Founded in 1907 with the Victorian style, has one of the most complete collections of native plants and animals in the country.


The diaries of the late nineteenth century tell of the existence of a small collection of animals located in the emerging Paseo del Bosque, near the historic founding of the former Estancia Iraola.En 1979, after relying on the Ministries of Public Works and Agricultural Affairs the province of Buenos Aires, the zoo became part of the Department of Landscape of the Municipality of the city of La Plata. In subsequent steps were carried out new activities and projects. We can mention at this stage, among other contributions, the realization of the first sample for the blind (1991), the training of candidates for carers (1993) and the realization of scientific and technical exchanges with provincial agencies and other zoological research locals.


Today, with a world battered by an anthropocentric worldview and threatened biodiversity, which are called to protect, feel the need to develop coherent proposals that we avoid falling into distress and despair of seeing animals die or live poorly locked in cages of punishment.


On this basis and bearing in mind that the success of a zoo depends, among other things, the capacity for survival and reproduction of the species in his collection, the interactions between them can be established and the possibility that this may be experienced by those who visit, it should raise a conceptual and pragmatic deconstruction and provide innovative alternatives.


The objectives that move the site today include:


Provide a broad overview of the patterns and processes that have caused biodiversity to contribute to the education of future generations by encouraging a love of nature and ethics of conservation includes sustainable use of natural resources.
Encourage scientific research concerning the natural history, ecology, reproduction, behavior, taxonomy and distribution of plant and animal species Neotropical, especially those existing in the Zoological Gardens, in order to deepen the knowledge of them as the only alternative to ensure their conservation and ecosystems.
Develop breeding and management of threatened or in retreat numerical order to contribute to the decrease of the events of regional biodiversity loss by designing conservation strategies.
Adhere to the projects to protect biodiversity:
Raising in one place.
Give priority to our animals.
The zoo must fund maintenance projects to conserve space







Dirección: paseo del Bosque s/n. Teléfono: (0221) 427-3925. Horario: martes a domingos de 9 a 18.http://www.jardinzoologico.laplata.gov.ar/zoologico/sitio.htm