Hopefully this gets attention so I don't have to create a new thread...
Hello everyone, I will (finally) be in Czech Republic during this fall and winter until the new year and beyond, I won't disclose here how much time I'll stay, but I'll say it is a VERY generous amount of time and I'll most likely visit neighbouring countries as well during the holidays, with particular interest in Germany, Poland, Austria and perhaps even Slovakia.
I have therefore made a list of institutions and collections that I intend to visit and another list on which I have doubts or questions and I'd like Your help with those.
Any other tip or suggestion is very much welcome.
I will say that I intend to visit the bigger zoos on multiple days, going even more than 2 days if necessary, as this will be my first time I visit without pesky companions who rush me to the end because there wouldn't be any second day at the zoo
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I'm also very much open to meetups and group visits, but I won't promise I won't squeal like a rodent for the excitement as it's been more than 3 years since my last zoo visit, have visited very few zoos in my life and I'll probably go on zoo overdose
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With these disclaimers and info-dump, here's the lists I've made of collections I intend to visit:
EAZA-accredited zoos:
Praha Zoo
Zoological and Botanical garden Plzen (including
AkvaTerra)
Zlín Zoo
Druv Kralovre Safari Park
Zoo Ustì nad Labem
Zoopark Chomutov
Zoo Decin
Zoo Liberec
Zoo Ostrava
Zoo Hodonin
Zoo Brno
Zoo Jilhava
Zoo Hluboka
Zoo Oloumuc
Other collections:
Botanical Garden Liberec
Prague National Museum
Crocodile Zoo Prague and Protivin: I've seen photos of these 2 collections and they don't seem to be good, but I'd be willing to spend a lengthy evening to never set foot in these.
Morsky svet zoo: this seems like one of the few places in the whole Country to have an extensive (and its only draw) collection of saltwater fish and other fish taxa, but from the gallery it seems an overstacked live fish store, though of course my judgement only comes through the lenses of others, so any dismissal of my thought with a reassuring comment would be most appreciated.
Terarium Praha: this place has a rather intriguing history but also kind of sketchy to me, without mentioning that it's probably closed or moved, so any updates on this collection would be highly valuable.
Chleby Zoo: besides from a rare subspecies of Asiatic black bear and the rare red-shanked douc langur I don't think I'll spend more than an evening here looking for these 2 taxa, as much as giving money to these kind of facilities doesn't make me enthusiastic, but given my possibilities of going to either Vietnam or Beauval are slim, I'll make this one sacrifice.
Zoo Dvorec: this zoo looks like it could be a low EAZA level, but I'm most likely missing something, so any comments are welcome.
Zoo Sedlec Faunapark, Zoopark Na Hrádečku, paraZOO Vlašim, Papouščí Zoo Bošovice: they all seem like nice collections and one is even a facility for impaired animals, thoughts?
Zoopark Zájezd: seems like this collection is extensive and has quite a few rare (at least for me) birds and reptiles, unless I'm mistaken I'll most likely pay a visit.
University of South Bohemia: thanks to Jakub for bringing their mole-rat collection to my attention (rhyme not intended), I'll 100% pay a visit.
I'm mainly interested in rare and exotic species so If any of You know any other private or not collections that fit this criteria (and are not too shady) do let me know! Any and all help is appreciated, thank You all in advance.
