Plzeň Zoo (''Zoologická a botanická zahrada města Plzně'') is a Czech

zoo A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility where animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes. The term ''zoological garden'' refers to zoology, ...

, located in

Plzeň Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ...

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. After Liberec Zoo it is the second oldest zoo in the

, founded in 1926 on the river banks of the river

Radbuza The Radbuza (; ) is a river in the Czech Republic, the secondary source river of the Berounka River. It flows through the Plzeň Region. It is long, making it the List of rivers of the Czech Republic, 17th longest river in the Czech Republic. Et ...

. Plzen zoo has 40 species of animals from EEP

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and is responsible for the European studbook for Dwarf and Thick tailed Maki.

Gallery

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, possibly of the

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Panthera leo leo ''Panthera leo leo'' is a lion subspecies present in West Africa, northern Central Africa and India. In West and Central Africa it is restricted to fragmented and isolated populations with a declining trajectory. It has been referred to as the no ...

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Zoo A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility where animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes. The term ''zoological garden'' refers to zoology, ...

breeds many

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References

External links

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Plzen Zoo on zooinstitutes.com
Zoos in the Czech Republic Buildings and structures in Plzeň Tourist attractions in the Plzeň Region 1926 establishments in Czechoslovakia Educational organizations established in 1926 Zoos established in the 1920s 20th-century architecture in the Czech Republic {{zoo-stub