Very nice video. I am from the Czech Republic and I have been to Jihlava Zoo several times. A lot of great people work there, they know how to get and breed rare species of animals, but unfortunately the zoo's main problem is money and also quite limited space for expansion. But still, it's a very nice zoo
Man, I loved that. I live nearby this zoo and have a lot of childhood memories of my visits there, so to see such a great video about it is fantastic. Thank you.
I didn't know this Zoo before and therefore I am really happy for your Review Video 😊 And while this Zoo is not the biggest one and there are definitely Zoos, that can provide larger enclosures for the animals, but most of them look nicely designed and are well structured for the needs of the animals 😊 And as always I really like your Style of narrating your Videos and that you have always a critical view if there are enclosures, that are not fitting for modern standards of animal keeping anymore or things like only indoor enclosures. All in all, great Video as always and I look forward to your next Videos 😊
Hey, I´m from the Czech republic and I love ZOOs and I also love your videos. I agree with your critics about the Jihlava ZOO but it´s still one of my favorites. I´ve visited every ZOO in the Czech republic and my other favorites are Zlín ZOO, Hluboká nad Vltavou ZOO and Ostrava ZOO. I live near Liberec and i think Liberec ZOO is not very good because it´s very old (the oldest ZOO in the Czech republic) and the enclosures are not very good but it has a lots of potential in the upcoming reconstructions.
Hi, I am from Poland and I am a big fan of zoological gardens. I really like watching your UA-cam channel. You inspire me to visit the next zoological gardens, especially in Germany. I have been only in five until now - Cottbus, Hoyerswerda, Goerlitz, Dresden and Leipzig. Leipzig is great. Gondwanaland and Pongoland are amazing. The really interesting collection of animals. I have to get back there. Next year I want to go to Chemnitz.. I suppose that my list of visited zoological gardens is shorter than yours but I didn't have a possibilites to travel for many years. Until now I visited 35 "serious" zoological gardens. 12 in Poland, 12 in Czechia, 5 in Germany (as I wrote), 4 in Slovakia and 1 in Austria(Vienna) and Hungary(Budapest). In one of your last videos you have briefly wondered about Czechia zoological gardens. I can confirm that Prague is absolutely amazing in my opinion. Gharials, Tasman devils, wombats, shoebilled stork, brown hyaena etc. I need more than one day to see all the species. I have never been in Plzen but the other zoo which I recommend is Zlin in east Moravia. Amazing, modern zoo with many storsk, hornbills and vultures. You can also see there kiwi, sloth bears, jaguars, geladas and Malayan tapirs. Really good is also garden in Ostrava near Katowice with amazing exhibitions for many monkeys. In Dvur Kralove you can see African collections (many ungulates) and go to the safari. They breed protels(aardwolfs), as in Zlin. What can I recommend in Poland? I think of three gardens. First of all, the zoo in Opole which is very modern and breeds gorillas and okapi. The second one is the Polish legend - zoo Wrocław (Breslau). This is the old garden with many modern exhibitions - for example with a huge pavilion for African animals. You can see in Wrocław many mammals and one of the biggest reptiles/amphibians/fishes collection in Europe. The third garden is a zoo in Łódź in central Poland. The garden was rebuilt in recent years and presents many rare animals - for example Malayan tapir, Malayan bear, giant otters, lesser kudu etc. My "favourite" garden is Silesian Zoological Garden in Chorzów due the fact that I am living 2 kilometers near to it. Zoo had financial problems for many years and is not the best I have ever seen. But now it is on the correct path and refreshes many exhibitions. We have a new pavilion of rain forest + penguins, white rhinoceros, 10 species of antelopes (for example bongo and gemsbok) and many monkeys. The biggest success of last years was the birth of wolverines, cheetahs, red pandas and lions. I also invite you to visit the garden:)
I've been there recently and it's a joy to visit. My favourite part was the "free range" sloth. They hyenas were very cute too. And yes, the all around green hills outside is great for the view.
I do appreciate that the brushtail possums have outdoor access in Jihlava. I saw brushtail possums in Hof, Wilhelma, and Budapest, all of which kept the animals indoors and visitors did were not interested in seeing the animals they cannot see, especially at Hof where the exhibit hall smelled.
