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The Zlín ZOO and Lešná Chateau - a zoological garden of the continents

BASIC INFORMATION Roman Horský Director: Year of foundation: 1948 Area: 52 ha Number of animals species: 210 Number of animals specimens: 1 162 Year visit rate: 500 000 visitors (the 8th most visited tourist destination in the Czech Republic) Contact: office@zoozlin.eu www.zoozlin.eu

LOCATION AND THE ZLÍN ZOO MAP

UNIQUENESS OF T HE ZLÍN ZOO  Division of the zoo into sections according to individual continents

 Wildlife area with exhibits shared by several species of animals

 Walk-through exhibits and aviaries, where visitors can see animals close up

 T he romantic Lešná Chateau and a beautiful park

 Large offer for children, 5 stylish restaurants

UNIQUE HOUSES AND EXHIBITS Ethiopia (2010) A large exhibit for Geladas, an aviary for African birds (the biggest steel- net aviary in the Czech zoos), a large number of ethnographic objects from the Ethiopian tribe Konso

Yucatan tropical hall (2006) The fauna and flora of the Central American rain forest, an opportunity to meet the ancient Maya civilisation

OTHER ATTRACTIVE EXHIBITIONS Elephant house Exhibits of Amazonia The house Exhibit of American Sealions of African wildlife

THE UNIQUE BREEDING ACHIEVEMENTS Milky Stork, the first newborn bird hatched outside the Asian continent Painted Stork, the first newborn bird hatched in the Czech zoos Chaco Tortoise , the first young one bred in the European zoos

THE UNIQUE BREEDING ACHIEVEMENTS Secretary Bird, Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine, the first newborn bird hatched in the Zlín ZOO the first young one bred in the Czech zoos Red-rumped Cacique, Red - crowned Crane, the first newborn bird hatched in the the first newborn bird hatched in the Zlín ZOO Czech zoos

REMARKABLE COLLECTIONS Cranes Collection New Guinea 8 species, 13 specimens Singing Dog Hornbills Collection 10 species, 37 specimens Vultures Collection 5 species, 35 specimens

THE ZLÍN ZOO SUPPORTS IN -SITU PROJECTS  The Balkan Vulture Action Plan focused on the re-introduction of the Eurasian Griffons in the Bulgarian Mountains. Two vultures bred in the Zlín ZOO were released into the wild under this programme.  Research of Ruspoli‘s Turako in Ethiopia  Supporting the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity, a Cambodian conservation center MEMBERSHIP IN THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS