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Prague ZOO - in Troja
welcomed its first visitors 28 September
1931. In the first year of its
existence there were to be found
about 94 animals. From the beginning
of the fourties the ZOO
could use the complex of outbuildings.
At the beginning of
the fifties there was finished
the Ape Pavilion and in 1971
the Pavilion of t h e Big Mammals was opened. The development of the
ZOO was broken in August 2002 by the flooding, when several animals
died and that caused great damage.
Well known is the case of
the seal Gaston, which after the damage of the protection wall got
to the heavy stream of the river Vltava and after long voyage died
of exhaustion.
Among the most successful directors of the ZOO belongs
Dr. Zdenek Veselovsky, who was in the function since 1959.
Under his leading the Prague ZOO became one of the most
famous organisations in the world. The present director
PhDr. Petr Fejk, author of the new conception ensured the
construction of t h e new objects, that also contributed to the
fast 50 % increase of the visit rate.
The Prague ZOO is now
spread at 64 hectares (at the beginning it was only 8 ha),
from which is more t h a n 50 hectares opened to the public.
The Garden has two vertical levels that are besides the
roads connected by the cable railway. The visitor can walk
along the paths in the total length of 10 km and available
is also various restaurants, kiosks, baby spots and
the educational Centrum. In the area there were placed
also some plastiques of the animals and insect, interesting
are also the species like magnolias, chestnut trees and
saddletrees.
Besides the bus connection i s the Prague Zoo
available also by walk through Stromovka, along the riverbank
from Liben, or by the steamboat directly from the
town centre.
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Opening hours:
March 9 - 17 daily
April, May, September, October 9 - 18 daily
June - August 9 - 19 daily
November - February 9 - 16 daily
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