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

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, located in

Plzeň Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...

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. After Liberec Zoo is the second oldest zoo in the

, founded in 1926 on the river banks of the river

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. 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, which is 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 ...

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breeds many

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References

*Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Czech-language Wikipedia article. Retrieved on 10 December 2014. Some of the following references are cited by that Czech-language article:

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 {{zoo-stub