European WILDLIFE

The probable source of coronavirus Covid-19 at an overcrowded market with exotic animals in the Chinese city of Wuhan has drawn attention to the conditions that animals in this Asian country are subjected to. Footage of animals in a sorry state in cages and poor hygiene conditions that prevail at these markets could lead people to believe that animals suffer in a similar way only in faraway Asia. However, there is also room for improvement …

Europe continues to be the continent most afflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic. While 186,859 people have died in Europe since the beginning of the pandemic, the death toll is 141,979 people in North America and 56,391 people in South America. In Asia, where the pandemic started at the turn of 2019 and 2020, 44,958 people have died of the Coronavirus. In contrast, 5,853 people have died of the Coronavirus in all of Africa. Of the …

The transport of the bison bull from the Tabor Zoo to the nature reserve near Rokycany in the western part of the Czech Republic was successfully completed without a single problem this morning.

The three-year-old male set off on a journey before ten o’clock in the morning. He arrived at his destination about half an hour before noon. After a few minutes, he came out of the shipping box and began to examine the acclimatisation …

Today, two wild horse mares from the large herbivore reserve in Milovice, not far from Prague, left to go to a German wildlife park (Tierpark) in Sababurg. For many years, the wildlife park has been doing the best known breeding of wild Exmoor horses in Germany. The animals will have a large, spacious pasture, which they will share with wisents. 

“We were using research and observation results from Sababurg to prepare our large-hoofed animals reserve. …

Renault is ending the production of motor vehicles with combustion engines in China. This week, the company announced that it will continue making only electric vehicles on the Chinese market. For this reason, the European Wildlife conservation organization called on the automaker to take the same step on the domestic European market.

“Currently, tens of thousands of people are dying of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, partially due to the smog to which combustion engines contribute. …