Gan Hai in Petah Tikva, Zoo in Petah Tikva, Israel.

Gan Hai is a small zoo next to Yad LaBanim Park in Petah Tikva, opened to the public in 1996. Its centre is a lake with a large island for waterfowl, including swans, herons and storks; around it stand the rockery enclosure with ostriches, emus and Nubian ibex, a walk-through aviary with tropical planting and small waterfalls, a monkey tunnel, a reptile room and a taxidermy museum.

The zoo began as a small animal corner with monkeys, a parrot cage and a deer cage in Gan HaNasi. In 1954 the animals were moved to a 4-dunam pine grove near Beit Yad LaBanim on Sderot Sheret at the corner of HaPalmach. A polar bear arrived from Jerusalem in 1956; by early 1963 the zoo held about 250 animals, including 10 flamingos, a pair of crowned cranes and rare swans from the Netherlands. It grew to 20 dunams by 1987, and the current Gan Hai opened in 1996.

The zoo keeps a petting corner with rabbits and guinea pigs, open for touching at fixed times. Keepers also use six ferrets for guided activities. The zoo takes in injured pelicans and white storks that cannot return to the wild, working with the wildlife hospital.

The zoo sits next to Yad LaBanim Park on Sderot Sheret at the corner of HaPalmach Street in Petah Tikva. Food boxes are sold on site, but feeding works only by throwing the food into a large pipe ending in an open wooden box inside the enclosure, not by hand. The petting corner with rabbits and guinea pigs is open at fixed times.

The taxidermy museum beside the zoo was begun in the 1960s and opened in 1967; it is among the largest of its kind in Israel. Most mounted animals sit in sealed display cases with backgrounds imitating their natural surroundings, while the rest are open but cannot be touched.