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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox zoo |zoo_name = Mysore Zoo |logo = |logo_caption = |image = Entrance of Mysore Zoo.jpg |image_width = 250px |image_caption = Entrance of Mysore Zoo |location = [[Mysore]], [[India]] |date_opened = 1892<ref name="kuchbhi" /> |date_closed = |area = {{Convert|157|acre|abbr=on}}<ref name="zoo_history" /> + {{Convert|113|acre|abbr=on}} |coordinates = {{Coord|12.3008|76.6677|type:landmark_scale:2500_region:IN|display=it}} |num_species = |num_animals = 1320 |largest_tank_vol = |total_tank_vol = |annual_visitors = |members = [[Central Zoo Authority of India|CZA]]<ref name="cza_list" /> / [[World Association of Zoos and Aquariums|WAZA]]/ [[Zoo Authority of Karnataka|ZAK]] |exhibits = |website = {{URL|https://www.mysuruzoo.info}} }}[[File:Giraffe mysuru zoo april.jpg|thumb|[[Giraffe]]s at the zoo]] [[File:SHI 8879.JPG|thumb|Two [[Bengal tiger|Bengal Tigers]] in an enclosure]] '''Mysore Zoo''' (or '''Mysuru Zoo'''),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mysuru Zoo |url=https://www.mysuruzoo.info/ |access-date=16 June 2018 |website=www.mysorezoo.info |language=en |archive-date=10 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810000621/http://mysuruzoo.info/ |url-status=live }}</ref> officially known as '''Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens''', is a composite of [[zoological garden]]s and animal park located in the [[South India|southern Indian]] city of [[Mysore]], [[Karnataka]]. Stretching across a {{Convert|157|acre|adj=on}}-expanse and situated at about 700 metres (0.43 miles) from [[Mysore Palace]], it is the oldest zoo in India and one of the oldest in the world.<ref name="elephant.se" /> One of the most popular zoos in [[India]] and one of the city's most popular attractions, it is home to a wide range of over 168 species. == History == Mysore Zoo was created from the private menagerie of [[Chamarajendra Wadiyar X|Chamaraja Wadiyar X]], the twenty-third [[Maharaja of Mysore]]. in 1892, on {{Convert|10|acre}} of the Summer Palace. Over the next 10 years, the zoo was expanded to {{Convert|45|acre}} with spacious enclosures that are still in use.<ref name="zoo_history" /> [[File:Chamaraja Wodeyar 1863-94.jpg|thumb|[[Chamarajendra Wadiyar X|Chamaraja Wadiyar X]], the founder of the zoological gardens]] Originally called the Palace Zoo, it was renamed "Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens" in 1909. A.C. Hughes, from South Wales, was the zoo's first superintendent, serving from 1892 to 1924. Hughes, [[Mirza Ismail|Sir Mirza Ismail]], and [[Gustav Hermann Krumbiegel|G.H. Krumbiegel]] worked towards refashioning the zoo and updating it with modern, natural enclosures. It now features a bandstand and an artificial lake. In 1948, management of the zoo was devolved to the Department of Parks and Gardens, Government of Mysore. The zoo was expanded first with another {{Convert|50|acres}}, and then another {{Convert|150|acre}} with the acquisition of the [[Karanji Tank]], in which an artificial island has been created as a sanctuary for birds.<ref name="zoo_history" /> In 1972, the zoo was entrusted the Forest Department and later in 1979 to the Zoo Authority of Karnataka, the first autonomous organisation in India to manage a zoo.<ref name="zoo_history" /> The zoo had completed 100 years in 1992. The centenary celebrations were held in 1990 and 91. During the centenary celebrations various developmental activities were initiated such as renovation and modification of the entrance gate, hospital building, walkthrough reptiles, ''etc''. A bust of Chamaraja Wadiyar X was unveiled. The logo of the zoo, centenary souvenir, publication of literature and leaflets, conducting various competitions, preparation of a documentary film were other highlights.