Zoo Name: | Plzeň Zoo |
Date Opened: | 1926[1] |
Location: | Pod Vinicemi 9, 301 16 Plzeň 1 |
Area: | 21 hectares |
Num Animals: | 6 500 |
Num Species: | 1 300 |
Members: | EEP, EAZA |
Website: | zooplzen.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 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.