Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan

Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park

Patna Zoo
Date opened 1973[1]
Location Patna, Bihar, India
Coordinates 25°35′47″N 85°05′57″E / 25.596513°N 85.099304°E / 25.596513; 85.099304Coordinates: 25°35′47″N 85°05′57″E / 25.596513°N 85.099304°E / 25.596513; 85.099304
Land area 152.95 acres (61.90 ha)
Number of animals 800 [2]
Number of species Trees: 300 species [2]
Animals: 70 species
Fish: 35 species
Snakes: 5 species
Annual visitors 20-25 lakh[3]
Memberships CZA[4]
Website zoopatna.com

Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan (संजय गांधी जैविक उद्यान, also known as Sanjay Gandhi Botanical and Zoological Garden or Patna Zoo) is located off Bailey Road in Patna, Bihar, India.[5][6][7] The park was opened to the public as a zoo in 1973. The park is Patna's most frequented picnic spot, with more than 36,000 visitors on New Year's Day alone in 2011.[8]

Officers- Director- Nand Kishore, Range Officer (BOTANY)- Manoj Kumar, Range Officer (ZOOLOGY)- K.K Himanshu

History

The park was first established as a botanical garden in 1969. The then Governor of Bihar, Sri Nityanand Kanungo, provided almost 34 acres (14 ha) of land from the Governor House campus for the garden. In 1972, Public Works added 58.2 acres (23.6 ha) to this, and the Revenue Department transferred 60.75 acres (24.58 ha) to the Forest Department to help expand the park.[2]

Since 1973, this park has been a biological park, combining a botanical garden with a zoo. The land acquired from the Public Works Department and the Revenue Department was declared protected forest by the state government on 8 March 1983.[2] Machli Ghar at Patna zoo.jpg

A giraffe at Patna Zoo
Aquarium at Patna Zoo

Animals and exhibits

The zoo is currently home to over 800 animals of about 110 species, including tiger, leopard, clouded leopard, hippopotamus, crocodile, elephants, Himalayan black bear, jackal, black bucks, spotted deer, peafowl, hill myna, gharial, python, Indian rhinoceros, giraffe, zebra, emu, and white peacock.[2]

Having started as a botanical garden, the park currently houses more than 300 species of trees, herbs and shrubs. Plant exhibits include a nursery for medicinal plants, an orchid house, a fern house, a glass house, and a rose garden.[2]

The park also includes an aquarium which is the largest revenue generator after the general admission fee. The aquarium has about 35 species of fish, and the snake house has 32 snakes belonging to 5 species.[2]

Conservation and births

The Patna Zoo makes considerable effort to conserve and propagate endangered species from around the world. Breeding captive wild animals is a difficult challenge that the zoo has met with some notable success.

Success

Initiative

Birds in Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan

This place provides a good sighting for birders.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "List of Zoos in India, from 1800 until now". kuchbhi.com. Kuchbhi. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park". forest.bih.nic.in. Environment & Forest Dept., Government of Bihar. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "Patna Zoo". zoopatna.com. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Search Establishment". cza.nic.in. CZA. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Walk on Jan 1 not allowed in Patna zoo - The Times of India". The Times Of India.
  6. ↑ "Patna zoo to get 14 new animals - The Times of India". The Times Of India.
  7. ↑ "Lone Patna zoo elephant to be shifted to Valmikinagar Tiger Reserve - The Times of India". The Times Of India.
  8. ↑ "Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park-Patna's most frequented picnic spot". forest.bih.nic.in. The Times of India. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  9. ↑ ANI (28 April 2008). "Patna zoo on global map for rhino breeding". indiatimes.com. India Times. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  10. ↑ Kumar, Ajay (14 September 2007). "Newborn Hippo cheers animal lovers at Patna Zoo". indiatraveltimes.com. India Travel Times. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  11. ↑ Mishra, Dipak (4 May 2008). "City zoo swarmed with ghariyals". indiatimes.com. India Times. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
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