Prague zoo opens new elephant, hippo habitat

Prague zoo opened a new habitat for elephants and hippos on Saturday. The occasion was accompanied by a name-giving ceremony for a baby elephant which was born in January. The elephant girl was named Sita. The new habitat, which cost over 500 million crowns, will allow the zoo to extend its elephant breeding programme, zoo’s management said. Prague zoo has bred elephants since 1933; it now has seven female, one male and one baby elephant.