia’s easternmost province. After the director of the Nömrög National Park, D. Naranbaatar, had received the new Land Cruiser 79 from us, which will help when building the...

Zeta II separated in a small enclosure in a photo from the end of May. Photo: Kristýna Čechlovská, Prague Zoo

The first Przewalski’s horse to touch the Golden Steppe in central Kazakhstan in hundreds of years was the mare Zeta II in June last year. She was born in spring 2021 in Dolní Dobřejov and was named after a famous mare born at the same place in...


A female of mountain bongo with a calf in the enclosure managed by Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy. Photo: Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo

One of the animals, which we introduce within this year’s campaign Rare and Unique, is a beautiful African antelope mountain bongo. Its selection was absolutely clear since the very beginning. The last population in the wild survives in the...

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.