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Plzeň Zoo
Pavilion of cheetah, pygmy hippopotamus and bee-eaters
49°45′28″N 13°21′36″E / 49.757778°N 13.36°E / 49.757778; 13.36
Date opened	1926
Location	Pod Vinicemi 9, 301 16 Plzeň 1
Land area	21 hectares
No. of animals	6 500
No. of species	1 300
Memberships	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.

Gallery

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

References

1. ^ Website of Plzeň Zoo Zoo

External links

• Official website
• Plzen Zoo on zooinstitutes.com

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