Zoo Spišská Nová Ves Zoo Spiššská Nová Ves News

[Jungle Man]

The first news to start this thread:

New species for the zoo in July include Little Egret and African Spurred Tortoise.

Also, as mentioned in Plzen Zoo News thread, they have received a female Chapman's zebra named Zaira. They intend to breed her with their current male.

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[Jana]

This zoo got 1,1 Himalayan brown bears from zoo Ohrada in July this year.

New species shows this year are also - serval, snapping turtle, glossy ibis.

Eurasian eagle owls have 3 chicks.

Expected is arrival of red kangaroos from zoo Bratislava.

This small zoo (116.000 attendance, 8 ha, 500 animals in 130 species) has a new zoo director who started on April 2021. Karol Dzurik (ca 30 years old) who is son of recently retired director Dzuriková.

 

[Jana]

The small municipal zoo had a good season and broke its attendace record slightly with 137.700.
The zoo is open only during warm period of the year (1.4.-31.10.) so it closes today.

This summer it´s opened a new cafe and currently it upgrades a large waterfowl pond. Announced novelty for 2025-season are Chestnut-eared aracaris.

 

[Jana]

New species on show in 2025 - chestnut-eared aracaris in a new aviary, chestnut-fronted macaws, African pygmy goats, Hungarian racka sheep and meerkats.

The zoo constructs a new lion enclosure for their sole male lion Lord.

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