The ZOO Liberec is the oldest in the area of former Czechoslovakia. It was founded in 1919. It was used in part as the winter quarters for circus animals. Long after WWII, when Jiří Badalec was appointed the director, an essential modernization of the garden started.
Year of foundation: 1919 Type of organization: allowance Founder: Liberec City Number of employees: 80 - 90 Area: 13 ha Tour: about 2 km Number of visitors in 2009: 377.162 Membership in expert organizations:
EAZA (The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria)
WAZA (The World Association of Zoos and Aquaria)
UCSZ (The Union of Czech and Slovak Zoos)
IZE (The International Zoo Educators Association)
Pavučina (The Association of Centres for Environmental Education "Pavučina")