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A young bearded vulture that hatched at Prague Zoo this March has been released into the wild. The juvenile female will soon be soaring above the Sierra Nevada mountains in Andalusia, Spain. Colleagues from the Vulture Conservation Foundation have named her Alhorí, after a local glacial valley. The European population of these...

A new environment, unfamiliar scents and sounds—and, above all, unknown neighbours. White-belted ruffed lemurs, which are among the largest and most vocal of all lemurs, settled into their new home surprisingly quickly. Visitors to Prague Zoo previously saw them opposite the giant tortoises; today they share the walk-through...

Four Przewalski’s horse mares have safely arrived in Kazakhstan from Berlin. Togs and Shara, originally from the UK’s Marwell Zoo, Bela, born in Nuremberg, and Theresa from the partner institution Tierpark Berlin, were released into acclimatisation enclosures at the Alibi reintroduction centre yesterday at ten minutes past...

Curious and playful kits with unmistakable ears—three young bat-eared foxes—have begun venturing out of their natal den at Prague Zoo. This follows a long hiatus in breeding, as it was difficult to find a suitable partner for the zoo’s genetically valuable male, intended as the founder of a new European breeding line. The...

Przewalski’s horses transported from Prague Zoo have safely arrived in Kazakhstan after a 15-hour flight. A subsequent 11-hour overland journey on the beds of lorries carried them from Kostanay to the Altyn Dala State Nature Reserve (the Golden Steppe). There, shortly before 8 pm, they were released into an...

Thanks to Prague Zoo and the Czech Air Force, four Przewalski’s horses departed for Kazakhstan today, all of them stallions—a first in the history of these transports. The world’s last remaining species of wild horse will land in Kostanay aboard a CASA aircraft, from where a ground convoy will continue to the Golden...

The Return of the Wild Horses project continues this year. The transport of Przewalski’s horses to Kazakhstan, organised by Prague Zoo and its partners, will begin as early as this week. This will take place almost exactly fifteen years after Prague’s first transport of the horses to Mongolia. Eight Przewalski’s...

Prague Zoo has rejoined the Union of Czech and Slovak Zoological Gardens (UCSZOO). The organisation’s General Assembly approved the zoo’s readmission on Thursday, 21 May. After just under four years, Prague Zoo has once again become a full member of this national association.

Vietnam pheasants, last seen in the wild in 2000, are returning to their homeland. Berlin Zoo transported ten pairs to Vietnam this month, with three of the twenty individuals coming from Prague Zoo. The transport, under the slogan Bring Back Blue, is the result of decades of international effort. Prague Zoo plays a key role: it...