Bizik Family Zoo (''Zoološki vrt obitelji Bizik'') is a private zoo in

Našice Našice (; , sr-Cyrl, Нашице, , ) is a town in eastern Croatia, located on the northern slopes of the Krndija mountain in eastern Slavonia, 51 km southwest of regional hub Osijek. Administratively it belongs to Osijek-Baranja County. ...

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, situated in

Markovac Našički Markovac Našički is a settlement in region Slavonia, Osijek-Baranja County, near Našice, Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic ...

. It attracts 20,000 visitors per year. The founder, Mirko Bizik, introduced the first animals (

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) in 1954, and it became a zoo in 1982 when

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and a family collection arrived. The zoo now also includes

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