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	==See also==		==See also==
	~~{{Portal\|Animals}}~~
	* [[List of Botanical Gardens in India]] and the "Indian portion" of the international [[List of botanical gardens]]		* [[List of Botanical Gardens in India]] and the "Indian portion" of the international [[List of botanical gardens]]
	* [[Najafgarh drain bird sanctuary]], Delhi		* [[Najafgarh drain bird sanctuary]], Delhi

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{{Short description|National Zoo at Delhi}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
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|image = NZP Delhi.jpg
|image_caption = White Tiger at National Zoological Park, Delhi
|location = [[Delhi]], India
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|coordinates = {{Coord|28.6044359|77.2461981|type:landmark_scale:5000|display=it}}
|area = {{Convert|176|acre|abbr=on}}<ref name="zoo_statistics"/>
|num_species = 127 (2008)<ref name="zoo_statistics"/>
|num_animals = 1347 (2008)<ref name="zoo_statistics"/>
|largest_tank_vol =
|total_tank_vol =
|annual_visitors =
|members = [[Central Zoo Authority of India|CZA]]<ref name="cza_list"/>
|exhibits =
|website = {{URL|http://www.nzpnewdelhi.gov.in}}
}}

The '''National Zoological Park''' (originally '''Delhi Zoo''') is a {{Convert|176|acre|adj=on}} [[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.<ref name="bharatonline"/> Visitors are not permitted to bring any food other than drinking water, but there is a canteen in the zoo.<ref name="delhilive"/>

==History==
[[File:Mughal-era Kos Minar in the Delhi National Zoo.jpg|thumb|left|175px|[[Mughal period]] [[Kos Minar]] in the zoo]]
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.<ref>http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Hindustan Times, 7 April 2013</ref>

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.<ref name="zoo_statistics"/>

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.<ref name="zoo_statistics"/>

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.<ref name="zoo_statistics"/><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090410080407/http://trbaalu.nic.in/minister/news/2001/oct01/08-10-2001-news1.html Plan to make Delhi zoo world class</ref>

===Maqsood incident===
On 23 September 2014, a man named Maqsood, fell in white tiger's moat accidentally. The children around started throwing stones at the tiger. The man was then carried away and mauled by the enraged tiger after some minutes. The man later succumbed to his injuries.<ref>http://www.rg.ru/2014/09/23/tigr-site-anons.html Белый тигр убил человека, который залез в клетку в индийском зоопарке 23.09.2014</ref><ref>http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2014-09/24/c_127024929.htm 印度动物园老虎咬死一人 2014年09月24日</ref><ref>http://world.people.com.cn/n/2014/0924/c157278-25723143-2.html 印度学生跳入动物园老虎场地被咬死生前求饶【2】 2014年09月24日</ref><ref>http://news.qq.com/a/20140924/019997.htm 印度男子误入老虎圈被当场咬死 2014-09-24</ref><ref>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-24/white-tiger-kills-boy-at-new-delhi-zoo/5764420 White tiger kills boy at New Delhi Zoo 2014-09-24</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/world/asia/white-tiger-kills-visitor-to-new-delhi-zoo.html?_r=0 White Tiger Kills Visitor at Zoo in India SEPT. 23, 2014</ref>
The incident, which took place between 12.30 pm and 1 pm, created a sensation and word soon spread through the metropolis, with pictures and video of the tiger - one of the zoo's star attractions - dragging the man going viral.

==Exhibits==
[[File:Delhi Zoo.jpg|thumbnail|right|Zoo entrance depicts the exhibits.]]
Going to the right from the entrance brings visitors to the enclosures for animals including [[Common chimpanzee|chimpanzee]], [[hippopotamus]], [[spider monkey]], [[African buffalo|African wild buffalo]], [[Giraffe]]s, [[Asian lion|Gir lion]], and [[Zebra]]s. Going to the left, visitors will see animals including migratory birds like [[peafowl]], and well as [[hyenas]], [[macaque]]s, and [[jaguar]]s in the swamps that were designed for water birds. In the centre of the zoo is the underground reptile house.<ref name="bharatonline"/>
[[File:White peacock at National zoological park delhi.jpg|thumb|white peacock]]
[[File:Hippo in delhi zoological park.jpg|thumb|Hippo in Delhi Zoological Park]]

The Zoo is closed on every Friday and National Holidays.

