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Maguari said:
Have the wallaroos moved recently? On the Easter weekend they were still up next to the Maned Wolves and Addax on the hilltop - there were Tasmanian Eastern Grey Kangaroos and Red-necked Wallabies in the Darwin Crater enclosure.
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No, my bad. I mixed Eastern Wallaroos and Eastern Grey Kangaroos.
 
Jana said:
No, my bad. I mixed Eastern Wallaroos and Eastern Grey Kangaroos.
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Easily done - I did wonder if that might have happened but didn't want to assume. :D
 
Not related to the zoo. But still might be of interest for local nature lovers.

University Botanical garden (street Na Slupi) has an Invertebrate exhibition starting this Friday. (open on 6.6.-15.6.2025, on weekdays 12:30 - 18:00, on weekend 8:30 - 18:00). Over 300 living species of invertebratea on show - mostly local Czech species but also from Central Europe and Balkan. Everything is labeled (also in Latin), plus dead specimen and photos of many other species.
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Here is a selection of some births and arrivals of last 3 months that haven´t been mentioned on this thread yet.
  • 0,1 Salvadori's fig parrot from Avifauna
  • quite a lot of invertebrate obtained from private breeders including Giant devil's flower mantis (Idolomantis diabolica)
  • 1,0 black and rufous sengi from Zoo Berlin
  • 1,0 Red-winged laughingthrush from Zoo Hodonin - I guess Hodonin might lost their female and sent the last remaining bird to Prague, according to ZTL Prague and Hodonin were last places in Europe to see the species.
  • 0,1 Malay crestless fireback from Warszawa Zoo
  • from Plzen: a pair of Lesser egyptian jerboa, male long-nosed potoroo, female Lesser hedgehog tenrec, female Rosy starling, male swamp wallaby, female wonga pigeon, a group of 6 Forsten’s tortoises (probably Prague received all tortoises Plzen had), and different rodents including male hutia
  • a group of 3 Green tree monitors from a private breeder
  • delivery from Walsrode - female spectacled owl, male Javan rhinoceros hornbill, male Mount Goliath stelle lory
  • female white-nosed coati from unnamed breeding station
  • female black-billed amazon from Vienna zoo
  • male West Causasian tur from Tallinn zoo
  • male fishing cat from Howletts / the UK
  • male red-tailed amazon from Copenhagen zoo
  • female theeshew from Wilhelma Stuttgart
  • male Bornea earless monitor from Haus der Meeres Vienna
Births:
female beisa (yay! a female), a bunch of great white pelicans, green-naped pheasant-pigeon, Chacoan maras, 2 hooded vultures, 2 white ibis, 3 European hoopoes, Mount Apo lorikeets, Mitchells lorikeet, 3 Chacoan peccarys, female north American porcupine, red-billed curassow, 2 straw-necked ibises, 8 Brasilian mergansers (April), 2 little pied cormorants, coleto, Sunda teal, European turtle doves, 3x Madagascar crested ibis, southern ground hornbill, 7x Hartlaub ducks, secret toadhead agama, steppe agamas, Egyptian tortoise, roseate spoonbill, 2 fennec foxes, blue sheep (I was already worried the zoo got rid of this species), pink pigeon, black marsh turtle, Cape porcupine, 3 blessboks, 2x scaly-sided merganser, 5 Mechow mole rats, Roti island side-necked turtles, red-crested pochards, 2 African open-bills, Nile lechwe, 2 lesser kestrels, 4x Himalayan tahr, 3x white-shouldered starling, 2 giant Canada geese, 3x Edwards's fig parrot, rufous night-herons, wattled jacana, European greenfinch, 2 Asian glossy starlings
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While browsing into the UCSZOO website, I noticed that I couldn't find Prague Zoo and Hodonín zoo, has something happened between the Czech institutions that made them resign from the association?
 
Mickey said:
While browsing into the UCSZOO website, I noticed that I couldn't find Prague Zoo and Hodonín zoo, has something happened between the Czech institutions that made them resign from the association?
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Don't know about Hodonín, they should still be part of UCSZOO.
As for Prague, they left the association something like three years ago, together with Zlín and Dvůr Králové. I don't know the exact reason though.
 
Kharzo said:
Don't know about Hodonín, they should still be part of UCSZOO.
As for Prague, they left the association something like three years ago, together with Zlín and Dvůr Králové. I don't know the exact reason though.
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I wonder why, these 3 powerhouses of the association are important for their number and size of projects, and not having the capital zoo, which usually should give a big input, in your regional association doesn't sound good.

By all means I'm not saying that the zoos left in there are worth less without these 3, but the former members had their strengths and I was always under the impression that Czech establishments really liked to foster local knowledge and work locally in general, I wonder what made them leave, hopefully nothing bad...

