Prague Zoo

Four more Przewalski’s horses settle into Kazakhstan as this year’s transport sets a record! 🥳

Togs and Shara, originally from the UK’s Marwell Zoo, Bela, born in Nuremberg, and Theresa from the partner institution Tierpark Berlin, were released into acclimatisation enclosures at the Alibi reintroduction centre yesterday at ten minutes past seven in the evening.

Like the group of four stallions flown from Prague-Kbely a few days ago, they too travelled aboard a Czech Air Force CASA military aircraft. A total of eight endangered Przewalski’s horses have thus been transported this year to the Altyn Dala reserve in central Kazakhstan. This marks the highest number moved since operations in Kazakhstan began in 2024. At the same time, Prague Zoo has set a new record for the number of individuals transported from Europe to Central Asia over the entire fifteen-year history of the Return of the Wild Horses project.

ℹ️ https://www.zoopraha.cz/en/about-zoo/news/16195-four-more-przewalski-s-horses-settle-into-kazakhstan-as-this-year-s-transport-sets-a-record

Tierpark Berlin, 24.základna dopravního letectva Praha-Kbely, АСБК - Казахстанская ассоциация сохранения биоразнообразия, Frankfurt Zoological Society, Tiergarten Nürnberg, Hortobágyi Nemzeti Park

Photo: Petr Jan Juračka

PRAGUE ZOO’S YOUNG WOMBAT IS A FEMALE❗️
The little common wombat at Prague Zoo is a female, like her older sister. Last week, the zoo officially presented the second joey of these popular marsupials to the public. She is the second ‘Czech’ wombat to be born in the Darwin Crater exhibit. Actor and presenter Ondřej Sokol, a long-time supporter and patron of Prague’s wombats, was also present. He chose the name Barunga for the joey.

ℹ️ More information 👉 https://www.zoopraha.cz/en/about-zoo/news/16133-prague-zoo-s-young-wombat-is-a-female

📸 Petr Hamerník, Prague Zoo.

🐧 A Humboldt penguin came into the world at Prague Zoo. Its parents are an experienced couple consisting of a male, Kulička, and a female, Sněhurkou. The chick hatched on December 14th and is being reared naturally. Nevertheless, the keepers check the chick daily, primarily to keep track of its weight gain.

ℹ️👉 https://www.zoopraha.cz/en/about-zoo/news/16005-weighing-prague-zoo-s-penguin-chick