==Conservation breeding==
The zoo is part of conservation breeding programmes of the [[Central Zoo Authority]] for the [[Bengal tiger|royal Bengal tiger]], [[Indian Rhinoceros|Indian rhinoceros]], [[Barasingha|swamp deer]], [[Asiatic lion]], [[Eld's Deer|brow antlered deer]], and [[red jungle fowl]].<ref name="zoo_statistics"/>

The breeding program for the brow antlered deer has been so successful, starting with a pair of these deer in 1962, that individuals from the herd have been distributed to zoos in Ahmedabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Junagarh, and Mysore, and have acclimated well to all of these locations.<ref name="delhilive"/>

== Gallery ==

<gallery mode=packed heights=100>
File:Manipur Brow-antlered Deers (Rucervus eldi eldi) (19918669375).jpg | Manipur Brow-antlered Deers (''Rucervus eldi eldi'')
File:National Zoological Park Delhi 091.jpg| Blackbuck (''Antilope cervicapra'')
File:NZP Delhi1.jpg|Leopard
File:Royal Bengal Tiger at New Delhi.jpg|[[Bengal tiger|royal Bengal tiger]]
Image:Indian Rhinoceros in National Zoological Park Delhi.jpg|[[Indian Rhinoceros|Indian rhinoceros]]
Image:Zoo_4_Shoot.jpg|Emu
File:Gaur in New Delhi Zoo.jpg|Gaur in New Delhi Zoo
File:Hippo in new delhi zoo.jpg|Hippopotamus
File:Water-birds in National Zoological Park, Delhi.jpg|Water-birds around Lake
File:Black Bear in National Zoological Park, Delhi.jpg|Black Bear
File:CSC 0385.jpg|Jaguar
File:National Zoological Park Birds.jpg|[[Birds]] in Delhi Zoo
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Animals}}
* [[List of Botanical Gardens in India]] and the "Indian portion" of the international [[List of botanical gardens]]
* [[Najafgarh drain bird sanctuary]], Delhi
* [[Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary]], Delhi
* [[Sultanpur National Park]], bordering Delhi in adjoining [[Gurgaon District]], [[Haryana]]
* [[Okhla Sanctuary]], bordering Delhi in adjoining [[Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Thiruvananthapuram Zoo]]

==References==
{{Reflist |refs=

<ref name="zoo_statistics">
{{Cite web
|url=http://nzpnewdelhi.gov.in/statistics.htm
|title=Statistics
|work=nzpnewdelhi.gov.in
|publisher=National Zoological Park
|access-date=24 July 2011
}}</ref>

<ref name="cza_list">
{{ZooOrg|cza|zoos|accessdate=4 July 2011}}
</ref>

<ref name="kuchbhi">
{{Cite web
|url = http://www.kuchbhi.com/india/61-articles/258-list-of-zoos-in-india-from-1800-until-now.html
|title = List of Zoos in India, from 1800 until now
|work = kuchbhi.com
|publisher = Kuchbhi
|access-date = 4 July 2011
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111021205725/http://kuchbhi.com/india/61-articles/258-list-of-zoos-in-india-from-1800-until-now.html
|archive-date = 21 October 2011
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>

<ref name="bharatonline">
{{Cite web
|url=http://www.bharatonline.com/delhi/tourist-attractions/zoological-park.html
|title=Delhi Zoo
|work=bharatonline.com
|publisher=Bharat Online
|access-date=24 July 2011
}}</ref>

<ref name="delhilive">
{{Cite web
|url = http://www.delhilive.com/delhi-zoo-0
|title = Delhi Zoo
|work = delhilive.com
|publisher = Delhi Live
|access-date = 24 July 2011
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111002193401/http://www.delhilive.com/delhi-zoo-0
|archive-date = 2 October 2011
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://www.nzpnewdelhi.gov.in/}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091128084509/http://www.cza.nic.in/index.html Official website of: "Central Zoo Authority of India" (CZA), Government of India]

{{Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (India)}}
{{Zoos of India}}

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[[Category:Tourist attractions in Delhi]]
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