Municipal Zoological Park Quinzinho de Barros, Municipal zoo in Sorocaba, Brazil

The Municipal Zoological Park is a 15-hectare facility with forest areas, a lake, and more than 350 different animal species in one location. The grounds are divided into sections where animals live in settings designed to resemble their natural surroundings.

The zoo opened on 20 October 1968 on the former Chácara Quinzinho de Barros, a rural property of the Prestes de Barros family acquired by the city through amicable expropriation. Animals were moved there from the Jardim da Margem, a riverbank garden created around 1965 and inaugurated in 1966. More than two thousand people attended the opening.

The zoo is named after Quinzinho de Barros, from the Prestes de Barros family whose rural property was expropriated for the park in 1968. Locals call it "Quinzinho". Since 1979 it has run educational activities, and in 1988 it created an Environmental Education Center with a library, a zoology museum, a lecture hall and a dormitory for trainees from other cities.

The park is open most days of the week but has varying hours, so checking exact times before your visit makes sense. The grounds are relatively flat and easy to walk through, though comfortable shoes are recommended.

The grounds house one of the country's largest animal collections with scientific programs that actively support animal and plant research. This work often happens in the background and is not always noticed by visitors who mainly come to watch the animals.