Jihlava Zoo ( cs, Zoologická zahrada Jihlava) is a

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

in Jihlava in the

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Characteristics

Jihlava Zoo is located in a valley of the Jihlávka Stream, and is home to about 250 species of exotic animals, including endangered species. The zoo specializes in breeding of big carnivores,

monkeys Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes, which constitutes an incomple ...

and

reptiles Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the Class (biology), class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsid, sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, Squamata, squamates (lizar ...

History

Jihlava Zoo was founded in 1982. In 1994, the zoo was accepted as a member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA).

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* Zoos in the Czech Republic Buildings and structures in Jihlava Zoos established in 1982 1982 establishments in Czechoslovakia 20th-century architecture in the Czech Republic {{zoo-stub