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Current AffairsCzech museums on alert over rhino horns thefts
Thieves recently broke into a museum in the north-east of the Czech
Republic boasting a magnificent display of hunting trophies, and took what
they believed to be a rhino horn. Although this particular horn was fake,
the burglary was the latest in a series of similar incidents that have
occurred around Europe. The police suspect it might be the work of an
international gang making profit from rhino horns which are in demand for
their alleged medicinal properties. More
Current AffairsBison return to Czech forests after 200-year absence
Half a dozen European bison have been returned to the wild at the Ralsko
nature reserve, a former Red Army military training ground about an
hour’s drive from Prague. It’s the latest chapter in what is a
remarkable reversal of fortunes for Europe’s largest mammal. Hunted
virtually to the point of extinction, in recent years they’ve made
something of a comeback.
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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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Current AffairsPrague Zoo launches new fund-raising project to protect gorillas in the wild
Prague Zoo recently launched a new project to raise money for the
protection of gorillas in Africa. It is raising money by collecting old
mobile phones from visitors and selling them to a recycling company. The
profit will be used for a UNESCO-listed gorilla-breeding reserve in the
western African state of Cameroon.
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Czech men get a shot at the Mr World title; a red-faced and suffering chief
health officer; special beer offers for Valentine’s Day and the Olympics;
Eurovision star targeted by hackers; clearance for investigation into
400-year-old mystery; and rare species make a comeback in the mountains.
Find out more in Magazine with Chris Johnstone.
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Current AffairsCampaign aims to help save endangered species in Czech Republic
2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, aimed at raising awareness
of the disappearance of many of the Earth’s species and finding ways to
reverse the current trend. The Ministry of the Environment has just
launched an information campaign to that end here in the Czech Republic,
where around one third of the country’s 80,000 animal and plant species
are believed to be in danger. So what does the campaign hope to achieve? I
spoke to the ministry’s Dagmar Zíková.
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Current AffairsEndangered Golden Takin born in Liberec Zoo
The Czech Republic’s oldest zoo, in Liberec, is now host to its sixth new
Golden Takin, an endangered goat-antelope from China. The new family of
Takins is the first ever to be born outside of China and Japan, and as they
multiply each year it seems they are faring well.
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