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

General summaryThanks to the project, there are now a total of 11 young golden eagles in the wild, of which three birds havebeen recorded and confirmed to hold an own territory, this being a key step to future successful reproductionwithin the wild stock, in addition to the demonstrated ability of the birds to survive in the wild situation.Of course, natural reproduction of the golden eagle in the habitats of the Czech Republic is the ultimate goalof the project. The female Isabela released in 2008 have even likely established a very strong pair bond witha male golden eagle, who had also been released as part of the project.Thanks to the grant awarded by the Czech Ministry of Environment (MoU) and their support, satellite trackingwas again possible in 2009, with one male (Jakub) monitored over the entire period and two birds (Miko andLia) tracked from the date of release. Thanks to the support, aerial monitoring was possible as well, which isvery important, as well as the release of informational posters titled Four Years of the Golden Eagle Projectand fact sheets named Eagles of the Czech Republic. Both posters and leaflets are distributed to all relevantinstitutions, informational centres and schools free of any charge and also used as prizes within learningcompetitions organised by Ostrava Zoo.An awareness-raising project is underway as of 2009 thanks to the financial support of the European Unionand a joint cross-border funding scheme of Slovakia and the Czech Republic. A project home page wasdeveloped and is available on www.orelskalni.cz. Publicity activities concerning the project were underwayat Ostrava Zoo (see below).Project outlookInvolvement of Ostrava Zoo in the project named Returning the Golden Eagle to the Mountains ofMoravskoslezske Beskydy is planned in future as well. Thanks to the migration of the birds, the CzechRepublic should rather be considered the target region. By means of MoE grants, we would like to extend andsignificantly enhance monitoring and tracking of birds released via satellite, if only to record any first nestbuildingattempts that may appear namely in the birds released in 2006. In addition, we would like to makeuse of aerial monitoring to increase coverage and verify reports on the occurrence of golden eagles, whichvery probably will be those released within the project.Promoting the project at Ostrava Zoo in 2009Thanks to the financial support of the European Union and a joint cross-border funding scheme of Slovakiaand the Czech Republic awarded in 2009, Ostrava Zoo could expand their activities concerning the projectpublicity. An educational programme named Eagles in the Czech Republic was developed for primary schoolstudents, but awareness-raising activities were included in other specific educational schemes as well, makingthe number of students informed on the project as high as 805 in 2009. Both the zoo and the project areroutinely promoted as part of visits of the zoo personnel to public libraries, children departments at hospitalsand senior homes in the city of Ostrava. During the 2009 period, publicity activities were incorporated inseveral events organised for the public, such as Animal Day, Summer Zoo School 2009, Day for Donors, SeniorDay, etc. The awareness-raising activities above helped spread the word to a total of 1,876 people in 2009.In the late 2009, two large aviaries for the golden eagle and white-tailed eagle were finished in the zoogrounds as a result of financial support received as part of the project.69