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Zlin is steadily getting a name for itself for being a nice little collection for odd stuff....
 
zooboy28 said:
Do you know where the kiwi came from? Do they have a nocturnal house at Zlin?
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The male kiwi came from an european collection, but I don´t know exactly where (I guess Berlin through).
They don´t have a nocturnal house right now.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
Zlin is steadily getting a name for itself for being a nice little collection for odd stuff....
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Add it to that growing list of impressive Czech collections that need to be visited! Is it some sort of institutional competition (led by Plzen and Prague) that drives the diversity in Czech zoos?
 
Jana said:
The male kiwi came from an european collection, but I don´t know exactly where (I guess Berlin through).
They don´t have a nocturnal house right now.
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Thanks Jana, do you know if they will they just be "displaying" the kiwi in an outdoor aviary initially?
 
zooboy28 said:
Thanks Jana, do you know if they will they just be "displaying" the kiwi in an outdoor aviary initially?
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Not much displaying will be the case then. Antwerp had a male in an outdoor aviary for years and except the keepers working with the bird almost noone (including most of the other staff of the zoo) never saw the bird.
 
DDcorvus said:
Not much displaying will be the case then. Antwerp had a male in an outdoor aviary for years and except the keepers working with the bird almost noone (including most of the other staff of the zoo) never saw the bird.
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Absolutely, "displaying" them outside is nonsensical. :D If Zlin have gone to the bother of obtaining the species, hopefully they will be developing a nocturnal exhibit for them.
 
Gorillas?
Does this zoo (Zlin) still have gorillas? I've seen a gorilla database that says they had a pair of old females die in 2013, with no record of replacements. But the zoo map still shows gorillas on it. Can someone tell me what the status of gorillas in Zlin is? IF they do have gorillas, could you describe them (sex, approximate ages)? Thanks.
 
ANyhuis said:
Gorillas?
Does this zoo (Zlin) still have gorillas? I've seen a gorilla database that says they had a pair of old females die in 2013, with no record of replacements. But the zoo map still shows gorillas on it. Can someone tell me what the status of gorillas in Zlin is? IF they do have gorillas, could you describe them (sex, approximate ages)? Thanks.
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The map is a bit outdated, in Zlin there was a 1,1 pair, not two females, the pair died in 2013 as it stays in that database. If the gorillas return to Zlín is uncertain, because Zoo don´t have adequate exposition for them. There were some speculations about new gorilla house, but the only certain thing is that if the Zoo will build new gorilla house, it will be after 2020, because up until that time they have different priorities.
 
The zoo has 6 Marabou stork chicks that hatched in June, all have the same parents. Unfortunatelly, they are hand-reared. Keepers wear marabou-like clothing around them. And their parents are kept in one room with them (separated by mesh). Maybe, this will prevent wrong imprinting. Because hand-reared marabous are useless in breeding. Those lone marabous in Jihlava and Ohrada are like this, surplus hand-reared males from Dvur Kralove.
 
Some questions about Zlin:

Whatever happened to the kiwis which were (briefly) held there? Did they ever go on show?

Jana said:
Recent arrivals

2 Impalas
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Are the impala still present within the zoo? On a recent visit I did not see them - but it may be that I was being unobservent.

Jana said:
Construction of a new exhibit complex called Moře Trávy (Sea of Grass) is starting in autumn this year, it should depict Everglades - with Alligators in outside pens, Roseate Spoonbills and Cougars.
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...and another question about this brilliant zoo: what is the situation with this planned exhibit?
 
Their only kiwi died after few months. After its death, the plan for a kiwi house got scraped.

There are no impalas anymore I think, I don´t know what happened to them.

The new Everglades exhibit has some delay, but if nothing bad happens, its construction should start this year and open next year.

Also, construction of new elephant exhibit should start next year. House will be off-exhibit, outside pens should cover 6 hectares. At least 1 cow will get AI this year, man hopes to open the new exhibit together with birth of a calf, for maximum publicity.
 
Jana said:
Also, construction of new elephant exhibit should start next year. House will be off-exhibit, outside pens should cover 6 hectares. At least 1 cow will get AI this year, man hopes to open the new exhibit together with birth of a calf, for maximum publicity.
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This would make it one of the largest in Europe, correct? And larger than any in the UK (Howletts' is 3 hectares I think).
 
Thank you for these answers Jana.

Jana said:
Also, construction of new elephant exhibit should start next year. House will be off-exhibit, outside pens should cover 6 hectares. At least 1 cow will get AI this year, man hopes to open the new exhibit together with birth of a calf, for maximum publicity.
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Will the new elephant exhibit be on a part of the zoo which is not currently being utilised? And, if so, what is the plan for the current elephant area?
 
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