During time, this park was expanding until 1992 that it moved to the current location for medical reasons and renovation.In 2010, the government sent a pair of Persian leopards to Russia’s Sochi National Park in exchange for two Siberian tigers so that they will eventually release the tigers into the wild in the next five years and start the re-population project. The Miankaleh peninsula was chosen as a suitable habitat for the tigers.
Also, there was a permanent exhibition of elephants at elephant house in Darolkhalafeh and the Indian elephants were used in especial occasions. In Qajari era, the first zoo was not established until Naser al-Din Shah Qajar established it at Lakhti Street (Sadi). It was small and few people were visiting it.
Later, when Naser al-Din Shah Qajar traveled to Europe he was inspired by the modern zoological gardens. He established the capital Zoological Garden at Doshan Tappeh, where there was already a mansion established from 1853 containing a lake using qanat as the water source.