<ref name="zoo_history" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Zoo|first=Mysore|title=History|url=http://mysorezoo.info/history-of-mysore-zoo/|publisher=Punith Suresh Gowda|access-date=22 April 2014|archive-date=9 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509192907/http://mysorezoo.info/history-of-mysore-zoo/|url-status=live}}</ref> == Objectives == The objectives of Mysore Zoo are as under: * Conservation education * Conservation breeding * Research, documentation and study * Rescue and rehabilitation of the wild animals and birds * Recreation and education for general visitors, tourist & locals<ref>{{cite web|last=Mysore|first=Zoo|title=Objective|url=http://mysorezoo.info/goals-of-mysore-zoo/|publisher=Punith Suresh Gowda|access-date=22 April 2014|archive-date=17 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417225457/http://mysorezoo.info/goals-of-mysore-zoo/|url-status=live}}</ref> == Management and lands holdings == While mainly depending on entry fees for its financing, an adoption scheme introduced in the early 2000s has been a success. Celebrities, institutions, animal lovers and volunteers of various clubs in the zoo have contributed directly to the welfare of the zoo inhabitants. === Lands under the control of Mysore Zoo === * Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Mysore. * Karanji Lake Nature Park, Mysore. * Chamundi Conservation and Rehabilitation Center, Kurugahalli, Mysore.<ref name="zoo_history" /> == Karanji Lake == {{Main article|Karanji Lake}} The Karanji Lake which covers {{Convert|77.02|acre|abbr=on}} is located on the eastern side of the zoo. The Chamundi Hills acts as catchment and provides a dramatic backdrop. Previously the tank was almost a garbage dump being used by all and sundry for each and every function. There was no bird life but for scavengers, crows, and the entire area was a slum. As such it was in constant danger of being taken over by developers for real estate development. The tank was handed to Mysore Zoo in March 1976 by public works department for development and maintenance. The tank is situated on north-east side of Mysore city. It functions as a percolation tank. After the protection and afforestation in the foreshore area, the tank started attracting a variety of birds for breeding & nesting activities. Restoration and development activities were taken up under the [[Asian Development Bank]] project through Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation to the extent of Rs.1.17 crores. About {{Convert|5|acre|abbr=on}} of prime zoo land has been donated to the Natural History Museum, which will enhance the educational potential of the zoo by offering people a rare opportunity to study natural history of wild animals, aquatic birds and tropical vegetation, etc.<ref>[[Karanji Lake]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=October 2024}} == Animals == The zoo is currently home to ten elephants, and has more elephants than any other zoo in India. A total of 34 elephants have lived at this zoo, many of which were eventually transferred to other zoos in Mysore. The zoo also has five [[green anaconda]]s, contributed by [[Colombo Zoo]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-24/mysore/30437003_1_anacondas-enclosure-sand-boa | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103215026/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-24/mysore/30437003_1_anacondas-enclosure-sand-boa | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 January 2014 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Anacondas settle into new home}}</ref> It is also the only zoo in India to house [[chimpanzee]]s, [[gorilla]]s, [[orangutan]]s, white rhinos and cheetahs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Primates settle into their new home |date=2 October 2021 |url=https://starofmysore.com/primates-settle-into-their-new-home-at-mysuru-zoo/ |access-date=12 November 2022 |archive-date=12 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112025402/https://starofmysore.com/primates-settle-into-their-new-home-at-mysuru-zoo/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Some of the animals housed in the Mysore Zoo include:<ref>{{cite web |title=Mysuru Zoo |url=https://www.mysuruzoo.info/animals}}</ref> ===List of animals=== ;Birds {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *[[Bar-headed goose]] *[[Eastern barn owl|Barn owl]] *[[Black-crowned night heron]] *[[Black-necked swan]] *[[Blue-and-yellow macaw]] *[[Brahminy kite]] *[[Brown wood owl]] *[[Budgerigar]] *[[Common pheasant|Chinese ring-necked pheasant]] *[[Comb duck]] *[[Common ostrich]] *[[Darwin's rhea]] *[[Eclectus parrot]] *[[Eurasian spoonbill]] *[[Goffin's cockatoo]] *[[Golden pheasant]] *[[Great hornbill]] *[[Great white pelican]] *[[Green pheasant]] *[[Grey junglefowl]] *[[Grey parrot]] *[[Indian peafowl]] *[[Jandaya conure]] *[[Lady Amherst's pheasant]] *[[Lesser adjutant]] *[[Livingstone's turaco]] *[[Military macaw]] *[[Mottled wood owl]] *[[Painted stork]] *[[Plum-headed parakeet]] *[[Rainbow lorikeet]] *[[Red-and-green macaw]] *[[Red lory]] *[[Ruddy shelduck]] *[[Sarus