Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 15:12:07 +0200https://english.radio.cz/devastating-floods-lead-great-losses-prague-zoo-8065038© 2026 Radio Prague International A 12-year-old seal named Gaston made international headlines when he escaped from Prague zoo during last week's floods, swimming around 120 kilometres in five days, before being recaptured north of Dresden in Germany. Unfortunately, the seal died on Tuesday while being transported back to Prague, evidently from shock and exhaustion; his death was sadly typical of the misfortune which has befallen Prague zoo over the last week. Ian Willoughby has more. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/lachtan_gaston.jpg?timestamp=1590246216 https://english.radio.cz/devastating-floods-lead-great-losses-prague-zoo-8065038 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9