Lok Sabha Question No. 2726 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-06
Subject: Animals in Zoo
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Pratima Mondal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2726

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.03.2020.

## Animals in Zoo

## 2726.   SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL:

Will  the  Minister of ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND  CLIMATE  CHANGE be  pleased  to state:

- (a) the  State/UT-wise list of zoos in the country along with the details of species of varied animals and their population; and
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to ensure proper care and empathetic treatment of these animals?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO )

- (a) The  State/Union Territory-wise list of recognized Zoos  in the country is at Annexure-1. The  details  of  animals  and  their  populations  in  Indian  zoos  is  at Annexure-2.
- (b) The Central Zoo Authority has framed Rules, Regulations and Guidelines to ensure proper care and empathetic treatment of animals in the zoos. In addition, the Central Zoo Authority also undertakes periodic evaluation of zoos, as per the provisions under 'Recognition  of  Zoo  Rules,  2009'  to  ensure  the  maintenance  of  standards  towards better upkeep and healthcare of animals.

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## Annexure-1

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2726 REGARDING 'ANIMALS IN ZOO'  RAISED BY SHRIMATI  PRATIMA MONDAL DUE FOR REPLY ON 06.03.2020

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## List of Recognized Zoos in India

|   Sl.No. | Zoo Name                                                      | State                    |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|        1 | Biological Park, Chidiyatapu                                  | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |
|        2 | Deer Park, Chittoor                                           | Andhra Pradesh           |
|        3 | Deer Park, Kandaleru                                          | Andhra Pradesh           |
|        4 | Indira Gandhi Zoological Park                                 | Andhra Pradesh           |
|        5 | Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park                              | Andhra Pradesh           |
|        6 | Karuna Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre - Rayalseema | Andhra Pradesh           |
|        7 | Biological Park,Itanagar                                      | Arunachal Pradesh        |
|        8 | Centre For Bear Rehabilitation And Conservation               | Arunachal Pradesh        |
|        9 | Miao Mini Zoo                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh        |
|       10 | Mini Zoo, Roing                                               | Arunachal Pradesh        |
|       11 | Assam State Zoo Cum Botanical Garden                          | Assam                    |
|       12 | Bijni Deer Park                                               | Assam                    |
|       13 | Centre For Wildlife Rehabilitation And Conservation           | Assam                    |
|       14 | Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park                                 | Bihar                    |
|       15 | Kanan Pandari Zoo                                             | Chhattisgarh             |
|       16 | Maitri Baagh Zoo                                              | Chhattisgarh             |
|       17 | Nandanvan Jungle Safari (Naya Raipur)                         | Chhattisgarh             |
|       18 | Lion Safari - Vasona                                          | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |
|       19 | A.N.Jha Deer Park                                             | Delhi                    |
|       20 | National Zoological Park                                      | Delhi                    |
|       21 | Bondla Zoo                                                    | Goa                      |
|       22 | Ambardi Wildlife Interpretation Zone (Ambardi Safari Park)    | Gujarat                  |
|       23 | Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukharjee Zoological Garden                  | Gujarat                  |
|       24 | Great Golden Circus                                           | Gujarat                  |
|       25 | Indroda Nature Park                                           | Gujarat                  |
|       26 | Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden                                 | Gujarat                  |
|       27 | Rajkot Municipal Zoo                                          | Gujarat                  |
|       28 | Sakkarbaug Zoo                                                | Gujarat                  |
|       29 | Sardar Patel Zoological Park                                  | Gujarat                  |
|       30 | Sayaji Baug Zoo                                               | Gujarat                  |
|       31 | Sundervan Nature Discovery Centre                             | Gujarat                  |
|       32 | Leopard Park with Rescue Centre                               | Gujarat                  |
|       33 | Leopard Park with Rescue Centre                               | Gujarat                  |
|       34 | Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Kingdom           | Gujarat                  |

