Prague Zoo in Czech Republic

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Prague Zoo
Gulab, Shanti and Dan Koehl in Prague Zoo, 2010. Photo © Jutta Kirchner
Gulab, Shanti and Dan Koehl in Prague Zoo, 2010. Photo © Jutta Kirchner
Local name Zoo Praha
Typezoo
Size58 hectares (140 acres)
Total nrs5049
Founded1931
First elephant arrived1933
Opened for public1931
Number of species676
Number of animals5049
Address U Trojskeho zamku 3/120
Zip-code 171000
Place Prague 7-Troja
District Troja
Country Czech Republic
Website Website
FacebookFacebook
YouTube userYouTube
Twitterzoo_praha
Instagramzoopraha
Related persons
Owner
Directors 1990-1997: Bohumil Král
1959: Zdeněk Veselovský
2010: Miroslav Bobek
Key People
Zoological department
Elephant department
Elephant managementProtected Contact, since
Elephant consultant 2010-2010: Dan Koehl
Head keepers
of elephants
2016-now: Martin Kristen
2011-2016: Petr Kabatek
2010-2011: Veronika Heroldová
-2010: Jiri Javurek
-: Zbyněk Šíša
Elephant keepers
2011: Veronika Heroldová
-: Jan Janošek
-: Karel Kapral
-: Ladislav Zoha
Record history
History of updates2025-03-18: text 2025-04-07: text
Latest document update2025-04-07 10:32:44
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Description

Prague Zoo, located at U Trojskeho zamku 3/120, in Prague 7-Troja, Czech Republic , was founded in 1931, opened for public in 1931 and the first elephant arrived in 1933

Prague Zoo elephants are managed in Protected Contact, since .

Living elephants

At the Prague Zoo lives 6 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. ♂ Ankhor born 1983-00-00
  2. ♀ Gulab born 1959
  3. ♀ Janita born 2004-10-17
  4. ♀ Lakuna born 2020-05-09
  5. ♀ Shanti born 1976
  6. ♀ Tamara born 2005-08-23

Casualties

1 casualties
  1. 2022-04-10: elephant keeper Veronika Heroldová attacked by Tamara. This morning there was an accident in the Elephant Valley of Prague Zoo - the elephant Tamara injured one of the keepers, who is now hospitalized. Based on a preliminary investigation, there was no misconduct on the part of our employees, on the contrary, they quickly intervened to resolve the situation. Miroslav Bobek Veronika Heroldová Survived. She suffered injuries to her hand, chest and pelvis. She was conscious the whole time, with intravenous access secured, given pain medication and transported to the Central Military Hospital.

Comments / pictures1881: The idea for a zoological garden in Prague was first proposed in 1881 in a newspaper article by Count Sweerts-Spork, on the occasion of the marriage of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium.

1931: The zoo was opened to the public on 28 September 1931.

1971: In 1971 a new pavilion opened for large mammals, including elephants, hippos and rhinos.

2013: In 2013 a large new Elephant Valley pavilion was introduced and the first elephant was born in Prague Zoo, named Sita. The calf was born to Donna who had come to Prague from Rotterdam.

Two male elephants Maximilian were named after members of the von Habsburg family, one of whom had a live elephant brought to Prague as early as 1570, and both built their own kind of zoo in Prague.

2020-06-21: The daughters of Tamara and Janita were named and Lakuna and Amalee.

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2022: A Prague Zoo employee was injured by an elephant over the weekend. The 31-year-old zoo employee had to be taken to the hospital for injuries to her pelvis, chest, and arm. The incident took place early on Sunday, April 10.


This morning there was an accident in the Elephant Valley of Prague Zoo - the elephant Tamara injured one of the keepers, who is now hospitalized. Based on a preliminary investigation, there was no misconduct on the part of our employees, on the contrary, they quickly intervened to resolve the situation.

Miroslav Bobek



Prague Zoo opened in 1931 and has had elephants since 1933. Currently, the Herd consists of nine Indian elephants. The youngest are two females, who were born in March and May 2020 to Tamara and Janita, another female in the Herd. Both Tamara and Janita are originally from Sri Lanka. They both also gave birth six years ago to two male elephants, Rudi and Max.

The herd’s oldest member is the female Gulab, which the zoo acquired in 1966. Her long-time companion, the elephant Shanti, came to Prague from India as a cub in 1977. The herd’s final member is a male named Ankhor, who was born in Burma (now Myanmar) in 1983. The zoo’s Elephants Valley complex opened in 2013 and cost CZK 500 million.

References for records about Prague Zoo

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Prague Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=216. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Prague Zoo is mentioned on Elephant News:

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2012-09-04Pachyderm picasso picks up paintbrush to prepare perfect pictures - Elephant News
2013-12-19Young female elephant tonya dies in prague zoo - Elephant News
2020-06-27Names for princesses - Elephant News
2022-04-11Accident in prague zoo's 'elephant valley' seriously injures breeder - Elephant News


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