National Zoological Park Delhi
| National Zoological Park Delhi | ||
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| Full name | National Zoological Park | |
| location | Mathura Road New Delhi, Delhi 110003 |
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| surface | 71 ha | |
| opening | 1959 | |
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| Member of | Central Zoo Authority of India | |
 Sign at the zoo entrance showing selected animals |
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| nzpnewdelhi.gov.in | ||
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Coordinates: 28 ° 36 ′ 16 ″ N , 77 ° 14 ′ 46 ″ E
The National Zoological Park Delhi , officially known as the National Zoological Park , sometimes also referred to as the Delhi Zoo , is a zoo in New Delhi , India .
story
At the end of the British colonial empire in India, there was still no zoo in Delhi . The "Indian Board of Wildlife" ( Indian Board of Wildlife , later renamed the National Board for Wildlife ) advocated the establishment of zoos in larger cities in the country in 1951. The aim was to provide inexpensive recreational areas, promote tourism and arouse interest in wildlife. Indira Gandhi supported such plans. In 1953 the committee approved a location between the Purana Qila Fortress and the Humayun Mausoleum . The site was initially to be developed by the central government and later transferred to the Delhi government. Since no local specialists were available to implement the plans, it was decided to entrust Carl-Heinrich Hagenbeck, a grandson of the former Hamburg zoo director Carl Hagenbeck , with the construction of the facilities. In March 1956 he presented a preliminary report and a general site plan with waterways, driveways and paths, animal houses and a sewage system. The plan was modified slightly in light of local conditions and topography and was then approved by the government on December 31, 1956.
The zoo opened on November 1, 1959. At first it was called the Delhi Zoo. In 1982 it was granted national zoological park status with the idea of being the country's model zoo.
Plant concept
The National Zoological Park Delhi is laid out like a park. Several ponds, water points and fountains are integrated into the landscape. Around 200 plant species are distributed between the animal facilities. The most conspicuous species include the Indian laburnum ( Cassia fistula ), the Senegalia modesta , which belongs to the mimosa family (Mimosoideae), and the Diospyros montana, which belongs to the ebony family (Ebenaceae) . The plants are described on signs. In the geographically divided sections, mammals, reptiles and birds are shown in an environment that in many ways resembles their natural habitats. Due to the size of the zoo, open, battery-operated off-road vehicles are provided for a fee so that the animals and plants can be viewed extensively. An information center with a library is available to visitors for further information.
Conservation and breeding programs
A major focus of the National Zoological Park Delhi is on the conservation of threatened animal species. That is why he participates in various species conservation and breeding programs. Thus, the Bengal ( Panthera tigris tigris ), the Asian lion ( Panthera leo persica ), the rhinoceros ( rhinoceros unicornuate ), the lowland Barasingha ( Rucervus duvaucelii ), the Manipur-lyre Hirsch ( Panolia eldii ) and the junglefowl ( Gallus gallus ) bred regularly. If possible, specimens are released into the wild. The breeding of the Manipur Lyre Deer, which is endangered in nature, proved to be particularly successful, so that animals could be given to several other zoos.
Livestock
In the National Zoological Park Delhi an average of 2000 animals are kept. Depending on birth rates, deaths or exchanges with other zoos, this number, as well as the number of species shown, fluctuates from year to year. The following pictures show some selected mammal species from the zoo's population from 2010 to 2019.
African elephant ( Loxodonta africana )
Asian elephant ( Elephas maximus )
White rhinoceros ( Ceratotherium simum )
Indian rhinoceros ( Rhinoceros unicornis )
Hippopotamus ( Hippopotamus amphibius ) with young animal
Fatal accident with white tiger
On September 23, 2014 at lunchtime, an Indian visitor was attacked and killed by a white bengal tiger. In retrospect it was no longer possible to determine whether the man had intentionally jumped into the enclosure or accidentally fell into it. Children threw small sticks and stones at the tiger, but they could not distract the animal. Unarmed zoo personnel hurrying up made emergency calls. When the alerted police appeared relatively quickly, the man could no longer be rescued. He died about ten minutes after falling into the enclosure. As the director of the zoo announced later, were stun guns kept Hospital Zoo only in. However, since this is about 350 meters away from the cage of the tiger, they could not be brought in in time. The zoo staff only managed to stun the tiger and put it in a cage two hours after the incident.
As a first measure after the incident, locations for stun guns were set up near the Tiger facility. In 2018 it was decided to install so-called human cages in the corners of all tiger and bear enclosures , in which people who have fallen into the enclosures can escape. The cages are sturdy and can be locked from the inside.
Web links
- National Zoological Park - Website of the zoo
- Delhi Zoo
Individual evidence
- ^ History. Information about the story on the zoo homepage, accessed on July 29, 2021.
- ↑ ABC News: White tiger attacks and kills visitor inside New Delhi Zoo , ABC News, September 24, 2014
- ↑ Ellen Barry and Nida Najar: White Tiger Kills Visitor at Zoo in India , In: The New York Times , September 23, 2014
- ↑ Alix Culbertson: Delhi Zoo to install human cages in tiger enclosure to catch visitors who fall in , Sky News, August 31, 2018
- ↑ Siddhanta Mishra: Shaken by 2014 tragedy, zoo to test safety cage for humans , [1] , In: The New Indian Express, March 28, 2019