Very nice video, thank you very much for that. A zoo from which country will come next? Have you already thought about it? I could easily imagine Italy or Austria. Keep it up.
Very lovely small zoo! Next time you shoul go to Hungary, such as Budapest Fővárosi Állat- és Növénykert and Nyíregyháza zoo (the two largest, they are he must to visit). Smaller zoos which also worth a visit are Veszprém, Miskolc, Szeged (the larggest one by area), Palics, Kecskemét (the smallest one), Tisza tavi ökocentrum (about the local fauna, especially fishes), Pécs, Győr, Debrecen, Jászberény, Gyöngyös and Tropicarium (a small one in a mall)
I live in Adelaide South Australia and work at the zoo as well. As for bush tailed possums I am glad you wanted to see them, unfortunately for me they live in my roof and many thousands of homes as well.
Interesting Video . I know Jihlava has a lots of species, especially cats, before. Some years ago I looked after all Chech zoos near the Austrian border via Zootierliste. Hopefully I will visit one of them this year. Which Chech Zoo do you like most and did they met your expectations?
Jihlava zoo having an excessive amount of cats does remind me of Wingham wildlife park which also has a bit of an excessive amount of cats in which they've got 10 species and most of them are next to each other.
Have you ever been to aqua zoo in the Netherlands? It is a zoo based on water Animals, the animals that live there have a lot of space. It is a small zoo but it is worth the try, if you are near the zoo. It is the zoo that I grew up with ( the same for wildlands zoo Emmen and burger zoo. If you already visited the zoo, then I like to hear you opinion about the zoo.
and Caucasian leopard is not species, but subspecies (Panthera pardus tulliana). You can recognize them by trinomial nomenclature of their scientific name (three words instead of two, in the form of (Genus species subspecies)).
We in European zoos learn that directors in American zoos are usualy managers. In Europe, most of them are zoologist who know and likes for most visitors unpopular mammals like critically endangered malgasy giant jumping rat atc.
im very exited when you come visit bratislava zoo. This year the zoo is planning on building new eclosures for mostly antilopes and a new species the gelata monkeys
I have been to bratislava zoo back in 2022, really excited to see it move forward :) Are they also still going along with plans for a new bear enclosure?
@@experiencethezoo So they have already reduced the Birds of Prey. When I visited in 2023, there was a complete row of aviaries with many various birds of prey. This row of aviaries is now to be converted for small cats. I'm surprised you didn't say anything negative about the hyena enclosure. Unfortunately, the wall prevents the animals from seeing out of their enclosure.
On this journey I was accompanied by my friend Timo. He doesn't produce videos or reviews, but he has an instagram account about zoos (it's in German though): instagram.com/zoofan_007
I was there back in 2021 and made a German video back then. I think not much has changed since then, so I might just translate it... although I would love to have an "excuse" to go there again... :D I also made a video about the old dierenpark that closed in 2015. That video needs a translation for sure!
@@experiencethezoo ì think making a new video, even if not much has changed, makes it much more interesting to watch then an translated video in my opinion :)
some other CZ zoos I would recommend: zoo and safari Dvur Kralove, Zoo Ostrava, Zoo Brno. Zoo Olomouc and the best CZ Zoo in my opinion: Zoo Zlin (Lešná)
seems like an very interesting zoo but think they either need to focus more on the cats and get rarer species and leave a few of the more usual animals out to get more space, or indeed like you said drop some of the cats. PS i am still wondering if you ever been to Randers Regnskov and if it ever get featured on the channel, i did realy enjoy my stay there. also another decent to good zoo in the netherlands is Eindhoven zoo(formerly dierenrijk) or a smaller zoo: ziezoo. the wierdest part here is they had almost finnished an enclosure but in the end they didn't liked it because it felt to unatural and just halted it at the end last time i was there 1-2 years ago it was still empty
Haven't been to Randers Regnskov, but I have been to both Eindhoven Zoo and ZieZoo back in early 2023. What enclosure are you talking about? That really ugly looking monkey island? :D I need to go there again sometime, a lot has changed now that they are officially part of EAZA.
