“I received a report that based on a resolution of the District Court for Prague 10 to acquire the Prague Zoo by inheritance from Mrs. J. Ř. assets in the amount of CZK 16,769,398. It’s partly about cash, partly about real estate, “said Miroslav Bobek, the zoo’s director, this week. It is said that the woman did not have a similar one, she really liked going to the zoo, spent beautiful moments in it, so she decided to support her.

Before the zoo could absorb the overwhelming news, another arrived on Thursday. “A lady and a friend came to our information center and brought a six-digit amount in banknotes as a gift for the zoo in a purse.“Bobek told Lightning.” Her story was similar to the previous woman’s. She doesn’t have a similar one, she likes the zoo, she visits it often, so she decided to dedicate what she has to her. “We wrote everything down and I accepted the cash,” the director added. None of the women mentioned the condition on how the funds should be used.

People donate various amounts to the Prague Zoo. “It simply came to our notice then. It is not just about money, but also about trusting that we are using resources for the right thing. We are always thinking about how to invest them in something that will be seen in the zoo, “said Bobek.

Rákos Pavilion

Shares in apartment buildings and land Stanislav Rákos also bequeathed the Prague Zoo worth about 50 million crowns in the past. In addition to real estate, he donated ten million crowns to the garden, which were carried out for the construction of Rákos’ pavilion, where, among other things, there is an exhibition for large parrots.

A half-century surprise worth CZK 131.60

In 2011, the Prague Zoo received a notarial notice regarding the additional discussion of the inheritance of Mrs. Žofia K. It was remarkable that she died at the age of 88 in 1960. For half a century, the Prague Zoo inherited a 6.85 m2 garden. With the original value of the land 0.40 CZK per m2, the share of gardens after adding inflation would be about 131.60 CZK. “But the price of the less than seven meters of garden is not about that at all. The important thing is that someone thinks of our zoo,“Presented on the Prague Zoo website by Miroslav Bobek.

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The zoo did not sell the acquired real estate and uses the flats for its employees.

The Prague Zoo opens the Rákos Pavilion. Parrots nest inside, many of which are only in the Prague Zoo throughout Europe. Jiří Marek