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History of the zoo in years |
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 1881
On the occasion of the marriage of prince Rudolph and princess Stephanie
of Belgium, an appeal to establish a zoological garden in Prague was
published in the newspapers by count Sweerts-Spork.
1891
A council for establishing a zoological garden in the Kings’ Game Park
was founded (not realised).
1899
A memorial treatise of the Cooperative for establishing a zoological and
acclimatisation garden was published. The Kinský’s garden was chosen out
of ten suggested localities but that was the end of it all.
1904
The grammar school professor Jiří Janda entered the scene and started
preparing a zoo on the Štvanice Island.
1919
At the meeting of the advisory board for mathematics and natural
sciences at the Ministry of education and national enlightenment, a
committee was established to start the preparatory work on the
establishment of the Prague zoological garden.
1922
The important landowner Alois Svoboda donated the land in Troja
declaring that a zoological garden was to be built there.
1923
The professor Jiří Janda was put in charge by the above-mentioned
ministry to start the preparations for establishing the zoo.
1926
The Business, Purchasing and Building Cooperative of the Zoological
Garden was founded.
1927
8 hectares of the future zoo were fenced towards the end of the year.
1930
The owner of the Rebernigg circus donated the lioness Šárka to the zoo.
As there was no suitable dormitory for her in the zoo, she lived as well
as some of the other inhabitants of the zoo in the villa of professor
Janda in Troja.
1931
On 28th September “The building site of the zoological garden” was
opened for the public and in the sunny afternoon the first visitors
entered the gate.
The administrative building was built at the main entrance.
The Janda’s aviary for birds of prey was built.
The arrival of the female wolf Lotta who was the first animal to appear
within the area of the zoo.
The arrival of the first Przewalski’s horses (Mink and Ali).
1932
The arrival of the first tigers (Mitau and Bengali).
1933
The arrival of the elephant Baby, hippopotamus Petr and rhinoceros Max.
The first tiger cubs were born.
1934
The first lions (Ctirad and Šárka) came to the zoo.
The actor Vlasta Burian donated the sea lions Hýta and Batul to the zoo.
1935
The pavilion of carnivors was built under the rock.
1938
The zoo staff started organising circus performances.
The first young Andean vulture in the world was hatched and reared.
1940
The so-called farm, a complex of barns and other buildings, was built.
1941
The March flood reached up to the pavilion of carnivores
1942
The first cub of polar bear was artificially bred in the world (the
female Ilun).
1944
The female hippopotamus Zuzana came from the bombed Berlin.
1950
The pavilion of monkeys was built.
The first chimpanzee came, the female called Moke.
The zoo came under the management of the state administration, the city
council of Prague and was controlled by the Ministry of Information and
Enlightenment.
1954
The arrival of the first giraffe, the female Lenka.
1956
The pavilion of small animals was built.
1959
Dr. Zdeněk Veselovský was appointed the director of the zoo. Under his
leadership, the Prague zoo got among the best zoos in the world and it
also reached some world class successes in the area of breeding and
scientific research.
1960
The Prague zoo was appointed to keep the International studbook of
Przewalski’s horses.
1961
The arrival of the first orangutan, the female Soňa.
1963
The arrival of the first gorilla, the male Titan.
1969
The Janda’s aviary for birds of prey collapsed under the heavy snow.
1971
The WZO conference took place in Prague (The International Union of The
Directors of Zoological Gardens) and professor Bernhard Grzimek took
part in it.
The new pavilion of big mammals was opened (elephants, hippopotamuses
and rhinoceroses).
The orangutan Kama was born.
1972
The first cubs of cheetahs were born (the second breeding in the world).
1978
The arrival of the first aardwarks in the history of the zoo (Bojsa and
Nebojsa).
1991
The pavilion of big cats was opened.
1995
The new exhibit called America was opened and the exhibits of polar
bears and black bears were reconstructed.
The EZE conference took place in Prague (European Association of
Zooeducators).
1998
The pavilion of big tortoises was opened.
1999
The pavilion of monkeys was demolished.
2001
The first artificial breeding of a Przewalski’s horse in the world.
Two new pavilions were opened – the African house and the Gorillas’
pavilion.
The EAZA conference in the zoo.
2002
The August flood affected almost half of the area of the zoo.
2003
Two new elephants came (the male Nagathan, the female Praya) and the
male lowland gorilla Richard arrived.
2004
The new pavilion Indonesian jungle was opened (29th November).
The first young of the lowland gorilla in Czech zoos history was born
(13th December).
The inauguration of Pavilion Africa closely and Pavilion Sichuan
The opening of Carnivores pavilion, after the flood
The opening of new exposition of flamingos, Pavilon of penguins,
expositions of cheetahs ans Education centre
The arrival of first pair of Comodo dragons
2005
The opening of new expositions: Children's zoo, Nature around us, aviary
of orang-utans and gibbons, expositions of tigers and leopards,
expositions of porcupines and lemurs, island of squirrel monkeys,
opening of exposition Water world and Monkey islands
The opening of renovated outdoor exposition of penguins
The birth of oriental small-clawed otters and honey badgers
2006
The birth of 50th giraffe baby
The reintroduction of bearded vulture
The death of prof. Zdeněk Veselovský
2007
The hatching of fierst Comodo dragons in Czech republic
The birth second gorilla in Czech republic - Tatu
The opening of Island of Lemurs
2008
The birth of first Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat in Czech republic
The arive of gharials - first in Europe
The opening of new pavilion Chambal (pavilion of gharials) and new
expositions for llamas and hyenas
Source: official site of Zoo
Praha (2011)
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