- Central Zoo Authority of India
The Central Zoo Authority of India (CZA) is a body of the
government of India responsible for oversight ofzoo s.The CZA was formed to bring
India n zoos to international standards; prior to the formation of CZA, many zoos were poorly managed, with unsuitable animal enclosures and little or nobreeding records ofanimal s, which causedinbreeding and hybridization (genetic pollution , as in one case where anAsiatic Lion cross-bred with an Africanlion ).List of zoos in India
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Allen Forest Zoo ,Kanpur
*Lucknow Zoo ,Lucknow
*Nehru Zoological Park ,Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
*Indira Gandhi Park ,Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
*Sree Venkateswara Zoo ,Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
*Jijamata Udyaan ,Mumbai
*Arignar Anna Zoological Park (Vandalur Zoo),Chennai
*Alipore Zoological Gardens ,Kolkata
*Mysore Zoo ,Karnataka
*Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park ,Darjeeling
*Sakkarbaug Zoological Garden ,Junagadh ,Gujarat
*Madras Crocodile Bank Trust
*Parassinikkadavu Snake Park
*Nandankanan zoo ,Orissa ,India
*Guwahati Zoo ,Assam ,India
*Marble Palace zoo ,Kolkata
*Trivandrum Zoo ,Trivandrum ,Kerala
*Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park ,Pune ,Maharashtra ee also
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List of zoos worldwide including India
*List of Zoos in India
*Zoo Outreach Organisation (ZOO),India is anNGO
*Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
*World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA)
*European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA)
*Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)
*List of zoos worldwide including India
* Animals in captivity
*Environmental enrichment
*Heini Hediger
*Zoology
*Wildlife conservation
*Biodiversity
*Endangered species
*Extinction
*Ex-situ conservation
*In-situ conservation
*List of Conservation topics
*Zoos External links
* [http://www.cza.nic.in/index.html Official website of: "Central Zoo Authority of India" (CZA), Government of India]
* [http://www.cza.nic.in/view_between_year.asp "The official List of Animals at individual Zoos in India", this list is maintained by the Central Zoo Authority of India (CZA). Most zoos in India still do not have a website of their own.]
* [http://www.zooreach.org/index.html “Zoo Outreach Organisation”, India]
* [http://www.zoosprint.org/ "ZOOS PRINT magazine" of "Zoo Outreach Organisation”, India]
* [http://www.zoos-worldwide.de Zoos Worldwide] Zoos, aquariums, animal sanctuaries and wildlife parks worldwide.
* [http://waza.org/ World Association of Zoos and Aquariums]
* [http://aiza.org.es/ AIZA]
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