List of zoos in the Czech Republic

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This list of zoos, animal parks, safari parks, wildlife parks, bird parks, aquariums, wildlife sanctuaries and nature reserves where visitors are allowed in the Czech Republic is sorted by location.

Contents

City/townNameYear of openingArea (ha)No. of animalsNo. of speciesWeb presenceAnnual visitorsMemberships
Bošovice Bošovice Parrot Zoo 201119547 Web 24,424ACHEP
Brno Brno Zoo 195341.31840397 Web 308,112UCSZOO, EARAZA, EAZA, WAZA, IZE, ISIS
Brno Obora Holedná 19853279+ Web
Děčín Děčín Zoo 19496416158 Web 114,489UCSZOO, WAZA, EAZA, ISIS, IZE
Dvorec Dvorec Zoo 200769038 Web 61,427 [1] CACHOK
Chleby Chleby Zoo 19974.65 [2] 450150 Web 56,280UCSZOO, EARAZA
Choltice Choltická obora 20136921+ Web
Chomutov Zoopark Chomutov 19751121120160 Web 287,207UCSZOO, EARAZA, EAZA, WAZA, ISIS
Dvůr Králové Safari Park Dvůr Králové 1946722489331 Web 524,721UCSZOO, EAZA, EARAZA, IZE, ISIS
Hluboká nad Vltavou Hluboká Zoo 193962295328 Web 260,014UCSZOO, EARAZA, EAZA, WAZA, IZE, ISIS
Hodonín Hodonín Zoo 19775.7821246 Web 166,364UCSZOO, EARAZA, EAZA, ISIS
Horní Pěna Zoo Na Hrádečku
Hradec Králové Aquarium Hradec Králové 199840 [3] Web
Jihlava Jihlava Zoo 19828.91077239 Web 316,654UCSZOO, EAZA, WAZA, IZE, ISIS
Josefov Josefov Meadows Bird Reserve 200842400+ Web
Kvilda NC Kvilda 2015972 Web 107,000 [4]
Lány Lánská obora 1713300520+ Web
Lešná Zlín-Lešná Zoo 1948741467226 Web 630,621UCSZOO, SAZA, EAZA, WAZA, IZE, ISIS, UBZCR
Liberec Liberec Zoo 191914839159 Web 355,336UCSZOO, EAZA, WAZA, IZE, ISIS
Milovice Milovice Nature Reserve 201516070 [5] 3 Web
Olomouc Olomouc Zoo 1956431924400 Web 339,162UCSZOO, EARAZA, EAZA, WAZA, IZE, ISIS
Ostrava Ostrava Zoo 19511004075417 Web 506,973UCSZOO, AEECL, UCBZ, EAZA, WAZA, ISIS, CCBC
Plzeň Plzeň Zoo 19262157121192 Web 452,762UCSZOO, AEECL, BGCI, EAZA
Prague Zoo Mořský svět Praha 20020.14340250 Web 79,409 [6]
Prague Prague Zoo 1931585017684 Web 1,445,126UCSZOO, EARAZA, EAZA, WAZA
Protivín Crocodile Zoo Protivín 200812020 [7] Web EAZA
Srní NC Srní 20153111 Web 175,000 [8]
Štramberk Aqua Terra Štramberk 2003100+ [9] Web
Tábor Tábor Zoo 201528665 Web 70,000+ [10]
Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem Zoo 1908261520235 Web 163,994UCSZOO, EAZA, WAZA, IZE, ISIS
Vlašim paraZoo rescue 201229+ [11] Web CSOP
Vyškov Vyškov Zoo 196591197123 Web 170,198UCSZOO, EARAZA
Zájezd Zájezd Zoo 201024654 Web 33,000 [12]
Žleby Obora Žleby 199812113+ [13] Web

See also

Sources

The 2017 Annual Report of UCSZOO [14] - The Union of Czech and Slovak Zoos

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