You visited this Zoo and did not see their main feature with Bird predators show? Now that’s a bummer :( They fly among you with owls and jump on your back and its quite something! Too bad :(
I am from Czech Republic and in my opinion the Jihlava Zoo is pleasant to visit and has a really interesting collection of animals for such a small zoo. But I have to admit that some of the exhibits are really terrible (pygmy hippo, house of beasts and the new monkey exhibit (they have already moved in). For example, there is a large area next to the pygmy hippos where the llamas are now and I find it a shame that it is not used for the pygmy hippos or some of the beasts. The general problem with this zoo is the limited space they have to work with and where they can build new exhibits.
Some one else mentioned, that they are planing a new pygmy hippo house. I did a bit of research and found this, but I have no idea if it is official at all or just some kind of concept: www.inspireli.com/en/awards/detail/7607
@@experiencethezoo It is only some kind of concept, real plans should be know this year. Owner zoo is Jihlava city and they decided to invest money in an unnecessarily large and second ice hockey stadium, so the zoo had financial problems for several years. Only now is the Vysočina region, where Jihlava is located, starting to help a little, and with its help, for example, an outdoor enclosure for a sand cat will be created. Before, Jihlava was led by people who only had the zoo for bragging rights and did not want to give the zoo funds for development. In addition, the zoo has now received money from a Russian bank that was frozen there due to the war in Ukraine.
What is a "desert cat"? and why do they have two of them? When I google it the only animal that comes up is sand cat. The animals in the video look like African wildcats, but that would mean the zoo has three wildcat enclosures. It doesn't make any sense.
@@OmerEshet In African house, there are Arabian wildcat (Felis lybica gordoni) and Arabian desert cat (Felis margarita harrisoni). Jihlava have the biggest number of arabian wildcat outside they native range in Arabia.
Oh, you skiped super rare blue duikers in African part😢. There are 2 pygmy hippo oudside exhibits, but new hippo house will be bulid in near future, how zoo say in one comment on they facebook. Same for tigers. And zoo also build outside exhibits for sand cats. Giant otters are really deram of director. The samll calwed otters will go out from zoo, if giant otters really happedn. And yes, it is nessecary to keep all these species (cats). The space is ok. Jihlava have more pallas cat then whole UK. And if this zoo like Jihlava stop breed them, they are disapeer from European zoo. Jihlava "hold" by this way many species. I think you want for animals more, then they really need (small cats). Yes there are in Jihlava "stupid" things like you say in bears (which should have 2 outside exhibit too), cat house is also not ok today, but persian leopards, snow leopards or small cats are deffinitly ok in my opinion.
It's amazing that even a small zoo in europe can outclass several zoos in America.
I never heard of this zoo until now. Thank you so much for talking about it. I love how the zoo has so many lesser known animals.
Very nice video. I am from the Czech Republic and I have been to Jihlava Zoo several times. A lot of great people work there, they know how to get and breed rare species of animals, but unfortunately the zoo's main problem is money and also quite limited space for expansion. But still, it's a very nice zoo
Thanks for another great overlook and tour through a lesser known zoo. I really enjoyed the journey!
I only live 80km away in Austria, so I'll definitely visit the zoo this year.
The selection of cats is really impressive!
Man, I loved that. I live nearby this zoo and have a lot of childhood memories of my visits there, so to see such a great video about it is fantastic. Thank you.
You're very much welcome! Glad you liked it! :)
I didn't know this Zoo before and therefore I am really happy for your Review Video 😊
And while this Zoo is not the biggest one and there are definitely Zoos, that can provide larger enclosures for the animals, but most of them look nicely designed and are well structured for the needs of the animals 😊
And as always I really like your Style of narrating your Videos and that you have always a critical view if there are enclosures, that are not fitting for modern standards of animal keeping anymore or things like only indoor enclosures.
All in all, great Video as always and I look forward to your next Videos 😊
Hey, I´m from the Czech republic and I love ZOOs and I also love your videos. I agree with your critics about the Jihlava ZOO but it´s still one of my favorites. I´ve visited every ZOO in the Czech republic and my other favorites are Zlín ZOO, Hluboká nad Vltavou ZOO and Ostrava ZOO. I live near Liberec and i think Liberec ZOO is not very good because it´s very old (the oldest ZOO in the Czech republic) and the enclosures are not very good but it has a lots of potential in the upcoming reconstructions.
