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The National
Zoological
Park (originally Delhi
Zoo)
is
a
176-acre
(71 ha) zoo in
New
Delhi
,
India.
A
16th-century
citadel,
a
sprawling
green
island
and
a
motley
collection
of
animals
and
birds,
all
in
the
middle
of
a
burgeoning
urban
Delhi.
The
zoo
is
home
to
about
1350
animals
representing
almost
130
species
of
animals
and
birds
from
around
the
world.
The
zoo
can
be
seen
on
foot
or
using
a
battery-operated
vehicle
which
can
be
rented
at
the
zoo.Visitors
are
not
permitted
to
bring
any
food
other
than
drinking
water,
but
there
is
a
canteen
in
the
zoo. In
2014
a
visitor
who
was
mentally
ill,
was
killed
as
he
had
fallen
into
the
white
tigers
enclosure.
The
Delhi
zoo
came
decades
later
after New
Delhi was
built.
although
the
idea
to
have
a
zoo
at
the
national
capital
was
mooted
in
1951,
the
park
was
inaugurated
in
November
1959.[8]
In
1952
the
Indian
Board
for
Wildlife
created
a
committee
to
look
into
creating
a
zoo
for
Delhi.
The
government
of
India
was
to
develop
the
zoo
and
then
turn
it
over
to
Delhi
as
a
working
enterprise.
In
1953
the
committee
approved
the
location
of
the
zoo,
and
in
October
1955
it
assigned
N.
D.
Bachkheti
of
the
Indian
Forest
Service
to
oversee
the
creation
of
the
zoo.
Initially
Major
Aubrey
Weinman
of
the
Ceylon
Zoological
Garden
(now
the National
Zoological
Gardens
of
Sri
Lanka)
was
asked
to
help
draw
the
plans
for
the
zoo,
but
because
he
was
not
available
for
the
long
term, Carl
Hagenbeck of
the Zoological
Garden
of
Hamburg was
hired.
In
March
1956,
Hagenbeck
presented
a
preliminary
plan,
which
included
the
recommendation
to
use
moated
enclosures
for
the
new
zoo.
The
plan
was
modified
as
needed
to
account
for
local
conditions,
and
approved
by
the
Indian
government
in
December
1956.
By
the
end
of
1959,
the
Northern
part
of
the
zoo
was
complete,
and
animals
which
had
been
arriving
for
some
time
and
which
had
been
housed
in
temporary
pens
were
moved
into
their
permanent
homes.
The
park
was
opened
on
1
November
1959
as
the
Delhi
Zoo.
In
1982
it
was
officially
renamed
to
National
Zoological
Park,
with
hopes
that
it
could
become
a
model
for
other
zoos
in
the
country.
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