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
Mini Zoo,Pipli
Mini Zoo,Pipli
Coordinates: 29°59′08″N 76°53′37″E
Country India
StateHaryana
DistrictKurukshetra district
Government
 • TypeGovernment of Haryana
 • BodyForests Department, Haryana
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Websitewww.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]

  • 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)

References
  1. Haryana Forests Dept Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Tigress killed by tiger in Haryana zoo
  3. Baby Baboon born in Pipli Zoo
  4. Tigress killed by tiger in Haryana zoo
  5. चिड़ियाघर घूमने आए बच्चों को मधुमक्खियों ने काटा
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