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Foto: Tereza<\/p>\nDne 5.\u00a0\u010dervna 1966\u00a0p\u0159ijela do Zoo Praha necel\u00fdch sedm let star\u00e1 slonice indick\u00e1 jm\u00e9nem Gulab. A\u00a0o \u0161edes\u00e1t let pozd\u011bji je st\u00e1le tady. H\u0159bet m\u00e1 trochu vysedlej\u0161\u00ed, klouby trochu unaven\u011bj\u0161\u00ed, ale st\u00e1le se t\u011b\u0161\u00ed relativn\u011b dobr\u00e9mu zdrav\u00ed, apetitu a\u00a0p\u0159\u00edzni sv\u00fdch chovatel\u016f, kter\u00fdch u\u017e vyst\u0159\u00eddala \u0159ady. Lid\u00e9 st\u00e1rnou, Gulab jen zraje, cht\u011blo by se \u0159\u00edct. <\/p>\n
Nitka jej\u00edho p\u0159\u00edb\u011bhu se za\u010dala odv\u00edjet tis\u00edce kilometr\u016f od Prahy v\u00a0Indii, kde se narodila roku 1959\u00a0a\u00a0bylo p\u0159edpokl\u00e1d\u00e1no, \u017ee jako jej\u00ed p\u0159\u00edbuzn\u00ed bude pracovn\u00edm slonem. Podle dochovan\u00fdch vzpom\u00ednek nebyla zrovna vzorn\u00fdm kandid\u00e1tem na t\u011b\u017ekou pr\u00e1ci. Byla toti\u017e mimo\u0159\u00e1dn\u011b tvrdohlav\u00e1. Pr\u00e1v\u011b tato vlastnost prov\u00e1z\u00ed po cel\u00fd \u017eivot a\u00a0nakonec se stala jedn\u00edm z\u00a0d\u016fvod\u016f, pro\u010d si ji lid\u00e9 tak obl\u00edbili. <\/p>\n
P\u0159\u00edchod Gulab do Prahy je spojen s\u00a0jednou z\u00a0nejzn\u00e1m\u011bj\u0161\u00edch historek v\u00a0d\u011bjin\u00e1ch Zoo Praha. Kdy\u017e indick\u00fd obchodn\u00edk M. M. Sharma jednal v\u00a0\u010ceskoslovensku s\u00a0podnikem zahrani\u010dn\u00edho obchodu Metalimex, cht\u011bl se odvd\u011b\u010dit jist\u00e9 pan\u00ed Kostn\u00edkov\u00e9, kter\u00e1 b\u011bhem pobytu pom\u00e1hala jeho man\u017eelce. Na ot\u00e1zku, jak\u00fd d\u00e1rek by si p\u0159\u00e1la, \u00fadajn\u011b odpov\u011bd\u011bla \u017eertem: \u201eP\u0159ivezte mi t\u0159eba slona.\u201c M\u011blo to b\u00fdt sp\u00ed\u0161e n\u011bco jako zdvo\u0159il\u00e9 odm\u00edtnut\u00ed (nebo mo\u017en\u00e1 m\u00e9n\u011b zdvo\u0159il\u00e9, to u\u017e n\u00e1m historie neobjasn\u00ed), ale to jste nikdy nemluvili s\u00a0je\u0161itn\u00fdm a\u00a0bohat\u00fdm obchodn\u00edkem ze zem\u011b, kde je pravd\u011bpodobn\u011b mo\u017en\u00e9 v\u0161echno a\u00a0slon je v\u016fbec to nejmen\u0161\u00ed. Slona se nehodilo ubytovat v\u00a0dom\u00e1cnosti (l\u00e9pe by na toto t\u00e9ma jist\u011b sepsali pov\u00eddku nap\u0159\u00edklad pan \u0160imek s\u00a0panem Grossmannem), a\u00a0tak se dar zobecnil na m\u011bsto Praha a\u00a0jeho zoologickou zahradu. <\/p>\n
Foto: Tereza<\/p>\n
Sloni v\u00a0Zoo Praha<\/p>\n
N\u00e1sledovaly ob\u0159\u00ed man\u00e9vry. Gulab byla v\u00a0Bombaji nalo\u017eena i\u00a0pomoc\u00ed ob\u0159\u00edho je\u0159\u00e1bu na \u010deskoslovenskou obchodn\u00ed lo\u010f Jiskra. P\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b \u010dtrn\u00e1ct dn\u00ed plula do jugosl\u00e1vsk\u00e9 Rijeky. Odtud pokra\u010dovala kamionem p\u0159es Evropu a\u017e do Prahy. Do zoo dorazila v\u00a0ned\u011bli 5.\u00a0\u010dervna 1966. <\/p>\n
