Prague Zoo in 2021: A million visitors, a thousand cubs!
“Despite the covid, all major investment projects continued at the Prague Zoo, especially the construction of a new gorilla pavilion. At the end of 2021, it was almost completed in construction, and after opening on September 28, 2022, it will make a visit on an area of 7,700 square meters. after an imaginary journey through Cameroon, from the local countryside through the secondary and primary rainforest to the forest gorilla clearings, “the garden said in a press release.
During this year 1037 cubs of 200 species of reptiles, birds and mammals hatched or were born in the Prague Zoo. “Many are important for a variety of reasons. For example, the young eagle owl, which hatched in early October, is the first naturally bred young of this parrot in European zoos. For the first time in twenty years, the Congolese duck has also been bred in Europe, ”said the zoo.
According to her, the breeding of a female South American tapir, which is the first descendant of a female Taluen imported from French Guiana, is a very valuable mammal, and a surprising exception are the fours of the tuna beast. “Probably the birth of the third silver gibbon cub in the Prague Zoo attracted the most public attention,” said the garden.
Among this year’s important arrivals of animals, the Prague Zoo mentioned, for example, the raven’s cockatoo or the red-lobed hoko. “On Wednesday, December 8, 2021, he was brought to the Prague Zoo a male common wombata and placed in Darwin Crater, part of which was built just for wombats. However, visitors will not see it until the quarantine has been replaced in early January 2022. A male named Cooper belongs to the Tasmanian subspecies and is at the Erlebnis-Zoo in Hanover. Females are also due to come from Tasmania, “the zoo added.
A male wombat named Cooper came to the Prague Zoo from the Hanover Zoo. Visitors will be able to see it in Darwin Crater. Adventure Zoo Hannover, Prague Zoo
Feeding animals in the Prague Zoo with Christmas trees.
Author: Karel Kopáč