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...

Mating of the female Tang and the male Guo Bao on November 7, 2023. Photo: Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo

It is known all over the world that since July 1 we have the second baby of Chinese pangolin in Prague Zoo; its photos have been published in media from the United States to India to Japan. But this is how it started – and I...

Zorro in the acclimatization enclosure in Alibi last Friday morning. Photo: Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo

We walked through the large acclimatization enclosure in Kazakhstan’s Golden Steppe and looked around in vain for the three Przewalski’s horses that we released here. Finally, we noticed a movement in the distance. But it was only...


Photo: Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo

The trucks raced through the steppe, raising high clouds of dust behind them, along the improvised road, which the grader dug for them a few days ago. The moment when three Przewalski’s horses, loaded on their decks, would be able to leave the...

The training of loading the CASA plane at the military airport in Kbely was also part of the preparation. Photo Miroslav Bobek

Two CASA C-295M planes with Przewalski’s horses on board will take off from Prague and Berlin on Monday afternoon. Their destination will be the abandoned Arkalyk airport in central Kazakhstan. If everything goes well, the first phase of...