Zoo Ostrava The Annual Report 2009

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Rehabilitation of the cinereous vulture and bearded vulture Jiří Novák ..................................................................................... 50 Monitoring nests of endangered birds of prey species Jana Pluháčková ............................................................................... 53 Offspring produced in threatened parrot species Jana Pluháčková and Yveta Svobodová ............................................................ 54 The yellow cardinal at Ostrava Zoo Yveta Svobodová ............................................................................... 55 Baby boom in red-crested seriemas Sylva Firlová ................................................................................... 58 Double offspring in the southern ground hornbill reared at Ostrava Zoo Ivo Firla ....................................................................................... 60 The elephant updates Pavel Zvolánek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Keeping the common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) at Ostrava Zoo Jan Pluháček................................................................................... 65 Returning the Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) to the Mountains of Moravskoslezske Beskydy: project year 4 Jana Kovářová ................................................................................. 68 The list of employees of the Ostrava Zoo (as of December 31, 2009) ................................. 70
Dear friends, Ostrava Zoo is coming with their new annual report. The year 2009, which is the period covered by the document, was a major milestone for the zoo in terms of breeding activities as well as upgrading the zoo grounds and building new exhibits. Having dubbed 2008 a "year of project development", I dare to say that 2009 was a "year of construction" thanks to the largest volume of funding ever received from Ostrava Zoo founder - the Statutory City of Ostrava. This allowed the zoo commencing several works for which the preparation process already started a long time ago. As soon as the spring came, the zoo formally opened the Little Amazonia exhibit, a result of alterations that had been made to the entry area of the parrot house due to its unsatisfactory condition. This new display has added new species on the list, one of which is featured under a separate chapter. For the major works, they namely included completion of extensive background facilities for the zoo's Horticulture Department - glasshouses and a biomass-fuelled heating plant, two eagle aviaries and the Papua exhibit, plus a process of complete reconstruction of outworn children's zoo could be successfully launched at the end of the year. The construction of the Chitwan exhibit - a complex designed for bears, langurs, otters and other animals including two aquariums - can sure be called the most extensive work of the year. Besides the large constructions mentioned above, a number of minor repairs, alterations and reconstructions listed elsewhere in this report were underway. In addition, plenty of learning and play elements for children were installed throughout the grounds, like an above-lifesize model of a kangaroo or varied education spots featuring native fauna species. The large-scale development process is something that has essentially reshaped this long uncared-for zoo of the Moravia-Silesia region, thus contributing to a common goal of the zoo personnel - creating a place where both animals and humans could feel good. The increased interest of visitors continues to be the most tangible evidence of the fact that this institution has something to offer: 358,892 people visited Ostrava Zoo in 2009, this being the second largest attendance within the recent 20 years. I am also pleased to see the rising numbers of schools coming to join our informal learning schemes as part of the zoo visit. Against all the economic troubles that the country has suffered, Ostrava Zoo still enjoys the favour of their donors and supporters, receiving a total of 3,143 thousand CZK from them in 2009. The passed year can also be titled "the year of rare offspring". Although you can learn more about these as well as other breeding successes in the respective sections, at least the reared critically endangered Sclater's lemur should be mentioned at this point, as it was the first offspring produced outside Madagascar, West Europe and the USA. Another premiere Ostrava Zoo can boast are mother-raised birds of prey - a young cinereous vulture and bearded vulture; these kingly birds were successfully released into the wild in the French Alps as part of international cooperation, when the young bearded vulture was even released in the presence of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, as his foundation became an umbrella to the project. This special occasion was however not only an 5
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Offspring produced in threatened pa
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temperature was 36 °C and the chic
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58 Baby boom in red-crested seriema
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60 Double offspring in the southern
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The elephant updates Pavel Zvoláne
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females - Delhi. This cow was first
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Roza had her last calf on 19 Decemb
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Returning the Golden Eagle (Aquila
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The list of employees of the Ostrav
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