Nandankanan Zoo, Orissa, India
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Nandankanan Zoological Park in collaboration with the Chandaka
Wildlife Division, Nature and Wildlife Conservation Society, Orissa,
Orissa Environment Society, WWF Orissa and CEE – Eastern Regional
Cell, Orissa, Zoo Outreach Organisation, Coimbatore would be observing
the “Elephant Day” and the Wildlife Week
Lion in Nandankanan ZooWhere is the Nandankanan Zoo
Better known as Garden of Pleasure; Nandankanan Zoo is situated 20km
off Bhuvneshwar in Orissa. As part of Chandaka Forests here, the zoo
is a perfect escape destination from hustle bustle of the city.
ever breeding ground of endangered species, Nandankanan Zoo boasts of
the significant contribution that the park has made in wildlife
conservation.
Climate at Nandankanan Zoo
Summers are hot here with a maximum mercury level recorded being 40
degree centigrade.
Nandankanan zoo or popularly known as Garden of Gods ' is famous for
its white tiger population. Nandankanan zoo is an attracted place both
for Indian and foreign tourist. In the deep forest of the zoo 67 kinds
of mammals,18 varieties of reptiles and 81 species of birds co-exist.
The best season to visit Nandankanan Zoo is from
October to march.
tiger
elephant
leopard
HOW TO GET THERE
Air:
The nearest airport is situated at Bhubaneswar .
Orissa's Nandankanan zoo, an official said Wednesday.
The two-day-old cubs were found dead by zoo veterinarians Tuesday.
"It was their mother who killed the cubs.
Nandankanan zoo is located in Khurdha district, 20 km from here, and
spread over an area of 425 hectares.
It houses over 1,200 wild animals and offers a white tiger safari,
first of its kind in the world.
launched at the famous Nandankanan Zoo to ensure better conservation
of its over 1200 animals, birds and reptiles by their foster parents.
* Nandankanan zoo, in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
* Nandankanan magazine, a monthly children's magazine published in
the Oriya language, Orissa, India
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of white tigers in the prestigious Nandankanan Zoo in Orissa, the
Supreme Court on Monday termed the situation as 'distressing' and said
the condition in zoos were far from satisfactory.
Referring to the report on Nandankanan Zoo, Salve said after a few of
the tigers were found to have 'sleeping sickness', the zoo authorities
panicked and herded the afflicted tigers into one enclosure.
captive animal in Nandankanan Zoo on Sunday. The death rate of animals
here during 2008-2009 fiscal was one of the lowest — 3.1 per
cent/annum — much lower than the national average of 10 per cent.
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Authorities at the famous Nandakanan Zoological Park in Orissa are
taking various measures to prevent inmates from suffering from
scorching heat that has set in advance this summer.
Nandankanan Zoo is situated at a short distance from Bhubaneswar. With
approximately 150 enclosures, a white tiger safari and a lion safari,
it is a premier zoo of India.
Visit the world famous Nandankanan Zoo, which is known to have the
highest White Tiger population. Nandankanan Wildlife Sanctuary and
Biological Park is located about 20 kms from Bhubneshwar. It was
established as a sanctuary in 1979.
effort Nandankanan Zoological Park is planning an awareness
programme on conservation of tiger, with a different flavour to
catch the imagination of the visitors.
Nandankanan Zoo, 25 kilometres from Bhubaneshwar, lies in the splendid
environs of the Chandaka forest, along the rippling waters of the
Kanjia Lake. It also contains a Botanical Garden and part of it has
been declared a sanctuary.
Casual workers of Nandankanan zoo on indefinite strike
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Bhubaneswar, Feb 11 (ANI): Casual workers at the Nandankanan
Biological Park in Orissa have gone on an indefinite cease work
agitation over a demand for regularization of their jobs.
The Nandankanan Zoo, which is spread over 1,940 square kilometres, is
home to over 67 species of mammals, 18 varieties of reptiles and 81
species of birds.
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by Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP), has finally found its takers.
Individuals and organisations have come forward to adopt six animals
of the zoo.
Zoo authorities will formally launch the Adopt-an-Animal and introduce
adopters to public on October 24.
debatable conclusion that the tigers in the Nandankanan zoo in Orissa
died, on one cataclysmic day, of trypanosomiasis (and not because the
Berenil injections may have been either faulty or faultily
administered, without prior blood tests, or that inbreeding may have
lowered the tigers' immunity), the zookeepers are
Nandankanan Zoo and getting special attention of an expert caretaker.
It was on Sunday (July 23) a four-month-old leopard cub was rescued
from the Chandaka forest area.
Nandankanan Zoo for care. Meanwhile, the other leopard cat, believed
to be one-month-old, was rescued from the Khurdha range by a villager,
similarly in an abandoned state and brought to the Nandakanan Zoo,
later on.
animals, the Nandankanan Zoo has always been extending its helping
hand as a rescue centre. There are lots of animals who have been
successfully nurtured here," said Dinakaran.
Record number of visitors in Nandankanan Zoo in 2007
Bhubaneswar | Monday, Jan 7 2008 IST
Nandankanan Zoo carved a niche for itself with a record number of
15.
Nandankanan Zoo for seasonal nesting. The occasion has drawn a lot of
people here. Visitors, especially children and youngsters, at the
Nandankanan Zoo in Chandaka Forest, 25 kilometres from Bhubaneswar are
delighted to notice a variety of chirps and flapping of wings.
migrated to Nandankanan Zoo for nesting. But ninety per cent of them
are open billed storks, locally called "Gendallia". He adds: "People
kill these birds for food and hence their population is on decline.
"What happened in Nandankanan zoo is very
serious... It is worse that these tigers died while in the protective
custody of the zoo...
Bhubaneswar : Nandankanan Zoo, known as white tiger's paradise, has
taken several measures including cold water and a special summer menu
to its captive animals to protect them from the heat wave that has
gripped many parts of Orissa.
Speaking to media Zoo director A.K.
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