Prague Zoo Praha Prague Zoo News 2015

I had seen it when it was off-show at Berlin. At Pilsen it is mixed with epauletted fruit bat in the African nocturnal house, the window is partially covered so no good photo opportunities.
 
this was mentioned in passing on the last page of the 2014 thread, but I just happened across an article from January with more detail so thought I'd post it here:
The new bird house for Lear's Macaws | Parrots Daily News
The foundation stone of a new exotic bird house was ceremonially uncovered in the ZOO Prague. It will be opened in 2016 and we will find there the rarest parrot species bred in this ZOO, including exceptional Lear’s Macaws which are now placed behind the scenes. The building will be named after a breeder of exotic birds Stanislav Rákos who dedicated his property in value of 10 millions CZK (=360 000 euro) to ZOO Prague explicitly for this purpose in the last will. These resources will cover one third of the whole investment. Seven millions will come from EU grant.

"By coincidence, when we start planning of this bird house I met Mr. Rákos who decided to support our intention financially. We are deeply grateful for his generosity,“ explains Miroslav Bobek the director of ZOO Prague. At the place where the new pavilion will grow old aviaries stand now. Lories and several macaw species have been kept there. Those will be replaced by two bigger outside aviaries and many inside aviaries with parrots and other birds comming from the Zealand, New Guinea, Philippines, South and Central America.

Pesquet‘s Parrots are already kept in the ZOO

„The new building will house about 30 bird species,“ says the zoological deputy Jaroslav Šimek, „the list includes the Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), Yellow-billed Amazon (Amazona collaria), Black-billed Amazon (Amazona agilis) and Lear’s Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari). ZOO Prague is the only ZOO in continental Europe which keeps them.“ We can see this species on Tenerife in Loro Parque, too. Lear’s macaws are bred by one private breeder in Switzerland and ACTP (Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots) from Berlin wants to get them in the near future. This organization is successfully breeding the extinct Spix’s Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii).

Besides Lear’s macaws which ZOO Prague got from confiscation in 2010, we will see in Rákosův pavilon bigger and more popular Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) – again confiscated birds. Moreover, one rare white cockatoo species will be added to this collection. Most probably Moluccan Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis) but we can’t exclude Red-vented Cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia) as well. This species is bred in ZOO Pilsen. ZOO Prague has already announced before that Keas should occupy the new outside aviary of this facility. Pesquet’s Parrots will be exhibited as well and they are already prepared behind the scene. Those ZOO got from a private breeder Čestmír Drozdek who was the first with successful breeding of this species in the Czech Republic.

Originally, the exotic bird house should be opened in this year

The construction of Rákosův pavilon is a little bit delayed . Originally, it should start the last year and finish this year. Finally, we will have the first chance to visit this facility two years later according to the plan. Similarly there is a shift in another presented project – Amazonia house which will grow up on the base of an old elephant pavilion. Preparatory activies joined with this project were planned to start at these days and construction for years 2015-2017. After destructive floods in June 2013 the ZOO had to reassess original security plans and postponed that indefinitely.

Fortunately, Rákosův pavilon is not threatened by floods as it’s situated in the upper part of the ZOO. What is more it’s already in part of conception for years 2013-2017 approved by municipal government which is the founder of ZOO Prague. „Works start now by stabilization of slope where the building will be embedded,“ presents ZOO in the press release.
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We have a baby of South American Tapir (Tapirus terrestris). It is a boy and his parents are Ivana (F) and Tex (M). He was born on March 19, 2015.

Narodil se roztomilý tapír

Edit: Changed a date, wrongly added 2005 instead 2015
 
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Two cockatoo babies!

Prague Zoo prides in raising two palm cockatoo offspring

Prague, June 10 (CTK) - The Prague Zoo has raised two offspring of the rare palm cockatoo, a success that no other European zoo has achieved in the past three years, the zoo's spokeswoman Jana Ondrejchova has told CTK.

Both the one-year-old male and nine-month-old female have overcome a critical period when their survival was uncertain.

The first young palm cockatoo hatched in the Prague zoo in 2013, but it died of a congenital kidney defect after three months.

To raise the two young parrots born in 2014, the zoo experts gathered and used information and experience from foreign zoological gardens, private breeders in Germany, Indonesia and South Africa, and from the Loro Parque parrot park in Tenerife," expert Antonin Vaidl said.

