Maintenance of Zoological Park

Maintenance of Zoological Park

Once the park is established its bringing up and maintenance is as difficult as its setting up. The trouble start when the animals start arriving. Proper arrangements must be made in advance to proper the animals properly in their enclosures. Satisfactory arrangement for the procurement of feed and fodder for the animals must also be made in advance.

Veterinary and Health Care. Adequate up and maintenance is as difficult as its setting regular check up pathological investigations are absolutely necessary to be made for the health, care and upkeep of the animals. Animals should be regularly vaccinated. For proper veterinary care, case history files and history sheets of all animals should be maintained. The veterinary doctor should be stationed at site along with necessary staff.

      Successful growth of a zoological park can be estimated from the lower rate of mortality of animals every year, good breeding results and good health of the animals. It is essential to ensure proper sanitation  and upkeep of animals houses, cages, toilets and other public placed

Monotony Another problem is monotony of the animals. Animals specially those caught from the wild tend to become bored. Monotony arises when companion of an animals dies or due to the lack of variety in the enclosure, improper male females ratio,  or improper food. All these can be rectified by thoughtful panning

Landscaping Works. The lawns, parks and grassy patches must be trimmed and mowed regularly. Trees, shrubs etc. must be tended. The annual and seasonal flowers should be grown in abundance to splash colour in the park and give feeling of gaiety and festivity,

Hoardings and Sign Park on Roads. To give proper direction and indication to the visitors and tourists, and tourists, sing posts of the zoological park should be put up on important points and road junctions. Big hoardings not only attract visitors but also provide proper directions to the park. They also give some indications of the kind of animals in the park.

Literature on Park Animals. For the purpose of education, posters, brochures on park charts , magazines and articles on wildlife and plants should be brought out for free distribution to the public for information and dissemination of knowledge on wildlife of the park,

Important Zoological Parks of India

1.       Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Visakhapatanam, Andhra Pradesh.

2.       Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

3.       Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.

4.       National Zoological Park, Mathura Road, Delhi.

5.       Kamala Nehru Zoological Garden, Kankaria, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

6.       Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Garden, Mysore, Karnataka.

7.       NandanKanan Zoological Park, Bhubaneshwae, Orissa.

8.       Mahendra Chaudhury Zoological Park, Chhatbir, Punjab.

9.       Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur, Outskirts of Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

10.   Kurumbapatti Zoological Park, Salem, Tamil Nadu.

11.   Kanpur Zoological Park, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

12.   Prince of Wales Zoological Gardens, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

13.   Zoological Garden, Alipore, Lolkata.

14.   Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, Darjelling, West Bengal.

15.   Zoological Park, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.

16.   Gandhi Zoological Park, Gwaliar, Madhya Pradesh.

17.   Manipur Zoological Garden, Iroisemba. Imphal. Manipur.