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Assam
State
Zoo
cum
Botanical
Garden
The Assam
State
Zoo
cum
Botanical
Garden (popularly
known
as
Guwahati
Zoo)
is
the
largest
of
its
kind
in
the
North
East
region
and
it
is
spread
across
432
acre
(175
hectare).
The
zoo
is
located
within
the Hengrabari Reserved
Forest at Guwahati, India.
The
zoo
is
home
to
about
895
animals,
birds
and
reptiles
representing
almost
113
species
of
animals
and
birds
from
around
the
world.
Date
opened1958
LocationZoo
Road, Guwahati, IndiaCoordinates26.1632°N
91.7868°ELand
area432.435
acres
(175.000 ha)Annual
visitors450000
Memberships
Major
exhibits
One
horned
Indian
rhinoceros, tiger, clouded
leopard, golden
langur, hoolock
gibbon, serow, elephant, brow
antlered
deer, slow
loris, Himalayan
black
bear, leopard
cat, binturong, jungle
catWebsitewww.guwahatizoo.kamakhyatemple.org
The
Divisional
officer
of
Assam
State
Zoo
is Mr
Tejas
Mariswamy from
Mysore,
Karnataka.
HistoryEdit
The
64th
session
of Indian
National
Congress was
held
in
Guwahati,
in
1957.
The
Organising
committee
of INC organised
an
exhibit
with
included
few
animals
and
birds,
of
which
a
female
leopard
cub
named
Spotty
was
the
favourite.
After
the
meeting
came
to
an
end,
it
was
felt
to
necessity
of
a
zoo
to
house
these
animals.
These
animals
were
shifted
to
Japorigog
in
the
Hengrabari
Reserve
forest,
with
an
area
of
130
Hectare,
suitable
to
create
facilities
and
house
these
animals,
thus,
The
Assam
State
Zoo
was
established
in
the
year
1957
and
was
open
to
public
viewing
in
the
year
1958.
The
total
number
of
animals
and
birds,
at
the
time
of
its
inception
was
42
(22
species)
and
236
(31
species)
respectively.
Over
the
years,
the
zoo
grew
and
expanded
to
accommodate
eye-catching
exotic
ones
like chimpanzees, white
rhinos & black
rhinos, zebras, ostriches and giraffes from Africa; puma, jaguar and llama from South
America and kangaroos from Australia.
To
get
these
exotic
animals
the
zoo
used
to
send
indigenous
animals
like one
horned
Indian
rhinoceros and
others,
to
many
countries.
Through
later
the
importance
was
shifted
to
indigenous
species
and
several
captive
breeding
programs
also
started
which
were
successful.
In
the
year
1959
a
forest
division
was
created
as
Assam
State
Zoo
Division
and
the
zoo
was
put
under
this
division.
The
Assam
State
Zoo
also
added
a
museum
and
in
the
year
1982
a
botanical
garden
and
so
Assam
State
Zoo
became
The
Assam
State
Zoo
cum
Botanical
Garden.
In
2002
another
45
hectare
area
of
the
Hengrabari
Reserve
Forests
were
added
to
the
zoo
and
thus,
the
total
area
of
the
zoo
became
175
hectare
and
in
August,
2005
the
Animal
Adoption
Scheme
launched.
Apart
from
being
the
region’s
premier
zoo
and
ex-situ
conservation
centre,
we
aim
to
offer
quality
services
and
facilities
in
rescue
and
rehabilitation
of
wild
animals,
nature
awareness,
interpretation
and
responsible
nature-tourism.
We
shall
continue
to
act
as
a
repository
of
wild
bio-diversity
and
a
green
lung
for
the
city
of
Guwahati.
We
shall
also
strive
to
make
Assam
State
Zoo
Cum
Botanical
Garden
the
best
and
complete
recreational
and
educational
destination
in
the
whole
of
North-east
India.
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