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The first wombat born in the Czech Republic was officially named at Prague Zoo on Saturday June15th. Actor and presenter Ondřej Sokol named the joey Mersey, after the river flowing through the area in Tasmania that has recorded the highest number of sightings of these marsupials on the entire island. At the same time, it was...

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 a solitary saiga.

The Sumatran orangutan, born in Prague Zoo May 2nd, 2024, was named Harapan, which means “hope” in Indonesian. The name for the first offspring of female Diri was chosen by the keepers from almost two thousand suggestions from the public.

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 crammed transport crates after more than thirty hours was approaching. At that...

Thursday morning, a Czech Army CASA aircraft landed in Arkalyk, central Kazakhstan, with four more Przewalski’s horses. The mares, Tessa, Wespe, Umbra and Sary, had undergone an 18-hour flight from Berlin, followed by a seven-hour truck journey over treacherous terrain. Just before 5pm local time, the mares were released into...

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...