HectOr
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Prague Zoo Praha Prague Zoo News 2024
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The old guereza house has been demolished, but the empty space sits boarded-off for months. I don´t know details but the zoo looks again for a construction company to build it (for the third time!). The newest target date for finishing it is December 2024.
I think that some tropical owl was located in one of owl aviaries next to tigers/elephants - but I may be wrong or it wasn´t oriental bay...
You are probably right. If that species is exhibited there, it would be bts during winter and on-show only in summer. (I tend to visit the zoo usually out of season)
komodoskar
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That's where I saw them (assuming you mean the same area where they keep the Ural owls). However this was in November 2023, which wasn't ages ago, but things seem to move pretty fast at the zoo.
cerperal
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They were still there in June of this year. They were rather hard to spot though
Hi, I'm in Prague soon. I hope no one minds but I have somequestions:
- What rarities should I look out for (I know about Javan leopard, Palawan leopard cats, Chinese Pangolin, Shoebill, Lears Macaw).
- Is it feasible to be based in Prague and visit Zlin or Pilsen Zoos?
- Is the Prague reptile zoo place still a thing?
I have 3 days. Is there another notable collection in Czechia?
Thank you in advance
- What rarities should I look out for (I know about Javan leopard, Palawan leopard cats, Chinese Pangolin, Shoebill, Lears Macaw).
- Is it feasible to be based in Prague and visit Zlin or Pilsen Zoos?
- Is the Prague reptile zoo place still a thing?
I have 3 days. Is there another notable collection in Czechia?
Thank you in advance
There are far more rarities at Prague than would be convenient to list here
browsing through Zootierliste will be of assistance to you, but to get you started with a few off the top of my head:Pel's Fishing Owl, Buffy Fish Owl, Brazilian Merganser, Horned Screamer, Brown Hyena, two pure species/subspecies of Galapagos Giant Tortoise, Amur Leopard Cat, Enigmatic Leaf Turtle.
It is extremely easy to visit Plzen as a daytrip from Prague. Zlin is significantly more difficult, unfortunately.
Terárium Dubeč has been closed for quite some time now.
There are a large number of other notable collections in Czechia, including Dvur Kralove, Ostrava, Jihlava, Liberec, Olomouc, Chomutov, Brno and Hluboká to name only collections I have personally visited.
cerperal
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Worth noting Javan leopards are no longer held, with the last specimen going to Tierpark Berlin this year.
There is no route recommended by the zoo or taken by most visitors. Good way to prepare your first visit is to print out the zoo map beforehand, mark your target species on it and create your own route.
All visitor paths combined make 10 km (6,5 miles) and elevation difference between the lowest and highest point is a little over 50m (165 ft). You can see everything in a (full) day unless you have mobility/fitness issue.
Few tips:
- make pangolins one of your first stops of the day because that space is lit from 9am till 10am
- skip hippo and elephant houses, respective animals spend their summers outdoors
- skip farm animals area
- skip the long path on slope between bisons and vulture aviary, the only exhibit it offers is native snakes and they are hard to spot there
Thank you for your reply.
Do any of the above have any species rare in captivity or world class exhibits? I did look at Liberec but Golden Takin have done so well there, they've spread all over the place.
What makes Zlin difficult? Distance? Lack of trains? I can overnight there. Would you say it's worth the inconvenience?
Thanks again
prague to zlin - Search (bing.com) gives details about how to travel from Prague to Zlin
There's certainly plenty of rare and unusual species within those collections - to name but a few, Southern Aardwolf and Thick-tailed Galago at Dvur Kralove, Javan Ferret-badger at Brno, Transcaspian Urial at Chomutov, Afghan Uriel and East Caucasus Tur at Liberec, and Coyote at Olomouc.
As far as exhibits go, probably the most notable/significant are the massive safari reserve at Dvur Kralove, the gallery of Czech palaeoart at the same collection, and the mixed exhibit for bears and langurs at Ostrava.
It's pretty much a full-day zoo and public transport from Prague to the city of Zlin takes a long time and several transfers, with the zoo itself being several miles outside the city. Much easier to reach the zoo from Vienna all things considered.
While the zoo stil keeps a pair of these according to their 2023 annual report, the species seems to be permanently bts, unfortunately.
In other news - the pangolin pup is already permanently on show. It develops without problems and its mother Run Hou Tang is calm thus the zoo has removed the screen that blocked visitors views.
Thank you. If I go I'll have to stay in Zlin. The Ferret badgers are tempting but they seem to be off-exhibit.
Since when do they have them? ZTL nor the gallery mentions them anywhere
Couldn´t that be a mistake? Anniversary report from last year states bucharan urials. Or were there some new arrivals this year?