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On land, fur seals gather into colonies, which consist of harems—groups made up of an adult male, up to fifty females, and pups conceived the previous year. Males are easy to distinguish from females: they are significantly larger and have a noticeably thicker neck.

Fur seals forage in the ocean, but they breed exclusively on land. They can spend up to half a year on beaches or rocky islets. This is not only the time of births and raising pups but also mating. Fur seals enjoy basking in the sun and resting on the shore.

Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh awarded Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo’s director, the “Order of the Polar Star” – the highest state decoration a foreign national can receive. The president’s advisor, Erdenetsogt Odbayar, presented the Order on the president’s behalf, and thanked Mr Bobek for...

The female Chinese pangolin, Run Hou Tang, who has been living with the male, Guo Bao, in Prague Zoo since last April, is pregnant. This was confirmed by an ultrasound examination. If all goes well, Run Hou Tang will have her offspring sometime between mid-December and mid-January - and Prague Zoo will welcome the first-ever...

The Dja Reserve in Prague Zoo opened its gates to the public today. Visitors can now set off on a journey through the Cameroonian rainforest, where they will meet vervet monkeys, guerezas, fruit bats and, of course, western lowland gorillas. A new gorilla couple - the male Kisumu and the female Duni, daughter of our beloved Moja...

Last Friday afternoon, the CASA military plane that brought us the female gorilla Duni from Spain landed at Prague-Kbely airport. Another big step had been successfully completed – and we have to thank the Air Force of the Czech Army and the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic for the invaluable help they gave us.

To kick off with, I would like to express my deepest thanks to my colleagues, especially Jarda Šimek, Pavel Brandl, Roman Vodička and Martin Vojáček, as well as the command of the Czech Air Force and the 24th Air Transportation Base at Prague-Kbely, the general staff of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic and Ivan...

I am sending this article to the editorial board from a three-hundred-kilometre-long journey to Schmiding Zoo in Upper Austria. We are going there to pick up Kisumu, who will become the silverback male in Prague Zoo’s new gorilla house. Our small convoy includes two air-conditioned vans. Kisumu will be travel in his transport...

There are precisely 25 days until the opening of the Dja Reserve – Prague Zoo’s new gorilla house. This will be the culmination of many years of hard work, which has taken a large part of our lives.