So, to respond to a few specific points raised above....
Exhibit for tree hyraxes in Ostrava is in making. Inside small night section in TANGANIKA house. It might be open soon.
Yes, this was open - and the tree hyraxes were very visible - thanks for the tip! (without it I might have missed the exhibit, as it has a very inauspicious entrance, and at first glance I did not realise it was open to the public). Also in the little nocturnal section were Garnett's galago, African brush-tailed porcupine, African rock python, some fish.... All quite pleasantly done, but nothing earth-shattering, display-wise.
From the list of probables and possibles I would recommend Hluboka.
Thank you very much for this tip - I was always probably going to Hluboka, but your enthusiasm made it a definite, and I would say it was one of the highlights of the trip - a superb small-medium sized zoo, on a par with, say, Rheine.
FMay be Ursus arctos isabellinus is uite interesting to see.
Very interesting - and, again, a real highlight! I presume the bear in the older cage, near the entrance, is a generic "Brown bear", and is seeing out its day in that accommodation?
It (Prague Terrarium) is closed. I couldn't find any info about it either, so I decided to drop by last march - turned out to be a waste of time.
Even open, it looked very closed - when I initially drove past I assumed it was not open to the public, but, fortunately I tried the door - and it was! As I mentioned above, as a visitor experience it has its limitations!
Gambian mongooses are currently being kept in the vulture's walktrough aviary in the african part of the zoo, behind the flamingo lagoon and katta's island.
They were in there - and looking magnificent (in a wonderful aviary!). Would have been quite easy to miss, though. In other mongoose news: Prague's slender mongooses are no longer on show in the small exhibit near the sealions; Chaco mara in there instead. Not sure whether the mongooses have moved elsewhere, or died, or are off-show.
Thank you to those who offered wisdom, especially the Czech-based contributors: HOMIN96, Cockroach, Jakub, and the indefatigable Jana: you are all very lucky to live in a country with such fine zoos (and with such a healthy appreciation of the wonders of fried cheese!).
