Plzeň Zoo

Plzeň Zoo
Pavilion of cheetah, pygmy hippopotamus and bee-eaters
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49°45′28″N 13°21′36″E / 49.757778°N 13.36°E / 49.757778; 13.36
Date opened1926[1]
LocationPod Vinicemi 9, 301 16 Plzeň 1[1]
Land area21 hectares[1]
No. of animals6 500[1]
No. of species1 300[1]
MembershipsEEP, EAZA[1]
Websitezooplzen.cz

Plzeň Zoo (Zoologická a botanická zahrada města Plzně) is a Czech zoo, located in Plzeň in Czech Republic. After Liberec Zoo it is the second oldest zoo in the Czech Republic, founded in 1926[1] on the river banks of the river Radbuza.

Plzen zoo has 40 species of animals from EEP European Endangered Species Programme and is responsible for the European studbook for Dwarf and Thick tailed Maki.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Website of Plzeň Zoo Zoo
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