Mysore/Mysuru: Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysore Zoo) is organising a Wildlife Photography Competition and Exhibition from Oct. 2 to 8 at the Zoo premises as part of Wildlife Week celebrations. The competition will be held in two categories, — ex-situ conservation and in-situ conservation. Each category consists of 3 cash awards and 4 certificate of…
Zoo Youth Club: Entries invited from students
June 13, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo) will be organising Youth Club activities for students aged between 12-18 years from 23.7.2023 to 7.1.2024. Classes will be held only on Sundays between 10 am and 1 pm (for 25 Sundays). Students will get exposure to basics of biodiversity, values of wildlife, conservation of wild animals, animal…
White tigress, three cubs main attractions at Mysuru Zoo now
December 25, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: It was a moment of joy for visitors to Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, popularly known as Mysuru Zoo yesterday as they were given a chance for the first time to see the cubs of albino (white) tigress Thara that had given birth to three cubs on April 26, 2022. The cubs and the mother…
Mysuru Zoo India’s second best in Zoo management, hygiene
September 18, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, popularly known as Mysuru Zoo, has earned second place in the country in Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Zoos of India (MEE-Zoo), under large category of Zoos. The evaluation is based on the maintenance of Zoos, hygienity exchange of animals, attraction of visitors and other criteria. Tamil Nadu’s Arignar Anna Zoological…
Suttur Seer visits Mysuru Zoo, lauds staff
July 5, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: It is a matter of pride to Mysureans that the well-maintained Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo) has become a model Zoo in the country, opined Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji. The Suttur Seer, who went around the Mysuru Zoo in a battery-operated vehicle yesterday, took a look at the cubs of white…
Minister spends morning with Zoo animals
June 30, 2022Impressed with collections and facilities, Forest Minister Umesh Katti calls it a model Zoo Mysore/Mysuru: Forest Minister Umesh Katti — under whose governance all the nine Zoos in Karnataka comes — took a detailed view of Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, popularly known as Mysuru Zoo, this morning and spent over five hours inside the Zoo…
City Zoo gets 23 guests, now under quarantine
June 18, 20223 Wallabies, 15 Baboons and 5 Ring-Tailed Lemurs will be put on public display soon Mysore/Mysuru: Fresh guests have arrived at the Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens in Mysuru (Mysuru Zoo) from foreign shores. Though these animals were sanctioned by various international zoos long back as per the International Animal Exchange Programme, these animals have arrived…
City Zoo to get enclosures for sloth bear, ring-tailed lemur
May 7, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: After the successful construction of hi-tech, eco-friendly and animal-friendly enclosures for primates including orangutans and gorillas out of the funds released as per the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of companies, Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo) is all set to get enclosures for sloth bears. The enclosures have come in for great public appreciation…
Tourists teeming in Mysuru, Kodagu
April 15, 2022Hospitality sector stakeholders elated as hotels see 100 percent occupancy Mysuru: Long weekend, summer vacation for schools, a pandemic-fear-free surroundings and safety guaranteed by vaccines — all these have contributed to the tourist rush in Mysuru and Kodagu. Though there are reports about the imminent fourth wave, thousands of tourists have preferred travelling to being…
Zoo orangutans to get another enclosure
February 26, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The foundation stone was laid yesterday to build enclosures for orangutans at Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, famous as Mysuru Zoo. The enclosures will cost Rs. 1 crore and Bank Note Paper Mill India, Mysuru (BNPM) has come forward to bear the costs. In a press release, Zoo Executive Director Ajit Kulkarni stated that BNPM…
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