Zoo Ostrava celebrates 60th anniversary
Ostrava Zoo, which is certainly one of the most attractive city funded organizations, celebrates its sixtieth birthday. It was opened on the 26th October 1951, first in the Kunčičky district, near the Alexander mine. Two years later, a search for suitable new habitat began. Choice fell on Stromovka in Silesian Ostrava, where we can find it today. New ZOO spaces were opened here in 1960.
The photo: Number one attraction is definitely the elephant girl Rashmi
Ostrava ZOO offers numerous visitors from home and abroad a rich mosaic of wildlife from all around the world. This year, ZOO of Ostrava is proud to present the elephant girl Rashmi as a single baby elephant in the Czech ZOOs, the goal of hundreds of thousands of visitors. In addition, ZOO Ostrava recently added many other attractions - new exhibitions and animals, such as a new exposure complex of bears or new children's ZOO. A lot of pups were born here and the resort offers botanical attractions as well. Ostrava ZOO is engaged in breeding of many endangered species and is involved in many domestic and international conservation projects.
Zoological Garden in Ostrava today employs over one hundred employees. They are responsible for operation of facilities which are kept over three thousand animals of approximately 360 species.