crane]] *[[Scarlet ibis]] *[[Scarlet macaw]] *[[Silver pheasant]] *[[Spot-billed pelican]] *[[Sulphur-crested cockatoo]] *[[Sun parakeet|Sun conure]] *[[Tawny eagle]] *[[White-throated toucan]] }} ;Mammals {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *[[African buffalo]] *[[African bush elephant]] *[[Asian elephant]] *[[Asian palm civet]] *[[Asiatic lion]] *[[Barasingha]] *[[Bengal fox]] *[[Bengal tiger]] *[[Blackbuck]] *[[Bornean orangutan]] *[[Cheetah]] *[[Chimpanzee]] *[[Common marmoset]] *[[Dhole]] *[[Four-horned antelope]] *[[Gaur]] *[[Giraffe]] *[[Golden jackal]] *[[Grant's zebra]] *[[Indian rhinoceros|Greater one-horned rhinoceros]] *[[Hamadryas baboon]] *[[Himalayan black bear]] *[[Himalayan goral]] *[[Hippopotamus]] *[[Indian hog deer|Hog deer]] *[[Indian crested porcupine]] *[[Indian muntjac]] *[[Indian leopard]] *[[Indian wolf]] *[[Jaguar]] *[[Jungle cat]] *[[Leopard cat]] *[[Lion-tailed macaque]] *[[Malabar giant squirrel]] *[[Sangai|Manipur brow-antlered deer]] *[[Meerkat]] *[[Nilgai]] *[[Nilgiri langur]] *[[Northern plains grey langur]] *[[Red-necked wallaby]] *[[Rhesus macaque]] *[[Ring-tailed lemur]] *[[Sambar deer]] *[[Sloth bear]] *[[Smooth-coated otter]] *[[South American tapir]] *[[Southern white rhinoceros]] *[[Chital|Spotted deer]] *[[Striped hyena]] *[[Tufted capuchin]] *[[Western hoolock gibbon]] *[[Western lowland gorilla]] }} ;Reptiles {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *[[Bengal monitor]] *[[Gharial]] *[[Green anaconda]] *[[Green iguana]] *[[Ahaetulla nasuta|Green vine snake]] *[[Indian cobra]] *[[Indian star tortoise]] *[[King cobra]] *[[Craspedocephalus malabaricus|Malabar pit viper]] *[[Morelet's crocodile]] *[[Saltwater crocodile]] *[[Siamese crocodile]] *[[Spectacled caiman]] *[[West African slender-snouted crocodile]] }} {| class="wikitable" |+Consolidated Animal Inventory Report for the Month of October 2019<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mysorezoo.info/admin/activity_documents/October%202019.pdf |title=Welcome to Mysore Zoo |website=www.mysorezoo.info}}</ref> |'''Schedule I and II''' |'''Male''' |'''Female''' |'''Undetermined''' |'''Total''' |- |Mammals |124 |116 |38 |278 |- |Birds |16 |23 |8 |47 |- |Reptiles |15 |15 |10 |40 |- |'''Total''' |'''155''' |'''154''' |'''56''' |'''365''' |- |'''Other Schedule Species''' | colspan="4" | |- |Mammals |93 |82 |44 |219 |- |Birds |99 |103 |72 |274 |- |Reptiles |9 |10 |23 |42 |- |'''Total''' |'''201''' |'''195''' |'''139''' |'''535''' |- |'''Exotic species''' | colspan="4" | |- |Mammals |32 |28 |5 |65 |- |Birds |97 |125 |205 |427 |- |Reptiles |6 |12 |3 |21 |- |'''Total''' |'''135''' |'''165''' |'''213''' |'''513''' |- |'''Grand Total''' | colspan="4" | |- |Mammals |249 |226 |87 |562 |- |Birds |212 |251 |285 |748 |- |Reptiles |30 |37 |36 |103 |- |'''Total''' |'''491''' |'''514''' |'''408''' |'''1413''' |} == Incidents == The zoo witnessed a series of animal deaths in 2004 and 2005. In August 2004, a [[lion-tailed macaque]] was found mysteriously dead.<ref name="monkey_death" /> An [[emu]] and a [[tiger]] were also reported to have died mysteriously. On 4 September 2004, an [[elephant]] died, reportedly of acute haemorrhagic [[enteritis]] and respiratory distress. It was reported that the illness in elephants was due to poisoning. As a safety measure, the zoo authority suspended several staff members who were allegedly responsible for the "gruesome killings". Laboratory tests later confirmed that the two elephants, named Ganesha and Roopa, had been poisoned.<ref name="elephant_death" /> This was followed by another elephant death (Komala) on 7 September despite heightened security. Komala had been scheduled to be transferred to Armenia in about a month.<ref name="elephant_death2" /> On 24 October 2005 another elephant, Rohan along with his mate Ansul, died with suspicions of poisoning. The elephants were supposed to be sent to [[Armenia]] as a [[Goodwill ambassador|goodwill gesture]]. The [[List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka|Chief Minister of Karnataka]] immediately ordered a probe into the death of Ansul and Rohan. 