Mini Zoo & Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli
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The Mini Zoo is located on Grand Trunk Road near Pipli bus stand in Kurukshetra, Haryana, India.
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]
- 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]
Riverfont
Pipli Sarasvati Riverfont is being developed are a riverfront. In 2021, Haryana Sarasvati Heritage Development Board initiated projects to develop 5 river fronts under the under Sarasvatio Revival Project on the rejuvenated Sarasvati river at Pipli, Pehowa, Bilaspur, Dosarka (on Panchkula-Yamunanagar NH-344 near Sirsgarh) and the Theh Polar (near Sarasvati-Sindhu Civilisation archaeological site on Kaithal-Guhla SH-11). Pipli riverfront will be on the pattern Sabarmati Riverfront.[6]
It is one of the important tirtha in the 48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra.
Gallery
Representative album of types of animals and birds found in this zoo.
- Blackbuck fleeing
- Male and female blackbucks
- Antelope jumping
- Bandar (monkey)
See also
- 48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra
- Gita Mahotsav
- Lohgarh (Bilaspur)
- List of protected areas of Haryana
- Parikrama
- Sadaura
References
- ^ Haryana Forests Dept Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tigress killed by tiger in Haryana zoo
- ^ Baby Baboon born in Pipli Zoo
- ^ Tigress killed by tiger in Haryana zoo
- ^ चिड़ियाघर घूमने आए बच्चों को मधुमक्खियों ने काटा
- ^ Haryana's Saraswati heritage board to develop 5 riverfronts, The Tribune, 19 Jul 2021.
External links
- A video of a Bengal tiger in Pipli Zoo is here.
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- Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary, Jhajjar
- Chhilchhila Wildlife Sanctuary, Kurukshetra
- Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary, Panchkula
- Nahar Wildlife Sanctuary, Rewari
- Abubshahar Wildlife Sanctuary, Sirsa
- Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary, Jhajjar
- Khol Hi-Raitan Wildlife Sanctuary, Panchkula
- Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary, District Kaithal, Kurukshetra
- Bir Bara Ban Wildlife Sanctuary, District Jind
- 1. Mini Zoo & Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli
- 2. Rohtak Zoo
- 3. Mini Zoo Bhiwani
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