Dvur Kralove Zoo - one of the most beautiful zoos in the Czech Republic and Central Europe. It was founded shortly after World War II.

The zoo in Dvur Kralove is in the number of animals held the largest facility of its kind in the country. At the outset, however, was only a few cages with European animals that were in place before private park and the city served as an adjunct Natural History Museum.

Officially, the zoo opened May 9, 1946, while the area at that time was 6.5 ha. The first administrator and also guided became Josef Fabian (1953). Modern pavilions, including one space for polar bears and elephants, began to emerge during the era of Francis Cisarovsky that drove garden between 1956 and 1965.

To further qualitative shift occurred as his successor Joseph Wagner, whose merit the garden began to specialize in African fauna. During expeditions to the Dark Continent were captured and then imported a number of species that became the basis of often unique breeds.

In 1989 it was opened to visitors African safari (open every year from May to September), in which animals live freely drained.

Dvur Kralove Zoo is a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), followed by International Zoo Educators Association (IZE) , which brings together educators World Zoo and in 2010 joined k The Eurasian Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EARAZA) . Finally, it also operates in Union of Czech and Slovak Zoos (UCSZ) .

Dvur Kralove Zoo is a world-recognized organization that has achieved exceptional success in breeding some endangered species and in collaboration with other zoos to ensure their gene pool for future times.