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Zooplzen Vyrocni Zprava 2006.Pdf Obálka: 1. strana – Chameleon (Chamaeleo deremensis), Usambara (Giant) three-horned Chameleon 2. strana – Skunk pruhovaný (Mephitis mephitis), Striped Skunk 4. strana – Orchidej (Angraecum bosseri) ZOOLOGICKÁ A BOTANICKÁ ZAHRADA MĚSTA PLZNĚ MĚSTA ZAHRADA ZOOLOGICKÁ A BOTANICKÁ ZOOLOGICKÁ A BOTANICKÁ ZAHRADA MÌSTA PLZNÌ, p. o. POD VINICEMI 9, 301 16 PLZEŇ CZECH REPUBLIC tel. : 00420/378 038 301; 378 038 325, fax: 00420/378 038 302 e-mail: [email protected], www. zooplzen. cz Vedení zoo Management Ředitel Ing. Jiří Trávníček Director Ekonom Ing. Zdeňka Harantová Economist Provozní náměstek Ing. Bohumil Souček Assistant director Vedoucí zoo. oddělení Jolana Bezděková Head zoologist Zootechnik Svatopluk Jeřáb Zootechnician Zoolog Ivo Těťál Assistant zoologist Jan Konáš Assistant zoologist Vedoucí botanik, zoolog Ing. Tomáš Peš Head botanist, zoologist Botanik Jarmila Kaňáková Botanist Kontakt s veřejností Mgr. Martin Vobruba Education and publicity Sekretariát Bc. Olga Kezniklová Secretary Privátní veterinář MVDr. Zdeněk Rampich Veterinary MVDr. Jan Pokorný Celkový počet zaměstnanců Total Employees (k 31. 12. 2006) 119 Zřizovatel Plzeň, statutární město náměstí Republiky 1, Plzeň IČO: 075 370 tel. : 00420/378 031 111 Fotografie: Jaroslav Vogeltanz, Jiří Trávníček, Milan Pták, Pavel Hospodářský, Pavel Hanuška (1), archiv ZOO a BZ Redakce výroční zprávy: Jiří Trávníček, Martin Vobruba, Tomáš Peš, Jaroslav Vogeltanz, Olga Kezniklová a autoři příspěvků 1 výroční zpráva 2006 OBSAH Contents Úvod ................................................................................................................................1 Obsah ..............................................................................................................................2 Úvodní slovo ředitele ......................................................................................................4 Nejvýznamnější události roku ........................................................................................6 Významná životní jubilea pracovníků............................................................................15 Seznam zaměstnanců ....................................................................................................16 Ekonomické oddělení ....................................................................................................18 Ekonomické oddělení – služby ......................................................................................21 Zoologické oddělení ......................................................................................................22 Veterinární péče ............................................................................................................48 Botanické oddělení ........................................................................................................51 Provozní oddělení..........................................................................................................54 Oddělení kontaktu s veřejností ....................................................................................59 Návštěvnost a návštěvníci ..............................................................................................74 Deník expedice Uzbekistán............................................................................................76 Expedice Portugalsko ....................................................................................................82 Expedice Jordánsko ......................................................................................................88 Drápkaté opice v ZOO a BZ Plzeň – historie a současnost ............................................90 Historie chovu vlků hřívnatých......................................................................................94 Malá exkurze do historie a současnosti chovu hadů ....................................................98 Historie spolku IRIS, kroužku přátel přírody v Plzni ................................................108 DinoPark ve své 4. sezóně ............................................................................................115 Sdružení IRIS se pustilo novým směrem ....................................................................117 Poděkování ..................................................................................................................119 Černobílá příloha Seznam chovaných zvířat v roce 2006 ........................................................................1 Kmotři v roce 2006 ....................................................................................................73 Rostliny Taiwanu ve sbírkách ZOO a BZ Plzeň ..........................................................86 ZOOLOGICKÁ A BOTANICKÁ ZAHRADA MĚSTA