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The Ueno Zoo, otherwise known as Tokyo Zoo, is a 14.3 hectare (35 acre) zoo, managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and located in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is Japan's oldest zoo. The zoo is in Ueno Park, a large urban part that is home to museums, a small amusement park and other attractions. The zoo started its history as a menagerie attached to the National Museum of Natural History

Wilhelma is a zoological-botanical garden in Stuttgart in the Bad Cannstatt district in the north of the city on the grounds of a historic castle. Wilhelma has a branch office located in Fellbach, where the zoo keeps its stallions

The Frankfurt Zoological Garden was founded in 1858 and is the second oldest zoo in Germany, after Berlin Zoological Garden. It lies in the eastern part of the Innenstadt. The Frankfurt Zoological Society was founded in 1858 by citizens of Frankfurt to establish the Zoological Garden, which it operated until the First World War. The city council then assumed responsibility for the zoo until 1950, when the FZS again became the zoo's development association

Ragunan Zoo is a zoo located in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, Indonesia. The zoo has an area of 140 hectare (250 acre). The zoo has an aviary and a primate centre. It is the oldest zoo in Indonesia.

Antwerp Zoo is a zoo in the centre of Antwerp, Belgium, located next to the Antwerpen-Centraal railway station. It is the oldest animal park in the country, and one of the oldest in the world

Jersey Zoo, formerly Durrell Wildlife Park, is a zoological park on the island of Jersey in the English Channel by naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. It is operated by the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. Since 1964, the zoo has been home to the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (formerly the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust)

The Singapore Zoo, formerly known as the Singapore Zoological Gardens or Mandai Zoo, is a 28 hectares (69 acres) zoo located on the margins of Upper Seletar Resevoir within Singapore's heavily forested central catchment area. It is operated by the Mandai Wildlife Reserce, which also manages the neighbouring Night Safari, River Wonders and Jurong Bird Park

The Warsaw Zoological Garden is a scientific zoo located along the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland. Although the current zoo was opened on 11th March 1928, its roots can be traced to 17th century private menageries, often open to the public. King John III Sobieski kept a court menagerie in Wilanow, and the 19th century saw several private zoos opened in the city

The Bostock menagerie dynasty originated with James Bostock (1814-1878), who started working at Wombwell's menagerie in 1838 after leaving the family home. In the years following his employment with Wombwell, James progressed from horse keeper to contracting and advertising agent and became instrumental in attaining two Royal Commands for exhibition at Windsor Castle for Queen Victoria in 1847 and 1854.

The core axis of this dynasty would be carried over by three of them: Edward Henry, who became the successor to his father' James William, who managed a separate menagerie business and sideshow; and Frank Charles, who set off on his own direction touring the UK, Europe, and America.

Although Bostock and Wombwell continued presenting menageries until the first third of the 20th century, strands of the family diversified into alternative types of business as early as 1897, when Frank's brother, Edward Henry, opened The Scottish Zoo. Edward became one of the most prominent members of the Bostock family in the 20th century, expanding his business operations to the travelling circus, which included The Royal Italian Circus (formerly Volpi's Circus) and several Hippodromes and picture palaces.

Bostock and Wombwell's Menagerie showed for the last time at the Old Sheep Market in Newcastle on December 1931 with many of their animals ending their days in zoos and museums across the country

Brookfield Zoo Chicago, is a zoo located in the Chicago suburb of Brookfield, Illinois. In 1919, Edith Rockefeller McCormick donated land she had received from her father as a wedding gift to the Cook County Forest Preserve District for the development as a zoological garden. The district added 98 acres to that plot and in 1921, the Chicago Zoological Society was established.

It quickly gained international recognition for using moats and ditches instead of cages to separate animals from visitors and from other animals. The zoo was also the first in America to exhibit giant pandas. In 1960, Brookfield Zoo Chicago built the nation's first fully indoor dolphin exhibit, and in the 1980s the zoo introduced Tropic World, the first fully indoor rainforest simulation and the then-largest indoor zoo exhibit in the world