Breeding successes

Breeding successes

The first pangopup to be bred in Europe, the unique artificial breeding of a polar bear cub, the first orangutan to be born in Czechoslovakia or the first zoo in the world to discover a method for reproducing the Brahminy river turtle... The following overview is an introduction to Prague Zoo’s most important breeding successes over the course of just under a century of its existence.

Photo: Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo The first pangolin bred in Europe

Photo: Petr Hamerník, Prague Zoo First to be bred in continental Europe


Photo: Tomáš Adamec, Prague Zoo First time ever bred

Photo: Tomáš Adamec, Prague Zoo Important firsts in breeding


Photo: Archiv Prague Zoo The first in continental Europe

Photo: Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo First to be bred in the Czech Republic


Photo: Vladimír Motyčka, Prague Zoo First to be bred naturally in Europe

Photo: Petr Hamerník, Prague Zoo First ever to be bred


Photo: Petr Hamerník, Prague Zoo First to be bred in Europe

Photo: Vladimír Motyčka, Prague Zoo First to be bred in a European zoo


Photo: Vladimír Motyčka, Prague Zoo First to be bred in Czechoslovakia, second in Europe

Photo: Zdeněk Veselovský, Prague Zoo One of the first to be bred in the world


Photo: Jovan Dezort First to be raised in Czechoslovakia

Photo: Josef Seget Uniquely hand reared


Photo: Archiv Prague Zoo The second ever to be bred in captivity

Photo: dr. Oscar Schwarz First foal in Prague Zoo