Mini Zoo & Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli
The Mini Zoo is located on Grand Trunk Road near Pipli bus stand in Kurukshetra, Haryana, India.
Mini Zoo,Pipli लघु चिड़ियाघर,पिपली | |
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Coordinates: 29°59′08″N 76°53′37″E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Haryana |
District | Kurukshetra district |
Government | |
• Type | Government of Haryana |
• Body | Forests Department, Haryana |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Website | www.haryanaforest.gov.in |
Description
Spread over 27 acres of land along the National Highway-1 in Kurukshetra, Pipli zoo is one of the three maintained zoos of the state wildlife department. The other two are in Rohtak and Bhiwani. The zoo has the following animals:[1]
Incidents related to zoos in Haryana
- Deer Park, Hisar, founded in 1970-71, is oldest among zoos and deer parks in Haryana
- Haryana is now left with 5 tigers in captivity: 2 each in Mini Zoo, Bhiwani and Rohtak Zoo and 1 in Pipali Zoo[2]
- In 2003, a baby baboon was born in Pipali Zoo[3]
- In 2009, tiger Apaya of Bhiwani zoo attacked and killed another tigress.[4]
- In 2011, tiger Apaya of Bhiwani zoo entered the enclosure of another tigress Rani and attacked her. Rani died and was buried on the zoo premises.
- In 2011 another tiger Brondis had killed a caretaker in Bhiwani zoo.
- In 2014, 43 private school kids who were visiting Bhiwnai zoo were attacked by the bees.[5]
Album
Representative album of types of animals and birds found in this zoo.
- Blackbuck fleeing
- Male and female blackbucks
- Antelope jumping
- Bandar (monkey)
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References
External links
- A video of a Bengal tiger in Pipli Zoo is here.
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