Zoo Ostrava The Annual Report 2009

Contents
Director´s introductory word
Petr Čolas ..................................................................................... 5
Animal collection in 2009
Jiří Novák and Ivo Firla .......................................................................... 7
Economy in 2009
Pavlína Konečná and Petr Čolas .................................................................. 12
Design, development and maintenance
Stanislav Derlich, Petr Čolas, Pavlína Konečná ...................................................... 23
Education and publicity
Šárka Kalousková and Jan Pluháček ............................................................... 30
Activities of the Horticulture Department in 2009
Tomáš Hanzelka................................................................................ 35
Research at Ostrava Zoo at 2009
Jan Pluháček................................................................................... 36
A year of carnivores at Ostrava Zoo
Monika Ondrušová ............................................................................. 39
Historical increase in the number of animals at Ostrava Zoo
Jiří Novák ..................................................................................... 41
Keeping a new primate species at Ostrava Zoo
Karin Tančiboková .............................................................................. 43
Breeding the rarest lemur at Ostrava Zoo
Jana Kanichová ................................................................................ 44
Beira, the chimpanzee offspring
Dagmar Marková............................................................................... 46
Rearing the cinereous vulture at Ostrava Zoo
Renáta Halfarová............................................................................... 48