Based on the information, the zoo launched a demanding regime of feeding the young once in 1.5 hours all day round, he said.

Vaidl's colleague Pavlina Stepanovska said the two cockatoo offspring are each of a different nature.

The male is fearful, reacts to all impulses by crying and trying to hide. The female, for her part, is curious, sociable, active and calm.

The Palm cockatoo is an internationally strictly protected species. It is banned to catch them in the wild.

The Prague zoo has kept palm cockatoos since 2008 when it gained them within consignment seized from smugglers.
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I dont know if Prague will obtain a new ratel female. Dvur Kralove tries to start with this species, so theoretically a joint importation from Tansania might be possible in near future, to save resources.


Most visited tourist sites in the Czech Republic in 2014 (paying guests):

ranking site visitor numbers (in thousands)
1 Prague Castle 1,799.3
2 Prague Zoo 1,382.2
3 AquaPalace, Prague 845.3
4 Dolni Vítkovice and Landek Park, Ostrava 808.9
5 Old Town Square Tower, Prague 739.8
6 Plzensky Prazdroj, Gambrinus,Brewery Museum, Plzeň 600.0
7 Zlín Zoo (Lešná) 585.1
8 Jewish Museum, Prague 580.0
9 Petřín Tower, Prague 557.
10 Ostrava Zoo 540.5
11 Dvůr Králové Zoo 464.2

In other news:
We have 3 tayra cubs.
A male African fur seal cub.
Black-billed amazon chicks.
Sitatunga female twins.
Egyptian vulture chick.
Palawan leopard cats have arrived from Berlin and guira cuckoos from Heidelberg.
Giant horned lizards (Phrynosoma asio) are on show in Sonora exhibit.
Two sweet groundhog babies and one with north american porcupines.
Two Dalmatian pelican chicks in the colony.
All three flamingo species are incubating.
But still no news if elephant cows Tamara and Donna are pregnant, despite matings.
 
Elephant cow Tamara has been confirmed to be pregnant. Now it´s only Donna to conceive.
First 9 Greater flamingo chicks and 2 Caribbean flamingo chicks of this season hatched.
A third Dalmatian pelican chick hatched.
Two young South-african porcupines came from Dvur Kralove.
A new ratel female is scheduled to arrive this month.
Bighorn sheep have frish lamb.
4 female wild horses sent to Mongolia.
Soon, young male orang Pagy would return from Bratislava. He is second most important male orang in EAZA genetically.
 
The newest aardvark seem to be fine and with 2 weeks it drinks alone by Quote.

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First Malayan tapir born in Prague Zoo

Species is endangered, with just 5,000 left in the wild

Prague, Oct 17 (ČTK) — A Malayan tapir was born in the Prague Zoo on Thursday, the zoo has written on its website, adding that this is the first calf of this endangered species to be born in Prague, except for the one that was born in 1976 but died on the same day.

The visitors can see the calf, with dotted fur, in the tapirs’ enclosure as from Saturday, the zoo wrote.

“I was looking forwards to seeing this dotted star since August 2010 when we acquired a couple of Malayan tapirs born in the Edinburgh zoo. However, they were siblings, which is why a chance of an offspring appeared only with the arrival of the new male, Niko, in 2011,” Prague zoo director Miroslav Bobek said.

The young tapir’s mother is Indah, born in the Edinburgh zoo in 2008. It is her first offspring.

Niko, the father, was born in Berlin in 1996.

Out of the Czech zoos, only those in Prague and Zlín keep Malayan tapirs. The Prague Zoo has kept the species since 1967, but its previous attempts to breed it were unsuccessful.

Only 52 Malayan tapirs live in captivity in Europe.

In the wild, the species is endangered, as its population has halved during the past three generations, mainly due to the devastation of rain forests by humans.

The Malayan tapir’s wild population is estimated at 5,000. They survive in Burma, Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra.
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Prague zoo keeps 3 North American otters now.

The 2O years old female Sanny has been moved into non-exhibit enclosure recently.

On 2nd October, the zoo got a young pair, male Cory and female Tara, from the USA. They are wild-caught, they were problem animals in conflict with fish breeders. Thus, the zoo got export permit after long negotiations with US authorities.
 
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