The world's largest captive colony of orangutans lives at Singapore Zoo. Its animals are shown in naturalistic, open exhibits, separated from visitors by hidden barriers, moats and glass. The 28-hectare zoo lies on the edge of Upper Seletar Reservoir, within Singapore's heavily forested central catchment area.
The zoo keeps about 315 animal species, and roughly 16 percent of them are considered threatened. It has been highly ranked by various international measures and draws around two million visitors a year.
The zoo opened in 1973, built with a $9 million grant from the government of Singapore, and was formerly known as the Singapore Zoological Gardens or Mandai Zoo. Today the Mandai Wildlife Group runs it alongside the neighbouring Night Safari, River Wonders, Bird Paradise and Rainforest Wild. Together the five parks form the Mandai Wildlife Reserve, which cares for more than 15,000 animals from 1,000 species.
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