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Victoria Gardens is a zoo and a garden located at Byculla, in the heart of Mumbai. It was laid out in 1861. Also, situated in the Gardens is the Victoria and Albert Museum, mainly of industrial and agricultural interest. In the grounds to the east of the museum is the giant statue of an elephant, brought originally from the Elephanta Caves.

The Zoo has seen a lot of controversy surrounding its ill-treated animals.Fact|date=June 2008 The elephants used to, until very recently, live in a small enclosure with their legs chained to restrain them. The other animals still have terrible cages barely larger than themselves. Teasing monkeys and other animals is common in the zoo. 11 antelope died recently in their enclosure at the zoo. While zoo authorities claim that stray dogs broke in, spooked the antelope, and caused the deaths due to stress, many others believe that the on-going construction caused the deer stress which eventually killed them.

ee also

* List of Tourist Attractions in Mumbai
* Central Zoo Authority of India (CZA), Governing Authority of all Zoos in India
* Zoo Outreach Organisation (ZOO), India is an NGO
* List of Zoos in India
* Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
* List of zoos
* Animals in captivity
* Environmental enrichment
* Heini Hediger
* Zoology
* Wildlife conservation
* Biodiversity
* Endangered species
* Extinction
* Ex-situ conservation
* In-situ conservation
* List of Conservation topics


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