About zoo

About zoo
Run Hou Tang has gone down in the history of the Prague Zoo as an exceptional animal. Photo: Petr Hamerník, Prague Zoo

A female Formosan pangolin Run Hou Tang died today shortly before noon. Her health problems began to be noticed by the zookeepers at the end of September. They were manifested mainly by a lack of appetite, i.e. a lack of interest in the food offered.

History

The history of Prague Zoo goes all the way back to the year 1881, when, on the occasion of the wedding of Crown Prince Rudolf and Princess Stephanie of Belgium, Count Sweerts-Sporck published an open letter in the newspapers calling for the establishment of a zoological garden in Prague.


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