Thanks for the tipps! I will probably get to see both Ostrava and Zlin, as well as Olomouc this year. :)
Hi, I am from Poland and I am a big fan of zoological gardens.
I really like watching your UA-cam channel. You inspire me to visit the next zoological gardens, especially in Germany. I have been only in five until now - Cottbus, Hoyerswerda, Goerlitz, Dresden and Leipzig. Leipzig is great. Gondwanaland and Pongoland are amazing. The really interesting collection of animals. I have to get back there. Next year I want to go to Chemnitz..
I suppose that my list of visited zoological gardens is shorter than yours but I didn't have a possibilites to travel for many years. Until now I visited 35 "serious" zoological gardens. 12 in Poland, 12 in Czechia, 5 in Germany (as I wrote), 4 in Slovakia and 1 in Austria(Vienna) and Hungary(Budapest). In one of your last videos you have briefly wondered about Czechia zoological gardens. I can confirm that Prague is absolutely amazing in my opinion. Gharials, Tasman devils, wombats, shoebilled stork, brown hyaena etc. I need more than one day to see all the species. I have never been in Plzen but the other zoo which I recommend is Zlin in east Moravia. Amazing, modern zoo with many storsk, hornbills and vultures. You can also see there kiwi, sloth bears, jaguars, geladas and Malayan tapirs. Really good is also garden in Ostrava near Katowice with amazing exhibitions for many monkeys. In Dvur Kralove you can see African collections (many ungulates) and go to the safari. They breed protels(aardwolfs), as in Zlin.
What can I recommend in Poland? I think of three gardens. First of all, the zoo in Opole which is very modern and breeds gorillas and okapi. The second one is the Polish legend - zoo Wrocław (Breslau). This is the old garden with many modern exhibitions - for example with a huge pavilion for African animals. You can see in Wrocław many mammals and one of the biggest reptiles/amphibians/fishes collection in Europe. The third garden is a zoo in Łódź in central Poland. The garden was rebuilt in recent years and presents many rare animals - for example Malayan tapir, Malayan bear, giant otters, lesser kudu etc.
My "favourite" garden is Silesian Zoological Garden in Chorzów due the fact that I am living 2 kilometers near to it. Zoo had financial problems for many years and is not the best I have ever seen. But now it is on the correct path and refreshes many exhibitions. We have a new pavilion of rain forest + penguins, white rhinoceros, 10 species of antelopes (for example bongo and gemsbok) and many monkeys. The biggest success of last years was the birth of wolverines, cheetahs, red pandas and lions. I also invite you to visit the garden:)
Such a nice video, with great animal footage and cool graphics. You’ve done an outstandingly professional job once again, Martin 👍🏻
I have been in this Zoo like 30 years ago and it looks like it was greatly improved.
Very interesting Zoo.
I've been there recently and it's a joy to visit. My favourite part was the "free range" sloth. They hyenas were very cute too. And yes, the all around green hills outside is great for the view.
I do appreciate that the brushtail possums have outdoor access in Jihlava. I saw brushtail possums in Hof, Wilhelma, and Budapest, all of which kept the animals indoors and visitors did were not interested in seeing the animals they cannot see, especially at Hof where the exhibit hall smelled.
Very nice video, thank you very much for that.
A zoo from which country will come next? Have you already thought about it? I could easily imagine Italy or Austria.
Keep it up.
I have visited Jihlava in 2024 and it is one of my favorite zoos in CZ, and one of my favorite "small zoos" in Europe !
Very lovely small zoo! Next time you shoul go to Hungary, such as Budapest Fővárosi Állat- és Növénykert and Nyíregyháza zoo (the two largest, they are he must to visit). Smaller zoos which also worth a visit are Veszprém, Miskolc, Szeged (the larggest one by area), Palics, Kecskemét (the smallest one), Tisza tavi ökocentrum (about the local fauna, especially fishes), Pécs, Győr, Debrecen, Jászberény, Gyöngyös and Tropicarium (a small one in a mall)
12:12 actually there is only one specie of leopard. You are looking at another subspecies☝️🤓
I live in Adelaide South Australia and work at the zoo as well. As for bush tailed possums I am glad you wanted to see them, unfortunately for me they live in my roof and many thousands of homes as well.
haha yeah, it's always fascinating to realize that a "special animal" here is the most normal thing in other parts of the world.
