Prague - WAZA
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October 2011 | <strong>Prague</strong> 5<br />
Welcome Address by the Host<br />
Miroslav Bobek, Director, <strong>Prague</strong> Zoo<br />
Dear Mr President, dear colleagues,<br />
ladies and gentlemen,<br />
Let me welcome you to the 66th<br />
<strong>WAZA</strong> Annual Conference, held in<br />
one of the world’s most beautiful<br />
cities, in <strong>Prague</strong>.<br />
I am immensely honored to welcome<br />
you in the name of <strong>Prague</strong> Zoological<br />
Garden, and at the same moment<br />
thank you that our zoo was entrusted<br />
with the preparation of such an<br />
important event.<br />
The 66th <strong>WAZA</strong> Annual Conference is<br />
held under the patronage of Bohuslav<br />
Svoboda, the Mayor of <strong>Prague</strong>,<br />
whom I am welcoming and I wish to<br />
thank him not only for the patronage<br />
over the conference, but also for the<br />
support of our zoological garden.<br />
I am also welcoming and wish to<br />
thank the Minister of Environment of<br />
Czech Republic, Mr Tomáš Chalupa.<br />
© Tomáš Adamec<br />
Miroslav Bobek, director of <strong>Prague</strong> Zoo.<br />
Forty years ago formal director of<br />
<strong>Prague</strong> Zoo Zdeněk Veselovský<br />
welcomed our predecessors at the<br />
26th international conference of the<br />
directors of zoological gardens.<br />
I am happy that I can welcome<br />
you here on the year of the 80th<br />
anniversary of <strong>Prague</strong> Zoo, and<br />
open the conference with a short<br />
documentary, dedicated also to<br />
professor Veselovský. On top of<br />
that, I think that it is pre-eminently<br />
related to the overall theme of the<br />
conference…<br />
Thank you for coming and I wish you<br />
successful deliberations!
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