[1] The zoo is owned by the city, but is managed by the international entertainment operator Parques Reunidos.

The new facilities of the Madrid Zoo Aquarium were constructed in 1972 and located in the Casa de Campo.

[5] The zoo is now home to giant pandas Bing Xing (M) and Hua Zui Ba (F), who arrived in Madrid on 8 September 2007.

[8] The zoo has a large collection of primates, including western lowland gorillas, chimpanzees, mandrills, mantled guerezas, orangutans and several species of lemurs.

[9][10][11] The dolphinarium at Zoo Aquarium was built in 1987 and currently has nine bottlenose dolphins: Lala (F), Einyel (F), Guarina (F), Mary (F), Mancha (F), Loren (M), Noa (F), Iruka (F) and Coral (F).