Preparations underway to move brown bear from Konopiště Castle to Ostrava Zoo

Plans are underway to move a brown bear from Konopiště Castle, where he has been on loan since 2011, to Ostrava Zoo, the ctk news agency reported. According to Zlín Zoo, which owns the bear, the preparations for the transport will take several weeks. The priority will be to avoid putting the bear to sleep during transport. The 18-year-old male bear has been living in the castle moat in Konopiště since 2011. The National Monuments Institute recently agreed to end the practice of keeping bears in castle moats for visitors by 2030. The bear will have a larger enclosure in the Ostrava zoo and it will also be possible to involve it in the zoo’s breeding program.