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First three Przewalski’s horses were successfully transported from Europe to Kazakhstan. One stallion named Zorro and two mares Zeta II and Ypsilonka flew on the board of a CASA C-295M military aircraft of the Air Force of the Army of the Czech Republic and landed in Arkalyk in Central Kazakhstan. After a following ground...

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 reintroduction of wild horses to this Central Asian country will be completed after more...

Prague Zoo’s visitors can look forward to several special events during the first weekend of June. On Saturday, June 1st, all children under 15 will pay a symbolic one crown for admission to the zoo. Prague Zoo, working with the Prague Metropolitan Police, have prepared a special Children’s Day programme. It will include...

Prague Zoo unveiled its new exhibit for Indian crested porcupines. Visitors will find it on the path between the Giant Tortoise House and the Giant Salamander exhibit in the lower part of the zoo’s grounds. At the moment the outdoor run features a group of females with two porcupettes. Once they have got used to their new...

“Stay where you are. Don’t move,” German primatologist Daniela Hedwig was whispering into a loud gorilla shouting. “It is OK, just don’t move,” she repeated, and I wondered if I should pick up my camera and try to take the photo of my life. I had already tried to imagine this situation before and I had always ended...

Two polar bears from Warsaw Zoo arrived at Prague Zoo last Tuesday night. The thirteen-year-old twins, Gregor and Aleut, came to Prague on the basis of a recommendation from the European breeding coordinator for this species. Her decision ties in with the departure in March of the Prague male, Tom, to Almaty, Kazakhstan, where...

On Saturday, Jane Goodall, the world-renowned primatologist and nature conservationist, baptised the baby western lowland gorilla born a month ago to Kijivu here at Prague Zoo. The baby gorilla was named Gaia. At the same time, the sex of this year’s second baby gorilla was revealed - as with Mobi, born in January, Gaia is...

According to the book of Genesis, Noah’s Ark was 300 feet long and 50 feet wide. Converted to current units, it measured roughly 135 to 22 metres. Squeezing a pair or even seven pairs of all animal species on to it must had been a completely impossible task.

This week the Dja Reserve’s eight-member gorilla troop ventured outside for the first time, taking both newborns with them. Giraffes, zebras and antelopes are now grazing outdoors in the large African enclosure, hippos are taking turns at sunbathing and swimming in the pool and the elephants are enjoying their first mud bath...