Děčín Zoo

Děčín Zoo, is a Czech zoo, located in Děčín in Czech Republic.[1]

Děčín Zoo
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Date opened	1949[1]
Location	Žižkova 1286/15, 405 02 Děčín[1]
Land area	6 hectares[1]
No. of animals	400[1]
No. of species	150[1]
Memberships	EEP, UCSZOO, IZE, WAZA, EAZA, ISIS, FFI[1]
Website	www.zoodecin.cz

Děčín Zoo was founded in 1948, when only four zoological parks existed in Czechoslovakia.[1]

The zoo in opened its gates in 1949, through Ludvík Grác, a local Podmokly businessperson and zoological specialist and a group of animal enthusiasts. Ludvík Grác became the first director, a title he kept until 1966. The present director is Kateřina Majerová.[1]

In 2014 the zoo kept some 400 animals of over 150 species, among them rare species not encountered elsewhere in Czech Republic.[1]