|   35 | Ch. Surinder Singh Elephant Rescue Centre                          | Haryana                 |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|   36 | Deer Park,Hissar                                                   | Haryana                 |
|   37 | Mini Zoo,Bhiwani                                                   | Haryana                 |
|   38 | Mini Zoo,Pipli                                                     | Haryana                 |
|   39 | Rohtak Zoo                                                         | Haryana                 |
|   40 | Vulture Conservation Breeding Center                               | Haryana                 |
|   41 | Dhauladhar Nature Park                                             | Himachal Pradesh        |
|   42 | Himalayan Nature Park                                              | Himachal Pradesh        |
|   43 | Nehru Phesantary                                                   | Himachal Pradesh        |
|   44 | Renuke Mini Zoo                                                    | Himachal Pradesh        |
|   45 | Rescue And Rehabilitation Home                                     | Himachal Pradesh        |
|   46 | Rewalsar Mini Zoo                                                  | Himachal Pradesh        |
|   47 | Sarahan Phesantry                                                  | Himachal Pradesh        |
|   48 | Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park                                      | Jharkhand               |
|   49 | Birsa Mrig Vihar                                                   | Jharkhand               |
|   50 | Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park                                   | Jharkhand               |
|   51 | Tata Steel Zoological Park                                         | Jharkhand               |
|   52 | Bannerghatta Biological Park                                       | Karnataka               |
|   53 | Bellary Childrens Park-Cum-Zoo (Bellary Zoo)                       | Karnataka               |
|   54 | Children Park cum Zoo (Gadag Zoo)                                  | Karnataka               |
|   55 | Deer Park, N.M.D.C.Ltd.                                            | Karnataka               |
|   56 | Dr. K.Shivarma Karanth Pililkula Biological Park                   | Karnataka               |
|   57 | Indira Priyadarshini Sangrahalaya, Anagodu                         | Karnataka               |
|   58 | Kittur Rani Chennamma Nisarg Dhama Mini Zoo                        | Karnataka               |
|   59 | Mini Zoo A. M. Gudi Balvana                                        | Karnataka               |
|   60 | Mini Zoo At Gendekatte                                             | Karnataka               |
|   61 | Mini Zoo Cum Children Park                                         | Karnataka               |
|   62 | Namadachilume Deer Park                                            | Karnataka               |
|   63 | People For Animals - Rescue Centre                                 | Karnataka               |
|   64 | Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens                               | Karnataka               |
|   65 | Tiger& Lion Safari                                                 | Karnataka               |
|   66 | Tungabhadra Dam Mini Zoo                                           | Karnataka               |
|   67 | Kaprikkad Mini Zoo and Rescue Centre                               | Kerala                  |
|   68 | Lion Safari Park At Nayyar Dam (Nayyar Mini Zoo)                   | Kerala                  |
|   69 | Parassinikkadavu Snake Park and Zoo                                | Kerala                  |
|   70 | Snake Park, Malampuzha                                             | Kerala                  |
|   71 | State Museum &Zoo                                                  | Kerala                  |
|   72 | Thiruvananthapuram Zoo                                             | Kerala                  |
|   73 | Elephant Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre                          | Kerala                  |
|   74 | Gandhi Zoological Park                                             | Madhya Pradesh          |
|   75 | Kamla Nehru Prani Sanghrahalaya Zoo                                | Madhya Pradesh          |
|   76 | Maharaja Martand Singh Jedeo White Tiger Safari and Zoo, Mukundpur | Madhya Pradesh          |
|   77 | Van Vihar National Park Zoo                                        | Madhya Pradesh          |
|   78 | Amtes Animal Ark                                                   | Maharashtra             |
|   79 | Gorewada International Zoo Leopard Rescue Centre                   | Maharashtra             |
|   80 |                                                                    | Maharashtra             |
|   81 | Maharaja Shahaji Chhatrapati Zoo                                   | Maharashtra Maharashtra |
|   82 | Nisargakavi Bahinabai Choudhary Pranisangahalaya                   |                         |
|   83 | People For Animals, Shelter House                                  | Maharashtra             |

| 84      | Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park And Wildlife Research Center   | Maharashtra   |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| 85      | Rescue Centre At Gorewada                                   | Maharashtra   |
| 86      | Sanjay Gandhi National Park And Zoo                         | Maharashtra   |
| 87      | Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan &Zoo                         | Maharashtra   |
| 88      | Aurangabad Municipal Zoo                                    | Maharashtra   |
| 89      | Maharajbag Zoo                                              | Maharashtra   |
| 90      | Mahatma Gandhi Rashtriya Udyan Zoo                          | Maharashtra   |
| 91      | Snake Park, Shikshan Mandal                                 | Maharashtra   |
| 92      | Manipur Zoological Garden                                   | Manipur       |
| 93      | Lady Hydari Park Animal Land (Meghalaya Zoo)                | Meghalaya     |
| 94      | Nehru Park Zoo, Danakgre,Tura                               | Meghalaya     |
| 95      | Aizawl Zoo (Mizoram Zoo)                                    | Mizoram       |
| 96      | Deer Park,Thenzawl                                          | Mizoram       |
| 97      | Nagaland Zoological Park, Rangapahar                        | Nagaland      |
| 98      | Deer Park, Cuttack Municipal Corporation                    | Odisha        |
| 99      | Deer Park, Papadahandi                                      | Odisha        |
| 100     | Gharial Research &Conservation Unit                         | Odisha        |
| 101     | Harishankar Deer Park                                       | Odisha        |
| 102     | Indira Gandhi Park Zoo                                      | Odisha        |
| 103     | Kapilash Zoo                                                | Odisha        |
| 104     | Kuanria Deer Park, Nayagarh Forest Division                 | Odisha        |
| 105     | Nandankanan Biological Park                                 | Odisha        |
| 106     | Taptapani Deer Park                                         | Odisha        |
| 107     | Wild Animal Conservation Center                             | Odisha        |
| 108     | Deer Park, Bir Moti Bagh (Patiala Zoo)                      | Punjab        |
| 109     | Deer Park, Bir Talab                                        | Punjab        |
| 110     | Deer Park, Neelon                                           | Punjab        |
| 111     | Ludhiana Zoo Mahendra Chaudhury Zoological                  | Punjab        |
| 112     | Park                                                        | Punjab        |
| 113     | Kota Zoo                                                    | Rajasthan     |
| 114     | Machia Biological Park (Jodhpur Zoo)                        | Rajasthan     |
| 115     | Nahargarh Biological Park (Jaipur Zoo)                      | Rajasthan     |
| 116     | Sajjangarh Biological Park (Udaipur Zoo)                    | Rajasthan     |
| 117     | Himalayan Zoological Park, Bulbuley                         | Sikkim        |
| 118     | Amirdhi Zoo                                                 | Tamil Nadu    |
| 119     | Arignar Anna Zoological Park                                | Tamil Nadu    |
| 120     | Chennai Snake Park                                          | Tamil Nadu    |
| 121     | Childrens Park                                              | Tamil Nadu    |
| 122     | Kurumbapatti Zoological Park                                | Tamil Nadu    |
| 123     | Madras Crocodile Bank Trust/Centre For Herpetology          | Tamil Nadu    |
| 124     | V.O.C. Park Mini Zoo                                        | Tamil Nadu    |
| 125     | Deer Park,Jawahar Lake Tourist Complex                      | Telangana     |
| 126     | Kakatiya Zoological Park (Vanavigyan Kendra)                | Telangana     |
| 127     | Karimnagar Deer Park                                        | Telangana     |
| 128     | Kinnerasani Deer Park                                       | Telangana     |
|         | Pillalamarri Deer Park                                      | Telangana     |
| 130 131 | Deer Park, Kesoram Cement                                   | Telangana     |
| 132     | Sepahijala Zoological Park                                  | Tripura       |
| 133     | Agra Bear Rescue Facility                                   | Uttar Pradesh |

