Kunming Zoo

Kunming Zoo, located in Wuhua District, Kunming, Yunnan Province, is one of the oldest municipal zoos in southwest China, adjacent to the 4A-level scenic spot Green Lake Park and the main campus of Yunnan University. Home to over 1400 individual animals representing 240 species, its collection includes endemic Yunnan species such as the critically endangered *Nomascus concolor* (western black crested gibbon), *Rhinopithecus bieti* (black-and-white snub-nosed monkey, listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List and Appendix I of CITES), and *Elephas maximus* (Asian elephant), alongside flagship species *Ailuropoda melanoleuca* (giant panda). It operates under the supervision of the Kunming Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, and holds formal membership in the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens. The zoo's conservation work focuses on endemic species of the Hengduan Mountains and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, with long-term collaboration with partners including the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, the World Wide Fund for Nature Yunnan Office,