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.
| Plzeň Zoo | |
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 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 | |
| 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 | 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]
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- 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:
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