History
- 1881 The Idea - On the occasion of the marriage of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, an appeal to establish a zoological garden in Prague was published in the newspapers by count Sweerts-Spork.
- 1919 At the meeting of the advisory board for mathematics and natural sciences at the Ministry of education and national enlightenment, a committee was established to start the preparatory work on the establishment of the Prague zoological garden.
- 1931 The Opening - On 28 September “The building site of the zoological garden” was opened for the public and in the sunny afternoon the first visitors entered the gate.
- 1938 The first young Andean vulture in the world was hatched and reared.
- 1942 The first polar bear cub was artificially bred in the world (a female named Ilun).
- 1959 Dr. Zdeněk Veselovský was appointed the director of the zoo. Under his leadership, the Prague zoo reached some world class successes in the area of breeding and scientific research.
- 1971 Opened a new pavilion for large mammals (elephants, hippos and rhinos)
- 1991 Largest cat species pavilion was introduced
- 2001 The first artificial breeding of a Przewalski's Horse in the world.
- 2002 Prague suffered the worst floods in its history. A large part of the zoo was under water and many animals died. The zoo soon recovered.
- 2004 Czech largest and most expensive animal pavilion "Indonesian Jungle" has been opened, first Western gorilla was born in Czech republic (named Moya)
- 2007 Forbes Traveler listed Prague Zoo among the world's best zoos.
- 2008 Gharials are breeded here for the first time in Europe
- 2010 Multiplication of Texas turtles for the first time in Europe
- 2011 Moja drived to Cabarceno
- 2012 Historically most pups were born - 1,557 in 211 species
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