4 January 2017, the zoo announced that it was hit by avian influenza. Lab reports confirmed that six free-ranging and migratory birds died due to avian influenza (H5N8) in late December. The monthlong closure is the longest for the 124-year-old Mysore Zoo == Gallery == <gallery> File:ElephantFamily.jpg|[[Indian elephant]] File:SHI 9492.JPG|[[Leopard]] File:GiraffesAtLunch.jpg|[[Giraffe]]s feeding File:Tiger, prince manu, r.r ngr blore, Mysore zoo.jpg|Tiger in lush vegetation File:Zebras, Sumit Dhar, image taken at Mysore Zoo.jpg|[[Zebra]]s File:Sri Chamarajendra Zoo, Mysore 54.jpg|[[Swan]] File:Great White Pelican Mysore07.jpg|Great white pelican File:TwoHornedRhino Mysore07.jpg|White rhinoceros File:IndianBison Mysore07.jpg|Gaur File:Mysore Zoo - 16.JPG|Elephant File:Mysore Zoo - 14.JPG|Rhino File:Mysore Zoo - 10.JPG|White tiger File:Lion in Mysore zoo 01.jpg|[[Lion]] File:Statue located at Mysore Zoo (Mysuru Zoo) 20180127 084918.jpg|Statue located at Mysore Zoo </gallery> == Notes == {{Reflist |refs= <ref name="zoo_history">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mysore.org.uk/tourist-attractions/mysore-zoo.html |title=Mysore Zoo |work=mysore.org.uk |publisher=Mysore: City of Palaces |access-date=9 April 2011 |archive-date=12 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312083945/http://www.mysore.org.uk/tourist-attractions/mysore-zoo.html |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="cza_list">{{ZooOrg|cza|zoos|accessdate=4 July 2011}}</ref> <ref name="kuchbhi">{{Cite web |url = http://www.kuchbhi.com/india/61-articles/258-list-of-zoos-in-india-from-1800-until-now.html |title = List of Zoos in India, from 1800 until now |work = kuchbhi.com |publisher = Kuchbhi |access-date = 4 July 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111021205725/http://kuchbhi.com/india/61-articles/258-list-of-zoos-in-india-from-1800-until-now.html |archive-date = 21 October 2011 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> <ref name="elephant_death">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/21/stories/2004092104982000.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041014032803/http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/21/stories/2004092104982000.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 October 2004 |title=Zoo killers of Mysore |first=Kumar |last=R. Krishna |date=21 September 2004 |access-date=8 April 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India }}</ref> <ref name="elephant_death2">{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-10-24/bangalore/27152239_1_female-elephant-mysore-zoo-zoo-executive-director |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713025713/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-10-24/bangalore/27152239_1_female-elephant-mysore-zoo-zoo-executive-director |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 July 2011 |title=Another elephant dies at Mysore Zoo |date=24 October 2004 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=4 April 2011 }}</ref> <ref name="monkey_death">{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-10-14/delhi/27161483_1_mysore-zoo-cza-lion-tail |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713025704/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-10-14/delhi/27161483_1_mysore-zoo-cza-lion-tail |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 July 2011 |title=Yet another 'murder' in Mysore zoo |first=Surojit |last=Mahalanobis |date=14 October 2004 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=4 April 2011 }}</ref> <ref name="elephant.se">{{Cite web |url=http://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=153&show=1 |title=Mysore Zoo |work=elephant.se |publisher=[[Dan Koehl#Elephant Encyclopedia|Koehl D, Elephant Encyclopedia]] |access-date=9 April 2011 |archive-date=14 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514150950/http://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=153&show=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> <!-- ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-districtplus/when-kids-handle-animals/article4748245.ece The Hindu Article on Mysore Zoo's educational activities]</ref --> }} == External links == {{Commons category|Mysore Zoo}} *{{Official website|https://mysorezoo.info/html/animals.php}} *[https://techbeyondinfinity.com/guides/mysore-zoo-timings Mysore Zoo Timings | Mysore Zoo Story] {{Mysore topics}} {{Zoos of India}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Zoos in India]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in Mysore]] [[Category:1892 establishments in India]] [[Category:Educational organizations established in 1892]] [[Category:Zoos established in the 19th century]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Mysore]] [[Category:Culture of Mysore]]
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