The Czech Zoological Society was founded as The Czechoslovak Zoological Society in Prague on May 7th, 1927, having been initiated by several university teachers. The first committee included 19 members with Professor František VEJDOVSKÝ as the President. The purpose was to contribute to the development of zoology in Czechoslovakia of that time, to keep and improve all branches of this science, to organize lectures, courses, excursions and to convene congresses, to edit professional publications, both periodical and non-periodical.

In the course of its existence, the name of the Society changed several times in connection with the history as follows:

Czechoslovak Zoological Society (1927-1939)
Czech Zoological Society (1939-1945)
Czechoslovak Zoological Society (1945-1952)
Czechoslovak Zoological Society of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (1952-1992)
Czech Zoological Society (since 1993, after the disintegration of Czechoslovakia)

Since 1934, the Society has been editing the scientific journal Věstník Československé zoologické společnosti the name of which has also changed several times. Since 1993 its modern title is Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae. At present, the journal is exchanged with 256 scientific societies and organizations in foreign countries. From these scientific publications, the library of the Society has been build up to include 896 periodicals mainly of foreign origin.

In the years 1927-2008 eleven Presidents were successively at the head of the Society:

František VEJDOVSKÝ in the years 1927-1939
Jaromír WENIG 1928-1933
Julius KOMÁREK 1934-1955
Otto JÍROVEC 1955-1959
Emanuel BARTOŠ 1959-1963
Jaroslav KRAMÁŘ 1963-1966
Walter ČERNÝ 1966-1972
Josef KRATOCHVÍL 1972-1990
Čestmír FOLK 1990-1993
Ivan HERÁŇ 1993-1997
Václav PIŽL since 1997 up present

All activities of the Society have been managed and administrated by 24 committees the members of which were elected in plenary meetings of the Society held each three or four years.

Management Committee elected 6.5.2005

President: Václav PIŽL
Vice-presidents: Jiří GAISLER
Martin BRANIŠ
Secretary: Miroslav ŠVÁTORA
Treasurer: Marcela SKUHRAVÁ
Librarian: Vladimír VOHRALÍK
Webmaster: Josef CHALUPSKÝ
Editor of ASZB: David KRÁL
Members: Josef RUSEK
Jan ZUKAL
Marcela PÁLKOVÁ
Radek ŠANDA
Chairman of Ichthyological section: Petr SPURNÝ
Auditors: Robert ČERNÝ
Helena KHOLOVÁ
Lukáš KRATOCHVÍL

Members

In 1927, at the time of foundation, 60 prominent zoologists, living in Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia and also in Germany, applied for membership of the Society. In 1934 100 zoologists were registered in the List of members, in 1948 131, in 1990 570 and in 1997 323 zoologists were included in such lists of members. At present (31.12.2008) 250 zoologists are members of the Society. The members usually meet at sessions or meetings of branches (in Brno, Praha, České Budějovice and Ostrava) or in professional sections. Since 1964 twelwe such professional sections were founded, viz. in 1964 the section of protozoology, 1967 the section of the ichthyology, 1968 the section of ornithology and the section of theriology, 1973 the section of herpetology and the section of invertebrate zoology, 1974 the section of zoological gardens and museums, 1976 the section of ecology, 1979 the section of ethology, 1981 the section of protection of fauna, 1984 the section of soil biology and 1990 the section of pedagogy. Some sections became independent societies, some sections ceased their activities. At present two sections are working very actively, viz. the section of ichthyology and the section of soil zoology.

Congresses

The Society in the course of its existence organized the following congresses: first congress in Opava in 1951, second in Brno in 1965, third in Poprad in 1970, fourth in České Budějovice in 1973, fifth in Brno in 1976, sixth in Bratislava in 1981, seventh in Ústí nad Labem in 1986, eight in Brno in 1991 and ninth in České Budějovice in 1997. Since 1969, a series of meetings called "Zoologické dny in Brno" (The Zoological Days in Brno) took place regularly in autumn of each year with exceptions of such years when the Congress was held. Members of the Society, together with members of other scientific societies and natural historical clubs, acquainted themselves with actual problems and the progress of research and investigations. In 2008 the meeting held in České Budějovice.

Since 1971, the Society has been editing, irregularly and only in Czech, the publication Zprávy České zoologické společnosti (Reports of the Czech Zoological Society) where lectures, resolutions or contributions of zoological congresses have been published, and since 1992 also a small publication called Informační zpravodaj (Information Reporter), edited in Czech, once or twice a year, where members are informed about all activities of the Society in the past year and about intended actions in the coming year.

Address: Czech Zoological Society, Viničná 7, CZ 128 00 Praha 2, Czech Republic
Contact: Marcela Skuhravá, e-mail: skuhrava@quick.cz