Baby camel joins herd as Prague Zoo enjoys breeding success

Record ID: 1629408

  • Title: Baby camel joins herd as Prague Zoo enjoys breeding success
  • Date: 29th July 2021
  • Summary: PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC (JULY 29, 2021) (REUTERS) NEWBORN BABY CAMEL WALKING WITH ADULT IN ENCLOSURE BABY CAMEL WALKING VARIOUS OF HERD OF CAMELS EATING BABY STANDING AND WALKING CHILD EATING ICE CREAM (SOUNDBITE) (Czech) PRAGUE ZOO SPOKESWOMAN, LUCIE DOSEDELOVA, SAYING: "More than 700 animals were born at Prague Zoo this year. We've had some very successful spring and summer months. Visitors can see most of the newborns, we keep a few of them out of their sight at our facilities." PEOPLE AT ORANGUTAN ENCLOSURE YOUNG ORANGUTAN BORN IN LATE 2020 PLAYING WITH MOTHER CHILD WATCHING THROUGH WINDOW YOUNG ORANGUTAN PLAYING WITH MOTHER (SOUNDBITE) (Czech) PRAGUE ZOO SPOKESWOMAN, LUCIE DOSEDELOVA, SAYING: "We've had many successful breeds of rare species, for example, spiny turtle and Chacoan peccary. And next week, we will introduce youngsters of an absolutely rare freshwater turtle species, the Northern river terrapin."
  • Embargoed: 12th August 2021 16:28
  • Keywords: Chacoan peccary Czech Republic Prague Prague Zoo animals baby boom in zoo baby camel coatimundi newborn animals
  • Location: PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
  • City: PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
  • Country: Czech Republic
  • Topics: Environment,Europe,Nature/Wildlife
  • Reuters ID: LVA001ENW9ZJT
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A new baby camel joined its herd in Prague Zoo on Thursday (July 29) continuing a "very successful" year for baby animals at the establishment.
    More than 700 new arrivals have appeared in the zoo since the beginning of the year, spokeswoman Lucie Dosedelova said.
    Among them are several rare and endangered species, including the spiny turtle and the Chacoan peccary.
    The breeding of the peccaries is a particular success, the zoo said on its website. The species was considered to be extinct in the wild in 1971 but has since recovered, although numbers remain small.
    The zoo was closed from Oct. 6 last year during the Czech Republic's coronavirus lockdown and only re-opened in April.
    Dosedelova said visitors numbers from the Czech Republic had been high since the re-opening, but due to lower numbers of tourists arriving in Prague foreign visitors were still low.
    (Production: Jiri Skacel, Karolina Bohacova, Lewis Macdonald)
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