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 Himalayan
Zoological Park
The Himalayan Zoological Park is located on the natural environment
of Birch Hill 2kms from the Darjeeling Mall. The eminence of
this Zoo retains some of the original sylvan beauty of the hills
covered with huge age-old mossy trees. The Zoo, acting as a
centre of preservation and propagation of rare fauna of the
temperate and Alpine region, is also one of the prime attractions
in Darjeeling town.
The Zoological Park is the first one in the
world to breed rare Red Panda successfully in  captive.
The zoo official has released few pandas in the Sandakphu area
after breeding. The captive breeding of snow leopard is another
ambitious project taken by the Zoo authority. It has a collection
of some of the endangered species of the higher Himalayas. A pair of Siberian tiger brought from Switzerland, Himalayan
Black Beer, Red Panda, Snow Leopard, clouded leopard several
species of sheep and birds like blood pheasant, tragopan, monal
etc. adorn the zoo and attracts a large number of visitor each
day. The zoo opens at 9o'clock and closes at 4.30 PM. It remains
closed on Thursday. |
