[1] A previous organization called Zoologická zahrada Tábor-Větrovy (Zoological Garden Tábor-Větrovy) was founded in July 2011, but was shut down amid financial problems in spring 2015.

The zoo's collection currently consists of over 500 animals from 80 species,[3] of which about one quarter are from species classified according to the CITES Convention as endangered, including the Siberian tiger, American black bear, Brown bear, Arctic wolf, Great grey owl, Snowy owl, Eurasian eagle-owl, Fossa and White cape lion.

In 2016, the zoo began breeding European bison,[5] as part of a Europe-wide effort to reintroduce the species to the wild.

The breeding bull, Poczekaj, arrived at the zoo in November 2016 from Niepołomice in Poland.

[6] Tábor Zoo hosts a scientific research group focused predominantly on the genetic study of three mammal species: Cane Corso dogs, European bison and American bison.