Also yeah my bad for Hodonín, I was sure someone else left but for some reason Dvůr Králové didn't come to mind.
 
Birth of 1 Wisent.
Zoo Praha on Instagram: " Díky duchapřítomnosti a obětavosti chovatelů a veterináře se dnes před polednem podařilo zachránit novorozené mládě zubra. Těsně po porodu totiž zapadlo do bláta a samo se nedokázalo postavit. Tým zoo pomocí prken a lan mládě dostal na pevný povrch. Nyní je už malý zubr v pořádku, s matkou Boženou chodí po výběhu a vypadá životaschopně. Thanks to the quick response and dedication of the keepers and the zoo’s vet, a newborn European bison calf was rescued just before noon today. Moments after birth, the calf got stuck in the mud and was unable to stand on its own. With the help of wooden boards and ropes, the zoo team managed to lift it onto solid ground. The calf is now doing well, walking around the enclosure with its mother Božena and showing signs of being strong and healthy. #ZooPraha #PragueZoo"
 
Haliaeetus said:
Birth of 1 Wisent.
Zoo Praha on Instagram: " Díky duchapřítomnosti a obětavosti chovatelů a veterináře se dnes před polednem podařilo zachránit novorozené mládě zubra. Těsně po porodu totiž zapadlo do bláta a samo se nedokázalo postavit. Tým zoo pomocí prken a lan mládě dostal na pevný povrch. Nyní je už malý zubr v pořádku, s matkou Boženou chodí po výběhu a vypadá životaschopně. Thanks to the quick response and dedication of the keepers and the zoo’s vet, a newborn European bison calf was rescued just before noon today. Moments after birth, the calf got stuck in the mud and was unable to stand on its own. With the help of wooden boards and ropes, the zoo team managed to lift it onto solid ground. The calf is now doing well, walking around the enclosure with its mother Božena and showing signs of being strong and healthy. #ZooPraha #PragueZoo"
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The Wisent calf is a girl.
Zoo Praha on Instagram: " Vyberte jméno zubří samičce! Před týdnem narozené mládě zubra evropského v Zoo Praha je samička a po krušných chvílích už se má čile k světu. Telátko vešlo ve známost kvůli svému dramatickému příchodu na svět. Zkušená matka Božena ho sice úspěšně porodila, jenže krátce poté mládě zapadlo do bláta v nižší části výběhu Video jeho záchrany, při které veterinář a chovatelé pomocí prken a provazů dostali samičku zpět na pevnou půdu, zhlédlo na sociálních sítích téměř milion lidí. Ode dneška jí můžete navrhovat jméno – odkaz najdete v našem BIO! Help us name our baby bison! A week ago, a European bison calf was born at Prague Zoo – it’s a female, and after a rough start, she’s now doing well. The little one became known for her dramatic arrival into the world. Although her experienced mother Božena gave birth successfully, the calf soon got stuck in the mud in the lower part of the enclosure The rescue video showing our vet and keepers using planks and ropes to get her back onto solid ground has already been viewed nearly a million times on social media. Starting today, you can suggest a name for her – the link is in our BIO! #ZooPraha #PragueZoo"
 
Arrival of OSLO, a new male South African Sea Lion from Pairi Daiza.
Zoo Praha on Instagram: " VÍTEJ V PRAZE OSLO! Dnes jsme v Zoo Praha představili nového samce lachtana jihoafrického, který k nám dorazil z belgické zoo @pairidaizaofficial. Mladý Oslo s sebou přináší novou kapitolu chovu těchto oblíbených ploutvonožců v naší zoo. Současně se uzavírá slavná dynastie lachtana Gastona, jeho poslední potomek, samec Eda, totiž nedávno odcestoval do @zoo_rostock. Přijďte přivítat Osla osobně a podívejte se, jak se mu daří v novém domově! Trénink našich lachtanů můžete sledovat každý den od 13:30 (kromě pátků, kdy probíhá údržba bazénu) WELCOME TO PRAGUE OSLO! We introduced a new male Cape fur seal who arrived from the Belgian zoo @pairidaizaofficial today. Young Oslo marks the beginning of a new chapter in the story of these beloved marine mammals at our zoo. At the same time, the famous dynasty of the legendary fur seal Gaston comes to a close, as his last descendant, male Eda, recently moved to @zoo_rostock. Come and give Oslo a warm welcome and see how he’s settling into his new home! You can watch our fur seal training sessions every day at 1:30 p.m. (except Fridays, when the pool is being cleaned) : @rhino_olie #ZooPraha #PragueZoo"
 
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