|   134 | Kanpur Zoological Park                                  | Uttar Pradesh   |
|-------|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|   135 | Lion Breeding Centre and Multiple Safari Park, Etawah   | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   136 | Nawab Wazid Ali Shah Zoological Garden                  | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   137 | Nawabganj Deer Park                                     | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   138 | Sarnath Deer Park                                       | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   139 | Van Prani Udyan, I.V.R.I.                               | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   140 | Vinod Van Mini Zoo, Ramgarh (Gorakhpur Zoological Park) | Uttar Pradesh   |
|   141 | Deer Park, Narain Tewari Dewal (Almora Zoo)             | Uttarakhand     |
|   142 | Dehradun Mini Zoo (Malsi Deer Park )                    | Uttarakhand     |
|   143 | Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant High Altitude Zoo               | Uttarakhand     |
|   144 | Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation     | Uttarakhand     |
|   145 | Tiger Safari                                            | Uttarakhand     |
|   146 | Kanswashram Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre            | Uttarakhand     |
|   147 | International Zoo                                       | Uttarakhand     |
|   148 | Adina Deer Park                                         | West Bengal     |
|   149 | Alipore Zoological Garden                               | West Bengal     |
|   150 | Bardhaman Zoological Park (Ramnabagan Mini Zoo)         | West Bengal     |
|   151 | Gar Chumuk (Ulughata) Deer Park                         | West Bengal     |
|   152 | Harinalaya at Eco Park (Nature Park At Taratola Road)   | West Bengal     |
|   153 | Jungle Mahal Zoological Park                            | West Bengal     |
|   154 | Marble Palace Zoo                                       | West Bengal     |
|   155 | North Bengal Wild Animals Park                          | West Bengal     |
|   156 | Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park                 | West Bengal     |
|   157 | Rasikbeel Mini Zoo                                      | West Bengal     |
|   158 | South Khairbari Rescue Centre                           | West Bengal     |
|   159 | Sundarban Wild Animal Park, Jharkali                    | West Bengal     |
|   160 | Surulia Mini Zoo, Purulia                               | West Bengal     |

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## Annexure-2

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2726 REGARDING 'ANIMALS IN ZOO'  RAISED BY SHRIMATI  PRATIMA MONDAL DUE FOR REPLY ON 06.03.2020

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## Number of Animals & Species in Indian Zoos as on 31.03.2019

|                      | Number of species   | Number of animals   |
|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| Endangered species   |                     |                     |
|  Mammals            | 79                  | 8,616               |
|  Birds              | 34                  | 2,071               |
|  Reptiles           | 30                  | 6,687               |
|  Amphibians         | 1                   | 29                  |
| Other Indian species |                     |                     |
|  Mammals            | 24                  | 16,466              |
|  Birds              | 168                 | 8,088               |
|  Reptiles           | 52                  | 2,566               |
| Exotic species       |                     |                     |
|  Mammals            | 35                  | 376                 |
|  Birds              | 123                 | 11,536              |
|  Reptiles           | 21                  | 406                 |
| Total                | 567                 | 56,841              |