Zoo Pilsen celebrates eightieth

It is quite known that the current zoo and BZ in Pilsen to Lochotin not the first facility of its kind in London. Their origin and current location is related not only to the period of establishment PKO, but zurocuji in them ideas of several generations of natural scientists. Almost forgotten and rarely published information is a kind of vivaria; lake with swans and other birds vrubozobymi the site of today's theater JKTyla, this menagerie has been added to the monkey house. The date falls within the late 19th century.

Basis Plzen zoo was laid on 2 September 1926, when the Member Iris Society meeting it was decided to hire a greenhouse on the military plovarne in Pilsen in Doudlevce to establish him pestirnu fish and turn around in a zoological garden. In the former Czechoslovakia there was only one single German Zoo established nature lovers in Liberec (1919) and Professor Janda in Prague had to spend much effort to up to five years (1931) succeeded in the intention to give the zoo and the capital. Of course there is the bird book Lumpepark in Usti n. L. (1908) and the zoo Lesna near Zlin, belonging to the genus Seilernu (1929).At the same time, there arise or equipment generally unknown and has already lost - as a private zoo in the castle of Baron Haase Bitov, zoo Am Berg in Marienbad or batovska Zlinska Prague zoo or vivarium Grebovka.
The Iris Society was at that time (1926) in a row for 25 years of existence and its beginnings are already in the year 1899. In December of this year was in Pilsen fairs Association for plantation of poultry, which Pilsen was the first time presented a real aquarium plants planted. Here are more familiar friends Akvaristika, who after various peripeteia Ring of friends together in aquariums and terrariums. This was the 7th May, 1901. On 22November of the same year were approved by the Statutes of the Association and by secret ballot, was chosen for the club name Iris.
The association developed the activity until the beginning of the First World War and in 1913 had 33 members. During the war does not undertake any activity, since many of its members enlisted in the queue, but there continue to be legally. 1920 has been association activity has resumed and the 1925 club had 85 members. Even this year's Association held on the occasion of his jubilee petadvacetileteho of akvaristickou exhibition. From 1926 until 1953, when the club ceased to exist, his work has increasingly focused on ensuring the operation of the zoo.
On the building was in 1926 the work of the Association provided 705 CZK, which was similar to the intention of the amount actually negligible.Glass with its surroundings was obtained free of charge for a period of twenty years. Even after three months of the decision establishing the gardens, then in December 1926, is due to efforts to open greenhouses and aquariums, and aviaries with three mighty birds, fox and jackal of Abyssinia. The chairman of the Association was this year elected Professor Bohuslav Wolf, Director realky in Prague - Vinohrady, which shows that the membership of the Association shall be confined only to Pilsen. Operation of the garden club members' contributions ensured and obtained sponsorship from the entrance to the gardens was free. In 1927 the garden fences extended the venison and two monkeys on behalf Sorl and Mind (Javanese macaque). Simultaneously, the administration of military swimming pool is prohibited act foxes and dragons, and due to the smell.The number of members of the Association rose to 120th
Garden had first Director, but the controller, which was first Lokajicek A. (1926-32) and later A. Pavlik (1932 - 1953). Name of the controller is still given on P. Oleskiewice for early management of the zoo uniform national committee. In the Park of Culture and leisure (PKO) to the garden of his head. They were J. Hajek, Z. Vesely, I. Haskova-Svobodova and Z. Kozisek. The director can talk to the delimitation of the PKO, combined with botanical garden and independence (1981). This feature gradually were: P. Vlcek, A. Sasek, F. Sladek, and J. Travnicek.

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