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The bush dog puppies have already passed their first critical period and Prague Zoo’s visitors can now observe them larking about in the enclosure close to the polar bear exhibit. Photo Oliver Le Que, Prague Zoo

Prague Zoo’s bush dogs had puppies. Visitors can now watch the puppy pair in the outdoor enclosure. After being here for five years, these South American carnivores managed to breed. This is the first litter of a newly set up pair of these difficult-to-breed wild dogs.

Photo: Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo

In Darwin Crater we have recently introduced Winkleigh, the wombat female, to the public. And now we also have a contemporary of dinosaurs in this exhibit. It is Wollemia nobilis, whose unbelievable story began to unfold in front of the eyes of people all over the world less than thirty years ago.

The two juvenile impressed tortoises now have very soft shells and will stay in the background facilities for the time being. The first time this species has bred in a European zoo is the result of 15 years of effort by the curator, Petr Velenský, and his team. Photo Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo.

Prague Zoo is celebrating an extraordinary breeding success. The team of curator Petr Velenský managed to breed extremely sensitive impressed tortoises. The two hatchlings of these fungivore reptiles were the first ever to be hatched in a zoo on the entire continent. Until recently, they were considered unsuitable for breeding....

Shinda loves her food, making her very popular with visitors. Seven-year-old Ajabu is her only son and is currently the baby of the gorilla group. Photo Oliver Le Que, Prague Zoo

Following the winter break, the outdoor enclosure for the gorilla group in the Dja Reserve has reopened. The male, Kisumu, and Duni, the daughter of Prague’s famous Moja, entered the exhibit’s outdoor section for the first time. Last week it was confirmed that Duni is pregnant!

The newly set up pair of smooth-coated otters inhabits Prague Zoo’s Indonesian Jungle exhibit. Females can be recognised by their lighter fur and smaller appearance. Photo Oliver Le Que, Prague Zoo

This week, visitors to Prague Zoo can see a newly set up pair of smooth-coated otters. This tropical carnivore is rarely bred in captivity and now inhabits an island opposite the southern pig-tailed macaques in the Indonesian Jungle Pavilion.

Photo: Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo

When I left my office to watch the couple of hamerkops that were tirelessly carrying material to their already gigantic nest in the aviary under the cliff, Helena Růžičková’s replica from the well-known Czech comic film Sun, Hay and Strawberries came to my mind: “If you build an extension, we’ll add a whole floor!”...

In situ projects are a key mission of a modern zoo. The successful reintroduction of Przewalski's horses - which, following Mongolia, may also be reintroduced into Kazakhstan - is proof that they make sense. Photo Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo

One of the key missions of zoos is to protect biodiversity. Prague Zoo mostly finances its in situ projects with funds from each entry. This has now risen from 5 to 8 CZK. Jana Komrsková, Deputy Mayor for the Environment, made the announcement at today’s opening of the Faces of CITES exhibition.

Przewalski’s Horses. Photo: Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo

“200 km straight, then a mild curve to the left, again 200 km straight, right turn and after another 50 km we will stop for the night,” I wrote home with only a little exaggeration when we were heading by cars to the “Golden Steppe” Altyn Dala after the afternoon flight to Kostanay in northern Kazakhstan. The following...

Šiška is already enjoying the special pulp, just like her parents. Not only does she eat her carefully measured portion, but she also comes to lick up the leftovers from her mother Run Hou Tang. Photo Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo

Šiška, a female pangolin at Prague Zoo, is a quarter of a year old. Although she is still drinking her mother's milk, she is slowly switching to her parents' diet, thus getting through another critical period for the first pangopup in Europe.

Photo: Miroslav Bobek

It was an unbelievable paradox. During my journey to Cameroon, I received news about the progress of the pangolin female Šiška and at the same time I was daily seeing pangolins in street stalls and on markets or cooked in local restaurants… Pangolins have been strictly protected in Cameroon for many years, however the trade...