National Zoo

The National Zoo Malay: Zoo Negara is a zoo in Malaysia situated on 110 sections of land 45 ha of land in Ulu Klang, Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. It was formally opened on 14 November 1963 by the nation's first head administrator, Tunku Abdul Rahman. The recreation center is overseen by a non-legislative association known as the Malaysian Zoological Society. For subsidizing, Zoo Negara depends on entryway accumulations and on help from givers and patrons.

Zoo Negara is home to 5137 creatures of 476 distinctive species. Over the years, the zoo has changed itself to an open idea zoo with more than 90% of its creatures kept in roomy shows with scene befitting its inclination. Zoo Negara got MS ISO 9001:2008 affirmation in July 2007, and is an individual from the South East Asian Zoos Association SEAZA. The President and director of the zoo is Y. Bhg. Dato' Ismail Hutson. In 1957, the Malayan Agri-Horticultural Association MAHA opened a small zoo.

After the making of the scaled down zoo, the possibility of appropriate zoo step by step picked up energy, and the national government picked a spot in Ulu Klang, Selangor by the outskirt of Kuala Lumpur. In the 1960s, Ulu Klang was an undeveloped green region. In 1963, the principal Prime Minister of Malaya now Malaysia YTM Tunku Abdul Rahman opened the zoo to the general population. Zoo Negara was known as the "Zoo in the Jungle" because of the greenery that encompassed the region.