Last weekend, a cornerstone for a new bird house (Rákosův pavilon) was laid, opening is sheduled for early 2016. It will be a long narrow house with two walk-through outside aviaries. Main focus is on large parrots - Lear macaw, hyazint macaw, rare caribbean amazons, palm cockatoo and Pesquet's parrot, plus other bird species mixed with them. The slope above this house will turn into vineyard. The house is being built thanks to inheritance left by a Czech private bird breeder Stanislav Rákos. New gorilla pavilion should open in late 2016. The architectonical competition is still running I think, so there is no construction activity yet. At the same time, a new visitor zoo-entrance and a snack kiosk will open in its vinicity. City hall already approved funds of roughly 4,5 mio euro. There are many other plans for future, but they were put on hold since the floods last year.
Press article: In other news, the zoo reached attendance of 1.350.000. This is comparable with year 2011, the best year in the history of this zoo.
question Hy everyone, I'm visiting Prague zoo and can't find feeding schedule or maybe even enrichment .. so if you know where to fint it online, I would be greatful. tnx
I can´t find it online in english too, only in Czech language. Link These commented feedings take place only during weekends and national holidays and are only in Czech. But after the feeding, the person is open for questions/small talk and most are able to communicate in English. 10:00 Feeding of aadvarks – giraffe house 11:00 Feeding of Humbolt pinguins – pinguin pool 11:30 Meeting in hippo house (no feeding, only chat) 12:00 Show of small trained animals – Bororo (old elephant house) 13:00 Feeding of flying foxes – Indonéská džungle house 13:00 Feeding of giant tortoises – tortoise pavilion 13:30 Meeting in giant salamander house (no feeding, just chat) 13:30 Feeding of young Komodos – tortoise pavilion 14:00 Feeding of Cuban Rock Iguana – big cat house 14:00 Feeding of big cats – big cat house (only Saturdays) 14:30 Meeting in gorilla house (only chat) 15:00 Feeding of orang-utans – Indonéská džungle (only Saturdays) 15:30 Meeting in giraffe house (only chat) If you show your ticked from public transport (Prague bus/tram/undergroud or train or Prague steam boat) you get 20% rabat on entrance fee, but it is valid only till 31.12.
According to the HP, zoo Prague received 2,0 king vultures from Stichting Papegaeienhulp in March 2014. More exciting are 1,2 lesser yellow-headed vultures received from TP Berlin and Olching, I quess. In other news, the zoo has been hit by falling rouble and disappearance of russian tourists, ca 100.000 less of them bought a ticket in year 2014. The final attendance figure for year 2014 is 1,38 million. A good year thanks to weather. And there is a manned wolf cub and a young eastern wallaroo freshly out of pouch. Have I mentioned a new Moloch gibbon´s pair that inhabits the former ruffed lemurs´s house? They are both young and came from Howlets and Munich.