PLZNĚ MĚSTA ZAHRADA ZOOLOGICKÁ A BOTANICKÁ 2 výroční zpráva 2006 ZOOLOGICKÁ A BOTANICKÁ ZAHRADA MĚSTA PLZNĚ MĚSTA ZAHRADA ZOOLOGICKÁ A BOTANICKÁ Antilopa losí (Taurotragus oryx) Eland Antelope (Taurotragus oryx) Kormorán velký (Phalacrocorax carbo) Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) 3 výroční zpráva 2006 ÚVODNÍ SLOVO ŘEDITELE Ing. Jiří Trávníček Vážení přátelé, Zaleše, ve kterých se návštěvníci mohou sezná- mit se sedmnácti vzácnými dravými ptáky. Další rok 2006 utekl využití tak získal lochotínský amfiteátr. Druhým jako voda a mojí významným obohacením návštěvnického servi- milou povinností su je turistický vláček, který v sezóně přivážel je ohlédnout se za z centra města k zoologické zahradě až 500 jeho průběhem. návštěvníků denně. Asi nejdůležitější I přes mimořádnou pracovní náročnost se událostí tohoto podařilo udržet vysoký počet druhů (1 278) roku byla oslava i kusů (4 970) většinou velmi vzácných a pozo- 80. výročí vzniku ruhodných zvířat. zoo v Plzni. Více Ačkoliv nás v tomto roce provázela nepřízeň než 300 spokoje- počasí – tuhá zima a horké léto, podařilo se nám ných hostů, kteří dosáhnout rekordní návštěvnosti 335 303 přijeli na tyto osob. Oproti roku 2005 došlo k jejímu nárůstu oslavy, bylo pro o téměř 14 000 osob. nás důkazem, že Dovolte mi na tomto místě poděkovat nej- se Zoo Plzeň zařa- dříve zaměstnancům ZOO a BZ za jejich pra- dila mezi uznávané instituce v oblasti svého covní nasazení a entuziasmus. Rovněž si velmi působení. V tento slavný den (6. září) jsme vážím aktivity politiků a zaměstnanců Ma- rovněž otevřeli skupinu rozsáhlých expozic gistrátu města Plzně a ostatních nadšenců v rámci zoogeografické oblasti Severní a příznivců naší zoo. Všem patří můj velký dík Amerika. za morální a finanční podporu, bez níž by další Další zajímavou nově otevřenou expozicí rozvoj zahrady nebyl možný. se v červnu stal srub představující avifaunu Sibiře. V loňském roce byly zahájeny tyto nové Jiří Trávníček stavby a rekonstrukce: Středisko ekologické výchovy a staročeská restaurace na statku Lüftnerka, expozice Sonorská poušť a Mada- gaskarský pavilon (poslední etapa), ubikace afrických kopytníků a v neposlední řadě euro- asijské nokturnárium vznikající přebudová- ním podzemních válečných krytů pod botanic- kou zahradou. Mimořádnou, návštěvnicky velmi zajímavou novou atrakcí, jsou sokolnické ukázky Milana ZOOLOGICKÁ A BOTANICKÁ ZAHRADA MĚSTA PLZNĚ MĚSTA ZAHRADA ZOOLOGICKÁ A BOTANICKÁ 4 výroční zpráva 2006 ZOOLOGICKÁ A BOTANICKÁ ZAHRADA MĚSTA PLZNĚ MĚSTA ZAHRADA ZOOLOGICKÁ A BOTANICKÁ Dear friends, and tough and the summer very hot, the record number of 335 303 visitors was reached. the year of 2006 went by very fast and I am This meant an increase by almost 14 000 pleased to look back at it. visitors. Perhaps the most important event of the Let me express my thanks to the em- year was the Pilsen zoo’s 80th anniversary. ployees of the Zoo and Botanical Garden More than 300 contented guests who took part (BG) for their work effort and enthusiasm. in this celebration, proved to us, that the Pilsen I also appreciate the activity of politicians zoo ranks among reputable institutions of its and employees of the Municipality of Pilsen kind. On this glorious day (6th September) we and all the fans and supporters of our zoo. opened a number of large exhibits of the North I would like to thank them for moral and American zoogeographical area. financial support without which the further In June an interesting exhibit of Siberian development of the zoo would not be possible. avifauna was opened in a log cabin. The following constructions and recon- Jiří Trávníček structions were started during the past year: The centre of ecological education and an old Czech restaurant at the Lüftnerka farm- house, the Sonora Desert exhibit and the Madagascar Pavilion (the last phase), quar- ters for African hoofed mammals, as well as a Euroasian nocturnarium placed in former war shelters under the Botanical Garden. Milan Zaleš’s falconry shows were a very special and for tourists a very interesting attrac- tion. He introduced 17 rare birds of prey, thus the Lochotín Amphitheatre got its new use. The second enrichment of the visitors’ ser- vice was a little tourist train, which managed to bring up to 500 visitors a day from the town centre to the zoo. In spite of the extreme work demanding ness the high number of 4 970 animals in 1 278 species of mainly very rare and note- Jubilejní 300 000. návštěvnice, čtyřletá Nikolka worthy animals have been kept. Netolická s mládětem krokodýla čelnatého Even though the weather conditions in 2006 The 300 000th visitor – a four-year-old girl were not very favourable as the winter was long Nikolka Netolická with a little Dwarf Crocodile 5 výroční zpráva 2006 NEJVÝZNAMNĚJŠÍ UDÁLOSTI ROKU 2006 The significant
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