The Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden or Manila Zoo emerged from the ashes of World War II. a proud memorial of man’s innate love of nature and its battalion of animals.
This show window of so Mayor Arsenio H. Lacson’s vision was born on May 18. 1959 by virtuousness of City Ordinance No. 4135 and inaugurated on July 25. 1959. Mayor Antonio Z. Villegas’ Executive Order No. 10. dated February 1. 1967. integrated into one office the Division of Recreational Services of the Social Welfare Bureau and the Division of Parks and Playgrounds of the Department of Engineering and Public Works with the Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden.
The new office was known as the Manila Zoo and Public Recreations Bureau. On June 15. 1969 the Congress of the Philippines enacted R. A. 5264 making what now is known as the Public Recreations Bureau ( PRB ) . The Manila Zoo is a 5. 5-hectare ( 14-acre ) menagerie located in Manila. Philippines that opened it’s doors to the populace on July 25. 1959. It receives 1000000s of visitants every twelvemonth. and is particularly popular with visitants on weekends. It serves as one of the educational centres in the state where the sing public can detect. discover and larn interesting facts about the beauty of Philippine zoology and vegetation.
There are 106 species of animate beings. among which are 30 different sorts of mammals. 63 reptile species and 13 types of birds. In add-on to popular menagerie residents such as elephant. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelams. king of beastss and the Hippo. Manila Zoo besides houses several endemic and autochthonal species of animate beings like the binturong. long-tailed macaques and crocodiles. There is besides a Kinder Zoo inside the Manila Zoo where anyone can roll around freely and interact with the animate beings inside. Children can play with tamed animate beings at the same clip larn about them and their environment.
The Kinder Zoo features different attractive forces and animate beings from all over the universe like Butterfly Dome. Alien Birds Aviary. Koi Pond. Philippine Mouse Deer House. Peting Zoo. Turtle Pond. Party Barn. Playground. Hanging Bridge and Flamingo Pond. Animals inside include alien birds. pot belly hogs. illumination animate beings. Cayman crocodiles. Inachis ios and peahen ducks. poulets from around the universe. coneies. serpents. ostriches. and Sulcata tortoises. At the centre of the menagerie is a little laguna or pool where visitants can see boat equitation.
There is a little island at the centre of the laguna. Boat riders paddle their manner around this island. There are besides many eating houses. canteens and souvenir stores inside the menagerie. The menagerie besides has several resort areas for the kids and tabular arraies and benches where households may hold field daies. With a good mix of instruction and amusement intents. the Manila Zoo does its best to appeal to everyone.
Animals
The Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden is place to more than 800 animate beings from about 100 species as of 2007. The zoo’s most popular occupant is Mali. an Asiatic elephant who arrived at the menagerie as an orphaned calf donated from Sri Lanka.
List of Animals:
Multicolored Stork
Blue-crowned Heron
Purple Heron
Rufous Night Heron
Indian Blue Peafowl
Leucistic Indian Peafowl
Bengal tiger
Philippine Monkey
Silver Fox
Palawan Bearcat
Stump-tailed Macaque
Filipino Crocodile
Estuarine Crocodile
Domestic Horse
Wild Boar
Miniature Brahman
Green Iguana
Sailfin Lizard
Elongated Tortoise
Philippine Cobra
Burmese Python
Reticulated Python
Tarictic Hornbill
Rufous Hornbill
Catalina Macaw
Hybrid Macaw
Umbrella Cockatoo
Moluccan Cockatoo
Sulfur-crested Cockatoo
Rufous-bellied Eagle
Eastern Grass-owl
Large-billed Crow
Filipino Eagle-owl
Filipino Scops-owl
Banded Railing
Bittern
Blue-naped Parrot
Brown Booby
Crested Myna
Egret
Gallinule
Mallard
Palawan Peacock-pheasant
Pond Heron
Purples Swamphen
Spotted Dove
Ring-necked Parakeet
Turtle Dove
Water Hen
White Ibis
Nicobar Pigeon
Fruit Bat
Luzon Bleeding-heart
Hanging parrot
Malayan Civet
Palawan Bearcat
Monitor lizard
Soft-shelled Turtle
Goose
Rhea
Cassowary
Ostrich
Hippopotamus
Zebra
Llama
Coati
Nipponese Macaque
Cloud Rat
Orangutan
Goat
Guinea Pig
Rabbit
BOTANICAL GARDEN
The Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden is place to many works aggregations. from the botanically rich and diverse Philippine Islands and South Pacific part. An estimated 500 species of workss including impressive mature shadiness trees thrive within the enclave. Aside from being a botanical garden. it is besides considered as an botanical garden.
