výroční zpráva 2009 ( 4,12 MB ) - Zoo Ostrava

For Ostrava Zoo, 2009 and 2008 were years of great difference, the latter being even a real breaking point.The founder tended to maintain the major support of the zoo, with the operating co-funding (i.e. minus theearmarked and accounting depreciation contribution) still showing the growth tendency compared to theprevious years. Even though the rate of increase was 6.8% and not the 13% as with 2008, it still helped the zoodevelop new activities. This enabled the zoo personnel handling the ongoing increase in expenditure muchbetter, be it the overhead costs essential for keeping the zoo running or expenses related with new buildingsand exhibits and expanding the places and services for visitors and the like.Aside from this fundamental and key funding resource, i.e. the budget of the Statutory City of Ostrava - thezoo’s founder and owner, Ostrava Zoo was successful to raise significant funding from the national budget,the sources being the Ministry of Environment and Ostrava Labour Office. These means helped cover morethan 6.3% of real zoo expenses.As for the Czech Ministry of Environment, a ground-breaking amount of 3,216 thousand CZK was successfullyawarded and spent within MoU’s funding scheme. The financial means obtained above were earmarked to cofundthe animal management costs related to specific endangered animal species and provide assistance inconservation activities. As part of the grant above, the zoo could cover the costs of various projects, for instancethe release of the Hippopotamus European Studbook (a third in the row), activities making the membersof the public more familiar with European carnivore issues within the EAZA European Carnivore Campaign2008/2009 by means of information panels purchased, participation on continued efforts to release thegolden eagle into the wild as part of the „Returning the Golden Eagle to the Mountains of MoravskoslezskeBeskydy“ scheme, organising and holding the third annual conservation education conference for teachersand educators throughout Moravian-Silesian Region, construction of interactive education points under the„Presenting the Czech fauna and flora at Ostrava Zoo“ project, sustaining and development of a periodicalseries of talks called „The News from the World of Zoology“, improvement of visitor services throughpurchasing equipment for narrated animal feeding and night guided tours, as well as CCTV monitoring ofnests of endangered birds of prey species like the bearded vulture, griffon vulture and cinereous vulture. Lastbut not least, support was granted to provide essential means needed for breeding and rearing threatenedparrot species, namely the military macaw, golden conure, red-fronted macaw and scarlet macaw, and aspart of global conservation schemes using equipment for hatching and rearing young birds behind the scenes.Considering the recession of the national economics and the national budget trends, such record-breakingamount successfully received from the MoE budget seems to be a potential long-term maximum, with anysimilar repeated success looking like something highly improbable.Ostrava Labour Office contributed 1,380 thousand CZK to help the zoo cover salaries of 12 new postsincluding social and health insuranceCo-funding by institutions providingthe financial support as part of non-capitalallocation in 2009 (%)8% - MoE4% - LO1688% - SCO