Interesting Video . I know Jihlava has a lots of species, especially cats, before. Some years ago I looked after all Chech zoos near the Austrian border via Zootierliste. Hopefully I will visit one of them this year. Which Chech Zoo do you like most and did they met your expectations?
I would like an english version of your vids about Berlin and Leipzig.
I've been to Berlin and would like to see your takes in the newer exhibits.
Jihlava zoo having an excessive amount of cats does remind me of Wingham wildlife park which also has a bit of an excessive amount of cats in which they've got 10 species and most of them are next to each other.
Sadly it's "just" nine now, since apparently their last amur leopard has just died. :( Or did you already taken that into account?
@experiencethezoo They've now got a serval at the enclosure in the little Himalaya area where the Amur leopard used to be.
Have you ever been to aqua zoo in the Netherlands? It is a zoo based on water Animals, the animals that live there have a lot of space. It is a small zoo but it is worth the try, if you are near the zoo. It is the zoo that I grew up with ( the same for wildlands zoo Emmen and burger zoo. If you already visited the zoo, then I like to hear you opinion about the zoo.
Hi. nice video, but peccaries in Jihlava are not collared peccaries (Dicotyles tajacu), but Chacoan peccaries (Catagonus wagneri).
and Caucasian leopard is not species, but subspecies (Panthera pardus tulliana). You can recognize them by trinomial nomenclature of their scientific name (three words instead of two, in the form of (Genus species subspecies)).
Nice Video!
Thank you!
Always wondered why European zoos seem to have so much more small mammal diversity than zoos here in North America
We in European zoos learn that directors in American zoos are usualy managers. In Europe, most of them are zoologist who know and likes for most visitors unpopular mammals like critically endangered malgasy giant jumping rat atc.
im very exited when you come visit bratislava zoo. This year the zoo is planning on building new eclosures for mostly antilopes and a new species the gelata monkeys
I have been to bratislava zoo back in 2022, really excited to see it move forward :) Are they also still going along with plans for a new bear enclosure?
@experiencethezoo the bear got an expansion where hes in already for a year.
Were the birds of prey still in the zoo when you visited? I heard that their aviaries are being converted into facilities for small cats.
Haven't seen them. There was one aviary with what I believe to be a Harris's hawk, but that was all.
@@experiencethezoo So they have already reduced the Birds of Prey. When I visited in 2023, there was a complete row of aviaries with many various birds of prey. This row of aviaries is now to be converted for small cats. I'm surprised you didn't say anything negative about the hyena enclosure. Unfortunately, the wall prevents the animals from seeing out of their enclosure.
Who is your companion, actually? Does he also upload and produce Zoo Reviews?
On this journey I was accompanied by my friend Timo. He doesn't produce videos or reviews, but he has an instagram account about zoos (it's in German though): instagram.com/zoofan_007
i would love your opinion of the dutch zoo called wildlands, its very big and cool
I was there back in 2021 and made a German video back then. I think not much has changed since then, so I might just translate it... although I would love to have an "excuse" to go there again... :D I also made a video about the old dierenpark that closed in 2015. That video needs a translation for sure!
@@experiencethezoo ì think making a new video, even if not much has changed, makes it much more interesting to watch then an translated video in my opinion :)
I know you from the german Channel, your english is very good
Thank you! :)
some other CZ zoos I would recommend: zoo and safari Dvur Kralove, Zoo Ostrava, Zoo Brno. Zoo Olomouc and the best CZ Zoo in my opinion: Zoo Zlin (Lešná)
Sadly, I probably won't get to see Dvur Kralove again, but hopefully I will visit Ostrava, Olomouc and Zlin.
Hope u try other zoos, like Usti nad Labem or Liberec in northen Czech republic
Haven't been to Liberec yet, but as far as Usti nad Labem is concerned: 17:40 ;)
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if you havent already visit zoo opole in poland!! it is truley amazing!
