 As of 2012, the zoo was home to 3 gorillas and 9 chimpanzees.Visitors can observe the apes from large indoor paths surrounded by water, or from outside the building, separated from the apes by glass.In 2007, an American writer Diane Ackerman published her non-fiction biography titled "The Zookeeper's Wife", which tells the story of the Żabiński family's activities during World War II that draws upon Antonina Żabińska's diary.