Prague ZOO has introduced the two young, not even two years old, cheetahs on New Year’s Eve. They come from Nuremberg and are brothers called Kito and Kubango, they were born on 5th April 2010 to mother Kelly and father Turbo. They should restore the successful breeding of cheetahs in Prague ZOO which was interrupted by an unpleasant infection. Cheetahs have been bred in the ZOO since the thirties when it was one of the first zoos in the world to start this type of breeding. Both youngsters will become a foundation for a new breeding plan. They are now awaiting the females.
Record was broken
It sounds incredible but there is a new visitor’s record at the ZOO. During last year the ZOO welcomed 1,369 million visitors, thereby exceeding the maximum visitors reached in 2009. One of the reasons for this is, apart from other favourable aspects, the ZOO’s great breeding results. Last year brought 1,300 babies, some of the biggest successes were the asexual reproduction of komodo dragons or the birth of gorilla male Tana. Also born were offspring of the famous Gaston in the form of South African seal called Bert and then there were the Sumatran tigers. All these additions have made up for loss of the big attraction Moja who now lives in Spain.
New things are to be expected
In the ZOO is continuing development of new elephant and hippo areas and an antelope pavilion which will open next year. Renovation of the vine house Sklenářka has also started as well as landscaping of rocky area which will enable the reopening of the path Zakázanka.