Haven't been to Poland yet, but yeah zoo opole is probably one of the zoos I will visit this summer! :)
22:07 Poland or Holland?
pretty much the same thing
He said Poland
seems like an very interesting zoo but think they either need to focus more on the cats and get rarer species and leave a few of the more usual animals out to get more space, or indeed like you said drop some of the cats.
PS i am still wondering if you ever been to Randers Regnskov and if it ever get featured on the channel,
i did realy enjoy my stay there.
also another decent to good zoo in the netherlands is Eindhoven zoo(formerly dierenrijk)
or a smaller zoo: ziezoo. the wierdest part here is they had almost finnished an enclosure but in the end they didn't liked it because it felt to unatural and just halted it at the end last time i was there 1-2 years ago it was still empty
Haven't been to Randers Regnskov, but I have been to both Eindhoven Zoo and ZieZoo back in early 2023.
What enclosure are you talking about? That really ugly looking monkey island? :D I need to go there again sometime, a lot has changed now that they are officially part of EAZA.
@@experiencethezoo indeed was talking about the spidermonkey island
You visited this Zoo and did not see their main feature with Bird predators show? Now that’s a bummer :(
They fly among you with owls and jump on your back and its quite something! Too bad :(
@@Kalkared Zoo stoped this show, becouse it need more spave for rare small cats and in place where were birds will be small cats.
@ oh no! That was their main feature! :(
Thank you for this nice Video, you make great Zoo Content!😊
At 9ha that's tomuch! Giraffe, hippo und many cats😮
You're welcome, glad you like it! :)
I am from Czech Republic and in my opinion the Jihlava Zoo is pleasant to visit and has a really interesting collection of animals for such a small zoo. But I have to admit that some of the exhibits are really terrible (pygmy hippo, house of beasts and the new monkey exhibit (they have already moved in). For example, there is a large area next to the pygmy hippos where the llamas are now and I find it a shame that it is not used for the pygmy hippos or some of the beasts. The general problem with this zoo is the limited space they have to work with and where they can build new exhibits.
Some one else mentioned, that they are planing a new pygmy hippo house.
I did a bit of research and found this, but I have no idea if it is official at all or just some kind of concept:
www.inspireli.com/en/awards/detail/7607
@@experiencethezoo It is only some kind of concept, real plans should be know this year. Owner zoo is Jihlava city and they decided to invest money in an unnecessarily large and second ice hockey stadium, so the zoo had financial problems for several years. Only now is the Vysočina region, where Jihlava is located, starting to help a little, and with its help, for example, an outdoor enclosure for a sand cat will be created. Before, Jihlava was led by people who only had the zoo for bragging rights and did not want to give the zoo funds for development. In addition, the zoo has now received money from a Russian bank that was frozen there due to the war in Ukraine.
Can you visited Artis some time
Yes, I will!
i recomend Zlín zoo in the Czech Republic
Yes, I will probably get there this summer! :)
What is a "desert cat"? and why do they have two of them? When I google it the only animal that comes up is sand cat.
The animals in the video look like African wildcats, but that would mean the zoo has three wildcat enclosures. It doesn't make any sense.
@@OmerEshet In African house, there are Arabian wildcat (Felis lybica gordoni) and Arabian desert cat (Felis margarita harrisoni). Jihlava have the biggest number of arabian wildcat outside they native range in Arabia.
Oh, you skiped super rare blue duikers in African part😢. There are 2 pygmy hippo oudside exhibits, but new hippo house will be bulid in near future, how zoo say in one comment on they facebook. Same for tigers. And zoo also build outside exhibits for sand cats.
Giant otters are really deram of director. The samll calwed otters will go out from zoo, if giant otters really happedn.
And yes, it is nessecary to keep all these species (cats). The space is ok. Jihlava have more pallas cat then whole UK. And if this zoo like Jihlava stop breed them, they are disapeer from European zoo. Jihlava "hold" by this way many species. I think you want for animals more, then they really need (small cats). Yes there are in Jihlava "stupid" things like you say in bears (which should have 2 outside exhibit too), cat house is also not ok today, but persian leopards, snow leopards or small cats are deffinitly ok in my opinion.