European wild cats have 4 kittens. They are prepaired for release to wilderness. It´s parents come from local population, they are animals that landed in the wildlife rescued station that is part of the zoo. Source
A little detail about the new director. He has zero experience with zoos. He is chaiman of regional branch of SNS political party. SNS is minority part of the coalition of the new Slovak government of Fico that was sworn at the end of October. SNS is traditionalist (hardcore Catholics) and ethnic nationalistic (in the past called against Roma and Hungarian minorities) party that went into latest elections with thema of aligning with Putin´s Russia. Zoo Bojnice is owned directly by Slovak state and appointing its director is done by state ministry. Thus you see an examplary and open case of corruption in Slovak society. I love Slovaks as people and i´m partly Slovak but let me tell you this is just sad.
The zoo has a post on its FB about celebrating 50th birthday of their Chilean flamingo. The said bird was born in 1973 in Prague zoo and is probably the second oldest in flamingo flock in Bojnice. Source This post poses a small problem. Prague has probably not bred any flamingo chicks at that period. Zoo Pilsen breed first Chilean chicks in 1984 - the first ever time when any Czech or Slovak zoo managed to rear chicks of any species of flamingo (yes it´s incredibly late compared to zoos in Europe or US but illustrates how spartan and basic their enclosures/care/flock size used to be here for a long time). Pilsen zoo even commemorated that event by incorporating flamingo into their official logo.
Arrival of 1.0 Eurasian Lynx from La Haute-Touche (France). NÁRODNÁ ZOO BOJNICE on Instagram: "MÁME SAMCA RYSA! Na základe rokovaní s koordinátorkou EAZA plemennej knihy k nám v novembri tohto roka pricestoval deväťročný samec rysa ostrovida. Získali sme ho z francúzskej zoo @Réserve Zoologique de la Haute-Touche. Pevne veríme, že sa zapáči aj našim dvom samiciam a podarí sa nám odchovať ďalšie generácie rysov. #rys #rysostrovid"
Birth of 0.1 Kirk's Dik-dik on 20th November 2023. She has been called SEMA. NÁRODNÁ ZOO BOJNICE on Instagram: "MÁME NOVÝ PRÍRASTOK! ZOZNÁMTE SA SO SEMOU Mláďa dikdika Kirkovho sa narodilo 20. novembra. Mama Sable zvládla pôrod na jednotku a o mláďa sa príkladne stará. Malá samička dostala meno Sema a má sa k svetu. Dikdiky patria medzi najmenšie antilopy sveta. Vo voľnej prírode obývajú savany východnej a juhozápadnej Afriky. Návštevníci v našej zoo momentálne dikdiky neuvidia, pretože je chladno a sú zazimované. Preto vám posielame aspoň foto od ošetrovateľky Veroniky. #dikdik #zoobojnice"
Arrival of 0.1 Roloway Monkey called TANOÉ from an unspecified French zoo. NÁRODNÁ ZOO BOJNICE on Instagram: "TANOÉ - NOVÁ VZÁCNA OBYVATEĽKA PAVILÓNU OPÍC Iba pred pár dňami k nám z Francúzska pricestovala samica druhu mačiak Rolowayov. Volá sa Tanoé a má deväť rokov. Svoje meno dostala podľa lesa Tanoé-Ehy, kde sa ešte stále vyskytujú tieto mačiaky. Ide o mimoriadne vzácneho primáta. Podľa IUCN je to kriticky ohrozený druh. Počty vo voľnej prírode (Pobrežie Slonoviny, Ghana) sa odhadujú na asi 2 000 jedincov. Tanoé momentálne obýva samostatnú ubikáciu, v budúcnosti sa pripojí k druhej samici mačiaka Rolowayovho."
A male Kikuyu Guereza was born at the zoo on 17th February. Its mother is an experienced female - she is already 27 years old. Source
The zoo built an improvised exhibit for leopard tortoises within their elephant house (in what looks like a dry moat between visitors´ and elephant area). Source
Their only greater flamingo (who arrived at Bojnice in 1975) died. With his death, Bojnice now keeps a flock of Chilean flamingos only. Source
Birth of 2 Sable Antelopes this winter. NÁRODNÁ ZOO BOJNICE on Instagram: "ZOZNÁMTE SA! Toto sú Fafa a Enitan - mláďatá antilopy vranej. Fafa sa narodil 30. januára, Enitan 13. februára. Drobcom sa výborne darí a ošetrovateľkám robia radosť. Veronika Fabianová pre Nzoo Bojnice"
Slovak authorities confiscated 3 young tigers fom non-licensed private keeper. Slovakia banned private ownership of big cats, bears and primates in year 2022. Current holders are allowed to keep existing animals till their death but are prohibited to breed them or transfer them out. The three seized cats are currently sitting in quarantine room of Bojnice zoo. They will be sent to Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa in several weeks after export/import papers are sorted out. I could imagine Bojnice zoo would gladly donate them to any European licensed zoo instead. They seem less than 1 year old, 1 has normal color while 2 are white. Source Source
Birth of 2.1 Bongo Antelopes this spring. NÁRODNÁ ZOO BOJNICE on Instagram: "OBROVSKÁ RADOSŤ! NARODILI SA TRI MLÁĎATÁ ANTILOPY BONGO Do stáda antilopy bongo pribudli v marci tohto roka až tri mláďatá. Samička Daudi (Milovaná) sa narodila 5. marca. O pár dní neskôr pribudli samčeky Kamo (Skromný bojovník) a Amari (Sila). Matky sa o mláďatá starajú výborne. Nezbedná trojica si pomaly zvyká na vonkajšie výbehy. Prosíme návštevníkov, aby boli ohľaduplní a mláďatá neplašili. Antilopa bongo je podľa IUCN kriticky ohrozeným druhom. Predpokladá sa, že počty vo voľnej prírode klesajú. Populáciu ohrozuje najmä lov a strata prirodzeného prostredia. #antilopabongo #easternbongo"
