Pécs Zoo, Animal park in Pécs, Hungary.

Pécs Zoo covers 3.5 hectares on the Mecsek hillside above the city and reopened on 20 May 2016 after a 1.2 billion forint reconstruction. The work added 3,200 square metres of buildings, 6,200 square metres of enclosures and a 100,000-litre aquarium. The former inner-city Aquarium-Terrarium, opened in 1985 in the cellar system on Munkácsy street, closed on 28 March 2016 and its animals moved here.

The city council decided to build the zoo in 1959 with a budget of 50,000 forint, and construction began on 17 April 1959 with the first spade cut by deputy council chairman Imre Papp. Its first resident was Miska, a young stag caught by hunters near Orfű, and the zoo opened on 19 August 1960. Volunteers logged 122,046 hours of work between 1958 and 1962; three of them, including leather-factory worker Móricz Zsigmond, were later made honorary citizens of Pécs.

The zoo serves as a place where visitors, especially children and students, learn about animal behavior and environmental protection through hands-on experience. School groups come here regularly to connect learning with direct observation of wildlife.

The zoo covers 3.5 hectares on the Mecsek hillside above the city, with 6,200 square metres of enclosures and 2,000 metres of paths built in the 2014–2016 reconstruction. The Aquarium-Terrarium that stood in the medieval cellars at Munkácsy utca 31 closed on 28 March 2016; its animals moved to the zoo, where a 100,000-litre aquarium was installed.

The zoo sits within a Natura 2000 protected area, making it one of the few large animal collections in Southern Transdanubia. This setting gives your visit an extra layer, as you see animals within a protected natural zone.