Yangon Zoological Garden has been inaugurated since 1906. Nowadays, it has an area of 69.25 acres. It is a World class zoo where one may observe a collection of animal's habitat to Myanmar as well as the World over.There are 59 species of animals, 63 species of birds, 17 species of reptiles on the fauna side. On the flora side, there are 152 species of trees, 19 species of palms, 23 species of bamboos and grasses, 87 species of shrubs and climbers and 24 species of seasonal flowers totaling over 15,000 trees and plants.

As Adjutants are omnivorous, they eat earthworms, fish, slugs, molluscs, and sometimes dead animals. The hatching season is at the end of the rainy season. They can be found on mud flats in the delta region and along the swampy coastline.

Chital is a kind of deer with small dots on the whole back. There are two species of Chital. They can be found in India and Sri-Lanka. The duration of pregnancy for female Chital is over seven months. Young Chital are grown up when they are 18 months old and the longevity is 20 years.

Wide spread over the whole country. Sambars are nocturnal and solitary in their habits and will seek heavy cover of the forests keeping to steep slopes as soon as day dawns. They feed on grass, leaves and fruits. They like to wallow and are good swimmers.

Visitor may also joy-ride elephant, peny and elephant cart or horse wagon. There are also restaurants serving fresh and wholesome food and snack within the garden. Moreover, there is an amusement park and a museum on natural history.Yangon Zoological Garden is run with the aims and objectives of, facilitating recreation for the public, educating the public on conservation and research awareness, facilitating student researchers on Zoology and Botany, and lastly but not the least facilitating the breeding of rare and endangered species.