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All right, let's do this one last time. I struggled with figuring out a style for writing reviews for the longest time, as I wanted to pair them with species lists. However, given my phone's ability to make otherwise clear pictures have the blurriest portions (usually the signs), coupled with a...

Taken on 23.03.24

Taken on 23.03.24

Taken on 23.03.24.

Hi all, I'm visiting Europe for (basically) the first time in July and will be touring London, Amsterdam and Prague for around 10 days. Many non-zoo trips planned, but I'm hoping to visit at least one facility, possibly two. I'm almost completely unfamiliar with European zoos, but have taken a...

Hi Zoochatters, I’m heading off to central Europe in a couple of weeks to revisit some of my favourite collections and visit a few brand new ones. My main reasons for sharing this are 1) for any general advice anyone might want to give, and 2) in case anybody wants to meet up – I’m travelling...

Hello all, You may have seen my thread where I was in the process of making my own map of Chester Zoo (look here if not: My Map of Chester Zoo [Chester Zoo]). Unfortunately, my laptop broke a few weeks ago, so I cannot recover the file from the old laptop for now. I therefore decided to get...

My translation of a local article V Praze se rozrůstá populace bobrů, je jich asi stovka - Ekolist.cz The population of the European beaver is growing within the City of Prague. According to scientists, about a hundred individuals in 17 territories now live in the capital. The first occurrence...

Following an interesting point made by @TeaLovingDave in thread about Tasmanian devil breeding, I started to wonder which zoo in your opinions is the best for in-situ conservation efforts? Many zoos have extensive programs but inside and out of their locational country, so which one is best? Of...

On the Vltava River, in Prague

South African media: Prague Zoo Sitatunga antelope euthanised in South Africa: NSPCA - Times LIVE Prague zoo information: Sitatungas donated to Johannesburg Zoo How sad!

Some probably followed the story of the young female bearded vulture BERND, hatched in 2012 in a breeding station in Spain and later released in Swiss Alps. This year, she left Alps and has started a large tour around central Europe, through Germany, Czech rep. and Poland. After weeks of...

Gabun talapoin at zoo Praha, October 2008.

African panorama exhibit (4,7 ha) with Rotshild giraffe, Grant zebra, ostrich, eland, Kafue lechwe, blesbok, scimitar oryx, addax (and sable antelope soon) at Prague zoo, September 2008.

Old pair of clouded leopard in outside cage at Prague zoo, September 2008.

A mixed exhibit of Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus lervia) and Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus) at Prague zoo, August 2008.

A male called TONY, the only known specimen of Pinzón Giant Tortoise (Geochelone nigra ephippium) outside Galápagos islands, Zoo Praha, June 2008.

Senegal Wattled Plover (Vanellus senegalus) in the African walk-trough aviary at Zoo Praha, June 2008.

A poster about the captive population of Western Derby Eland in Senegal, taken October 2006 at zoo Praha.

8 weeks old Honey badger cub with his mother at zoo Praha, taken May 2008.