Kolkata Zoo: A Look at India's Unusual Animal Park
The Zoological Garden, Alipore (also informally called the Alipore Zoo or Calcutta Zoo) is India's oldest formally stated zoological park (as opposed to royal and British menageries) and a big tourist attraction in Kolkata, West Bengal. It has been open as a zoo since 1876, and covers 18.811 ha (46.48 acres). It is probably best known as the home of the now expired Aldabra giant tortoise Adwaita, who was reputed to have been over 250 years old when he died in 2006. It is also home to one of the few captive breeding projects involving the Manipur brow-antlered deer. One of the most popular tour.
Why Kolkata Zoo is different
Kolkata Zoo offers the public a large selection of mammals, reptiles, birds and fish in a family-friendly atmosphere. It also has a wide variety of meerkats and squirrels for those who want to look at wild animals in a more natural environment. Admission Prices A year-long pass is available for Rs 3,100 (ex-showroom, Delhi). How to get in? It is not possible to get in without a ticket from the Zoo. For visitors travelling from New Delhi, there are daily tickets for adults for Rs 100 and for children Rs 50.
A short history of the Zoological Garden, The Zoological Garden is one of Kolkata's major tourist attractions. A short history of the Zoological Garden, started in 1876, was also the first general history published in Bengali. The document is notable as the first documented attempt to create a serious zoological garden in India and was well received by the scientific community of that era. Subsequent to that date, much of the collection at the zoo has been made up by donations from local residents, and many of the animals still in residence today are the result of these donations. During the British colonial period the zoo was maintained by a governing body which operated the zoo itself, conducted scientific research, collected animals and organised public lectures on the topic.
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