The former roadside zoo Biopark Štít ´s been sold by Antonin Hnizdil to a new owner Ladislav Rabina sometime during winter. And re-opened under a new name Animal Park Rabina few days ago. It seems the property changed hands including most of the original animal collection. Quality of enclosures is barely there to keept animals contained inside and not be called outright cruelty by locals, but dont expect anything more. It´s an unlicensed countryside zoo with more than a dozen of big cats... Animal Park Rabina (former Biopark Štít ..read more

Praha zoo currently holds 0.6 nubian giraffes : - Nora born in 1999 ( Simon x Kleopatra ) - Diana born in 2003 ( Simon x Kleopatra ) - Faraa born from Rapperswill - Gabriella born in 2009 ( Simon x Kleopatra ) - Anna born in 2016 ( Johan x Eliska ) But i don't know who is the 6th . I know Anna is the youngest so I was wondering if the zoo has received a female from another park in the meantime ..read more

The zoo obtained two young white-tailed sea eagles. They have genetic illness that impacts structure of feathers thus they are unable to fly. Source paraZoo opened in 2012. It´s the smallest licensed zoo in Czechia (ca 0,1 ha) and with the weakest exhibit quality of them all. It keeps only rescued animals that were unable to be released back... paraZOO Vlašim news ..read more

UCSZoo has launched a new website. It uploaded annual reports with basic info about its members (numbers of species kept, attendance etc.) for years 2006 - 2022. UCSZoo is a union of Czech and Slovak zoos. It´s current members are: zoo Bojnice zoo Bratislava zoo Brno zoo Děčín zoo Hluboká nad Vltavou zoo Hodonín zoo Chleby zoopark Chomutov zoo Jihlava zoo Košice zoo Liberec zoo Na Hrádečku zoo Olomouc zoo Ostrava zoo Plzeň... USCZOO´s new website ..read more

A Western lowland gorilla was born on 2nd of January to breeding pair Kisumu x Duni ..read more

This is a small private bird park under construction in town Jaroměř. Planned opening is ca March 2024. Total areal under ownership of the park is 3000 m2, however only around 1000 m2 would be developed with aviaries and other infrastructure at first. This place won´t try to get a zoo licence thus will collect only "voluntary" entry fee. It will also run a rescue station for exotic birds with approved capacity of 100 birds. The HP lists 50 birds... Orni Park Jaromer (opening spring 2024 ..read more

A new petting zoo is being buit adjoining areal of AQUAPALACE Čestlice - this is a popular water entertainment park with swimming pools with attendance of 1 milion annually. It´s located few km south of Prague on main highway and within huge shopping district. They will have domestic animals and clearly don´t want to obtain zoo licence (you need a zoo licence in case you exhibit 20 wild animal species or more). But a job ad for head keeper mentions also "forest animals". I guess probably... Petting Zoo at AQUAPALACE Čestlice (opening May 2024 ..read more

To my surprise, Vyškov doesn't have its own thread yet or at least I didn't find it. (Although, I kind of see why). Vyškov, mostly known for its collection of domestic animals has been shifting in recent years more and more towards the "classic zoo" with exhibit for Weeper capuchins and Australian walk-through aviary being built in recent years. The next development, that was supposed to start this year, is an exhibit for dingo and reconstruction of waterfowl ponds. Design can be seen... ZOO PARK Vyškov ..read more

In this thread, I will post photos and information on past, present, and future pavilions, houses, exhibits, and their inhabitants in the Prague Zoo. I will be starting with Dja reserve (Rezervace Dja ..read more

Hi there! I'm looking for information about the calabar angwantibos (Arctocebus calabarensis) in Prague. I came across an old article from Trojský koník (which translates to Trojan horse in English) published in the summer of 2018, which stated that "In the 1960s, there has been a record of the Calabar angwantibo, now a rarely kept species." Can anyone provide me with more information about this topic ..read more