| ZOOfanatika 2026 - summary |
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BASIC DATA:
Date of performance: 20th - 22nd March 2026
Venue: Zoo Hluboká nad
Vltavou
Number of registered participants:
56 (23 of that were participants of swapping) - see
list and
joint
photoFees: 1,000 CZK or 41.30 € or 174 PLN (includes one dinner and toast)
Accommodation:
everyone on their own
Eating: transported by CZ-ARF Catering company
(unified price for lunch and dinner, both including soup and transport 170 CZK or
7,10 € or 30 PLN), self made breafkfats (75 CZK or 3.10 € or 13 PLN) - see
menuPROGRAM - see
schedule
Number of specialist lectures and presentations:
8 - Zoo Hluboká protects ground squirrels (Štěpánka
Říčanová); First time at Zoo Hluboká - about first
terrarium breeding success and interesting
natural rearings in breeding (Lenka Janochová); How (not) to travel around the
zoos 1st - 3rd part (Roman Hynek); Current situation in Ukrainian zoos (Yuriy
Kirchenko), 100 years of Zoo Plzeň (Martin Vobruba), Zoos of Portugal (Lukáš Nekolný)
Discussions with important person in zoology: Radim
Šumbera - head of breeding of voles and other underground rodents
at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Presence in materials sell-off and zoo presentation:
-
Other points: commented visit (including backstage)
Special possibility: visit of Zoo Na Hrádečku
AUCTION
Presence:
~55 people
Auctioneering, presenting and leading of the auction: Roman Hynek, Martin Vobruba,
Irek Dąbrowski, Jan Kirner
Items of the auction: books, printed propagation materials; posters,
cups, t-shirts, commemorative coins and banknotes and
many other items
Highlight donated by the zoo: 1) giant tapir soft
toy; 2) collector's materials donated by several EAZA zoos; 3) collector's
materials donated by Ukrainian zoos
Proceeds:
108,551 CZK (ca. 4,434 €)
Usage of the auction proceeds:
for help to Ukrainian zoos
