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Tuesday, September 28th, will be 90 years to the day since Prague Zoo first opened to the public. The spectacular celebrations will begin in the morning and will be held in the spirit of the First Republic. Visitors can look forward to the launch of A Zoo for the Capital, a book mapping the zoo’s history, the presentation of...

Prague Zoo’s work in protecting Egyptian vultures in Bulgaria is bringing encouraging results. Today, the four-year-old female Bojana, who was reared at Zoo Prague in 2017 and was one of the first four chicks to be returned to the wild, using the delayed release method the following year, has successfully overcome all the odds...

Visitors can now observe the baby Kirk's dikdik in the African House. This is the first ever fawn of this the smallest antelope in the world to have been born in Prague Zoo. Only a month old, the new arrival is very active and when outdoors it stays close to its mother at all times.

For the first time in more than a year and a half, we visited Cameroon during the holidays. It was undoubtedly a rewarding trip, not least because at the end of it I signed a memorandum with the Cameroonian Minister of Forests and Fauna, Mr. Jules Ndoret Ndongo. This is a very significant step in the continued development of the...

Now visitors can come to Prague Zoo after dark and observe the animal world through the most advanced equipment, some of which is used, for example, by the army. The zoo’s fans can now visit the grounds at a time when the daytime animals are seeking shelter and the crepuscular and nocturnal animals come out. The new experience...

Any day now, the keepers expect the two recently born red panda cubs to start moving around the outdoor enclosure on their own. The twins will be almost three months old. For the time being, they are staying in the den where their mother comes to nurse them regularly. These first photos of one of the cubs were taken in the den.

For the first time since hatching, visitors will have the opportunity to observe the first ever short-beaked echidna puggle to be bred at Prague Zoo. The little echidna now weighs 770 grams, and the next weighing will be open to the public. The puggle is 143 days old, is doing very well and is being regularly nursed by its mother.

Prague Zoo has presented its latest project to support the Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal and the development of a vaccine against Devil Facial Tumour, a cancer that threatens Tasmanian devils in the wild. The campaign involves new experiential programmes that visitors can look forward to, including evening devil feedings with...

The Return of the Wild Horses conservation programme is one of Prague Zoo’s proudest achievements. The return of Przewalski's horses to the wilds of Mongolia began exactly ten years ago after uncommonly bad weather caused the death of a large part of the local population. We spoke to Miroslav Bobek, Director of Prague Zoo,...