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A pair of Austral parakeets (Enicognathus ferrugineus) has been placed on show in that small walk-through aviary at Parrot house. They are mixed with slender-billed parakeets, Chilean burrowing parrots and Cordilleran parakeets (nominal form).

July attendance was 186 558 - this is 7% loss compared to July 2019, caused by significant decrease of international tourism in the city. August was better but no figures are out yet.

As reported previously, the new wild horse areal at the top of the zoo (currently under construction after demolition of old wild horse stables) will also have a small house for reptiles. It should be dedicated to Gobi desert fauna and the curator is already "hunting" for some little known critters.
 
zoomaniac said:
Doesn't Prague already have reptiles from Central Asia (they are/were in the Big Cat house if I remember correctly)?
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Yes, that one desert-themed tank in Big cat house shows various Asian reptiles including Mesopotamian spiny-tailed lizard and start tortoises.

The Gobi house, it should have some snakes, but I don´t know more details.
 
Always more and more to see and discover in this wonferfull zoo. I hope I could come back in the near future !
 
Are the horned screamer visible to the public? If yes, where ? Beautiful specie !
 

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The zoo revealed 3-months old Red Panda twins. They were born to parents Pat and Regica and are expected to soon start to leave their breeding box and show themselves to visitors.

Two marabous arrived from Dvur Kralove (I guess they are those new birds mixed with secretary bird in enclosure near waterbird pavilion).

Tayras have one cub but it will stay long time in birth box.

One Manned Wolf young female arrived from Osnabrück/Germany. Young male should follow soon and start a new breeding pair.
 
Next week, young 1.0 Malayan tapir Morse will move to zoo Nuremberg.

On 28th September, the zoo celebrates 90 years since its opening. If you like 1930s live music and oldtime cars, or you are a zoo history buff, this is for you. If crowds scare you, keep away. It is also national holiday with nice weather forecast, it will get really busy.

Going through hiring ads, the zoo is currently looking for an elephant keeper. And it would like to hire two people for its in-situ programs (senior and junior). You need a biology degree, fluent French and English and be open to frequent travel to Mongolia and Cameroon. That ad is hanging there for weeks, I guess because French fluency is really rare to find?
 
No news. Just the director´s FB posted a drone pic of the zoo that I found nice and wanted to share.

We experience "Indian summer" with sub-zero temp during night but beautiful mild sunny days. You can see round Indonesian greenhouse (closed temporaly to build pens for pangolins inside), long parrot house with vineyard above, old giant aviary built from prefabricated bridge parts, inactive cableway waiting for next spring. And in backround, construction site of new gorilla house that should open in autumn 2022. Can´t wait for next weekend visit.
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@Jana Thank you for sharing and for all the info you put there.
I will never say it enough but our lucky you are to live in this beautiful country with so interesting zoos.
I wish I could go to Zoohistorica next year in Prague and visit again some of these nice zoos.

Of course I know I am lucky in France living near some really great parks but I like the way czechs are thinking about their zoos in general and how they take care about details.
 
Jana said:
No news. Just the director´s FB posted a drone pic of the zoo that I found nice and wanted to share.

We experience "Indian summer" with sub-zero temp during night but beautiful mild sunny days. You can see round Indonesian greenhouse (closed temporaly to build pens for pangolins inside), long parrot house with vineyard above, old giant aviary built from prefabricated bridge parts, inactive cableway waiting for next spring. And in backround, construction site of new gorilla house that should open in autumn 2022. Can´t wait for next weekend visit.
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When are the pangolins scheduled to arrive?
 
oflory said:
When are the pangolins scheduled to arrive?
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I don´t know exact time schedule, sorry. The Indonesian pavilion should re-open around end of this year, but if promised pangolins will be already here or not?
It will be official donation from Taiwanese goverment. 3 of their ministers with a group of circa 50 businessmen arrived in Prague last Saturday (I have by chance seen uscheduled China Airlines A350 ´s arrival at airport) and commie China already threw their usual tantrum. So protocolar side is under wrap and we wait for animals.
 
Fingers crossed they come by the end of the year, at the very least hopefully by my visit next April. ;)
 
Jana said:
I don´t know exact time schedule, sorry. The Indonesian pavilion should re-open around end of this year, but if promised pangolins will be already here or not?
It will be official donation from Taiwanese goverment. 3 of their ministers with a group of circa 50 businessmen arrived in Prague last Saturday (I have by chance seen uscheduled China Airlines A350 ´s arrival at airport) and commie China already threw their usual tantrum. So protocolar side is under wrap and we wait for animals.
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Thank you - it sounds like it is moving forward quickly!
 
I know that them being rare may cause excitement but imo pangolin are just not worth the hype. However, I do appreciate the attempts to breed and improve the insurance population.
 
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