Plzeň Zoo

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

Plzeň Zoo

Pavilion of cheetah, pygmy hippopotamus and bee-eaters
Date opened	1926[1]
Location	Pod Vinicemi 9, 301 16 Plzeň 1[1]
Land area	21 hectares[1]
No. of animals	6 500[1]
No. of species	1 300[1]
Memberships	EEP, EAZA[1]
Website	http://www.zooplzen.cz

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]

Gallery

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  A lion, possibly of the subspecies Panthera leo leo
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  Plzeň Zoo breeds many species of lemur.

References

• Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Czech-language Wikipedia article. Retrieved on 10 December 2014. Some of the following references are cited by that Czech-language article:

1. Website of Plzeň Zoo Zoo

External links

• Official website