Most of the injuries owls arrive with come from collisions with cars. Rozárka was left almost blind after a blow to the head. She has been with us since 2015 and helps us with abandoned or orphaned owl chicks that arrive during the young-animal season. She acts as a foster mother.
Drive carefully. The risk of a collision is highest around dusk. Stretches of road just outside built-up areas and places with continuous green space are the most dangerous. If you hit an animal, or see an injured one by the road, please contact us.

Two permanently disabled squirrels have lived at the centre since 2019.
We took in Slepík that summer as a five-week-old youngster. At first we thought his closed eyes were caused by an infection or injury, but in time it turned out that his eyes had never developed at all. This congenital defect was most likely caused by a toxic substance affecting his mother during pregnancy. Slepík, however, is unaware of his disability — he has learned to find his way by smell, which squirrels have very well developed, and by touch.

In 2025 a black-headed gull came to us, and in the same year we were able to release it back into the wild.

This yellow-legged gull had a lucky escape in 2025. It broke its radius, apparently after flying into an obstacle. It did not fall into the water but onto the bank, where someone spotted it and called us. The bird was very quickly in the hands of our vet, who set the fracture so that it would knit and the gull could fly again. Fortunately, that is exactly what happened.

Every year we take in a representative of some species we have never cared for before. In 2025 it was a black stork. This critically endangered stork does not nest in Prague, but it does in the surrounding area, so black storks can occasionally be seen in the capital too. Such encounters are very rare, however, as black storks are far shyer than white storks and are mostly glimpsed in woodland.

In 2025 tragedy struck a grass snake in the Draháň memorial park in Bohnice, where people’s pets are laid to rest. Someone most likely caused a cut wound during garden work, which would probably have cost the snake its life had it not reached our care in time. It was lucky, and help arrived. Our vet treated the wound and the snake underwent follow-up treatment with us. Fortunately it soon began feeding on its own (it likes small fish best), which makes caring for it a good deal easier.