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Current AffairsFirst gorilla born and raised in Prague zoo relocated to Spain
Just two weeks after a newborn gorilla was transported from Prague to
Stuttgart following repeated failed attempts to reunite it with its mother,
Prague zoo has bid farewell to another gorilla, Moja, the first low-land
gorilla born and raised in captivity in the Czech Republic. The animal has
reached sexual maturity and her minders decided to move her away to prevent
in-breeding in the pack. Her new home is the Cabárceno National Park in
northern Spain where Moja was transported on Tuesday. More
PanoramaBringing the Mongolian wild horse back from extinction
Prague Zoo this week announced an important step in its effort to help
reintroduce the critically endangered Mongolian wild horse to its natural
habitat. Four specimens – one stallion and three mares – born and bred
in the Czech Republic are to be transported to the Mongolian steppes to
enrich the gene pool of a small protected herd that is to help the
endangered breed survive. I met up with the zoo’s spokeswoman Jana
Ptacinska Jiratova to find out more about the project and how Prague Zoo
came to be involved in it.
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