Impressed 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…
3 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…
Mysore/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…
Hospitality 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…
Mysore/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…
Hikes entry fee to Karanji Lake Nature Park To let out subway walls for advertisements Mysore/Mysuru: Struggling to come out of the COVID pandemic blues, the Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo), having many rare fauna and bird populations, is looking to increase its revenues. The Zoo is a self-sustaining organisation that does not get…
Pushkar lived in City Zoo from 2001 to 2013 Mysore/Mysuru: A rare pink female leopard was sighted in the Ranakpur region in the Pali district of Rajasthan a couple of days back while earlier sighting of the pink leopard was reported from South Africa. The Indian leopard usually has its coat spotted on a pale…
Bank Note Paper Mill India contributes Rs. 70 lakh of Rs. 1.02 crore total project Mysore/Mysuru: After briefly opening the orangutan enclosures in the first week of Dasara, the Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo) has now fully thrown open the same for public viewing. The primates — two male and two female — were…
New guests: Four orangutans from Singapore and two gorillas from Germany Mysore/Mysuru: Coinciding with 412th Dasara, the Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo) has achieved the rare distinction of being the only Zoo in India to possess gorillas and orangutans along with a white rhino and African cheetahs. While the white rhino and cheetahs were the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Zoo Authority of Karnataka (ZAK) Member-Secretary B.P. Ravi has requested Co-operation and District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar to impress upon the State Government to release immediately Rs.36.79 crore towards the maintenance of nine Zoos in the State. “The century-old Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens and Bannerghatta Biological Park with the available funds can manage for…
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