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Faunapark Horní Lipová

Discussion in 'Czech Republic' started by Jana, 7 May 2023.

  1. Jana

    Jana Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    This is a small private collection in Jeseníky mountains near Polish border - poor rural region from where young people escape, but at least local tourism starts to catch up. The owner is longtime parrot breeder.

    It obtained zoo licence in 2019. It´s biggest attraction is tigers, puma, small primates and large tame parrots.

    It´s open daily during main season from April to October (and closed during winter). The zoo has also it´s own small hotel, restaurant, playground and parking lot. It seems it´s growing nicely - they reached attendance of 52.000 in year 2022.

    News from last months:
    - they obtained female white-handed gibbon Megy from Zoo Dvorec and paired it with their male Vincent
    - they built a new larger aviary for resident snow owls
    - they received a pair of (Carpathian?) lynxes from Zoopark Olovnice.
    - their golden-headed tamarins have twins, the same goes for ring-tailed lemurs
    - a mixed pair of scarlett and green-winged macaws have twin female chicks (this is pretty negative in my view, a licensed zoo should not go into these gimmicks, huh)

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