Riyadh Zoological Gardens

Riyadh Zoo, known locally as Malaz Zoo, is a 55-acre zoo in the al-Malazz neighbourhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1957 as a private menagerie for King Saud bin Abdulalziz and the Saudi Royal Family, the zoo was opened to the public in 1987. It is the largest and one of the oldest zoos in Saudi Arabia