A Second Chance for the Wild: Inside Prague’s Animal Rescue Efforts

Haris Jeelani Toogo

When Zuzana Pokorná stepped into the room at Prague’s Wildlife Rescue Station, three baby mouflons cheered up instantly, their small hooves bouncing with excitement as if expecting a meal. The young animals, recently rescued from a nearby forest, now live in a newly constructed facility built by the municipality of Prague for injured or orphaned wildlife. As she approached, the mouflons sniffed at her clothes with curious familiarity, as though greeting an old friend. More in a feature created for Foreign Correspondence course by Haris Jeelani Toogo.