B\u011bhem n\u00e1sleduj\u00edc\u00edch desetilet\u00ed za\u017eila prom\u011bnu cel\u00e9 zoologick\u00e9 zahrady. Pro\u0161la v\u0161emi t\u0159emi pra\u017esk\u00fdmi sloninci, pamatuje dobu, kdy se sloni chodili koupat do Vltavy, a\u00a0podle vzpom\u00ednek pam\u011btn\u00edk\u016f pom\u00e1hala chovatel\u016fm i\u00a0p\u0159i prac\u00edch v\u00a0are\u00e1lu zoo. <\/p>\n
P\u0159esto\u017ee nikdy nem\u011bla vlastn\u00ed ml\u00e1d\u011b, stala se matriarchou st\u00e1da. V\u00a0sou\u010dasn\u00e9m \u00dadol\u00ed slon\u016f je dodnes respektovanou v\u016fdkyn\u00ed. Zvl\u00e1\u0161tn\u00ed vztah si vytvo\u0159ila zejm\u00e9na se slonic\u00ed Shanti, kterou po jej\u00edm p\u0159\u00edchodu do Prahy prakticky p\u0159ijala za svou. Tato role zku\u0161en\u00e9 a\u00a0klidn\u00e9 v\u016fdkyn\u011b je ve slon\u00edch skupin\u00e1ch nesm\u00edrn\u011b d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e1. Informace a\u00a0soci\u00e1ln\u00ed zku\u0161enosti se toti\u017e mezi slony p\u0159ed\u00e1vaj\u00ed pr\u00e1v\u011b prost\u0159ednictv\u00edm star\u0161\u00edch samic. <\/p>\n
Chovatel\u00e9 ji dlouhodob\u011b popisuj\u00ed jako velmi hodnou, ale z\u00e1rove\u0148 neoby\u010dejn\u011b tvrdohlavou. V\u00a0zoo se traduje nap\u0159\u00edklad historka o\u00a0speci\u00e1ln\u00edm m\u00ed\u010di ur\u010den\u00e9m pro slony. Zat\u00edmco v\u00a0jin\u00fdch zoologick\u00fdch zahrad\u00e1ch podobn\u00e9 hra\u010dky vydr\u017eely cel\u00e9 roky, Gulab jej \u00fadajn\u011b zni\u010dila b\u011bhem jedin\u00e9ho dne. Stejn\u011b nekompromisn\u011b si poradila i\u00a0s nejednou s\u00edt\u00ed na seno. <\/p>\n
Dnes ji n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edci poznaj\u00ed podle mohutn\u00e9ho ko\u0159ene chobotu a\u00a0postavy, na n\u00ed\u017e je u\u017e patrn\u00fd v\u011bk. P\u0159esto se st\u00e1le pohybuje mezi ostatn\u00edmi slonicemi jako p\u0159irozen\u00e1 autorita. Podle Zoo Praha vstoupila v\u00a0roce 2026\u00a0do sv\u00e9ho 67.\u00a0roku \u017eivota a\u00a0pat\u0159\u00ed mezi v\u016fbec nejstar\u0161\u00ed slony chovan\u00e9 v\u00a0Evrop\u011b. Jen m\u00e1lokter\u00e9 zv\u00ed\u0159e je po\u0159\u00e1d tady – kdy\u017e byl n\u011bkdo d\u00edt\u011btem, kdy\u017e byly d\u00edt\u011btem jeho potomci a\u00a0po nich jejich potomci. Tak se p\u0159\u00ed\u0161t\u011b v\u00a0\u00dadol\u00ed slon\u016f zastavte a\u00a0pod\u00edvejte. A\u017e jednou bohu\u017eel odejde tam, kde denn\u011b st\u0159\u00edkaj\u00ed na k\u016f\u017ei vlah\u00e9 vodotrysky a\u00a0roste ta nejslad\u0161\u00ed tr\u00e1va, listy a\u00a0v\u011btve, neodejte jen oby\u010dejn\u00fd slon, ale kus \u017eiv\u00e9 historie Zoo Praha a\u00a0mo\u017en\u00e1 i\u00a0kus va\u0161eho d\u011btsv\u00ed a\u00a0vzpom\u00ednek. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dne 5.\u00a0\u010dervna 1966\u00a0p\u0159ijela do Zoo Praha necel\u00fdch sedm let star\u00e1 slonice indick\u00e1 jm\u00e9nem Gulab. A\u00a0o \u0161edes\u00e1t let pozd\u011bji…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[30],"tags":[98,99,3345,437,2352],"class_list":["post-109611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-praha","tag-prague","tag-praha","tag-slon","tag-zajimavosti","tag-zoologicke-zahrady-zoo"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@cz\/116705294085075772","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}