Mini Zoo & Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli

Mini Zoo,Pipli
Mini Zoo,Pipli
	Mini Zoo,Pipli Mini Zoo,Pipli
	Coordinates: 29°59′08″N 76°53′37″E / 29.98556°N 76.89361°E
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Kurukshetra district
Government
• Type	Government of Haryana
• Body	Forests Department, Haryana
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Website	www.haryanaforest.gov.in

The Mini Zoo is located on Grand Trunk Road near Pipli bus stand in Kurukshetra, Haryana, India.

Description[edit]

Spread over 27 acres of land along the National Highway-1 in Kurukshetra, Pipli zoo is one of the three maintained zoos of the state wildlife department. The other two are in Rohtak and Bhiwani. The zoo has the following animals:^[1]

Incidents related to zoos in Haryana[edit]

Deer Park, Hisar, founded in 1970-71, is oldest among zoos and deer parks in Haryana
Haryana is now left with 5 tigers in captivity: 2 each in Mini Zoo, Bhiwani and Rohtak Zoo and 1 in Pipali Zoo^[2]
In 2003, a baby baboon was born in Pipali Zoo^[3]
In 2009, tiger Apaya of Bhiwani zoo attacked and killed another tigress.^[4]
In 2011, tiger Apaya of Bhiwani zoo entered the enclosure of another tigress Rani and attacked her. Rani died and was buried on the zoo premises.
In 2011 another tiger Brondis had killed a caretaker in Bhiwani zoo.
In 2014, 43 private school kids who were visiting Bhiwnai zoo were attacked by the bees.^[5]

Riverfont[edit]

Pipli Sarasvati Riverfont is being developed are a riverfront. In 2021, Haryana Sarasvati Heritage Development Board initiated projects to develop 5 river fronts under the under Sarasvatio Revival Project on the rejuvenated Sarasvati river at Pipli, Pehowa, Bilaspur, Dosarka (on Panchkula-Yamunanagar NH-344 near Sirsgarh) and the Theh Polar (near Sarasvati-Sindhu Civilisation archaeological site on Kaithal-Guhla SH-11). Pipli riverfront will be on the pattern Sabarmati Riverfront.^[6]

It is one of the important tirtha in the 48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra.

Gallery[edit]

Representative album of types of animals and birds found in this zoo.

Blackbuck fleeing
Male and female blackbucks
Antelope jumping
Bandar (monkey)

References[edit]

^ Haryana Forests Dept Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
^ Tigress killed by tiger in Haryana zoo
^ Baby Baboon born in Pipli Zoo
^ Tigress killed by tiger in Haryana zoo
^ चिड़ियाघर घूमने आए बच्चों को मधुमक्खियों ने काटा
^ Haryana's Saraswati heritage board to develop 5 riverfronts, The Tribune, 19 Jul 2021.

External links[edit]

A video of a Bengal tiger in Pipli Zoo is here.

[1] Haryana Forests Dept Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Tigress killed by tiger in Haryana zoo

[3] Baby Baboon born in Pipli Zoo

[4] Tigress killed by tiger in Haryana zoo

[5] चिड़ियाघर घूमने आए बच्चों को मधुमक्खियों ने काटा

[de1-6] Haryana's Saraswati heritage board to develop 5 riverfronts, The Tribune, 19 Jul 2021.

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v t e Protected areas of Haryana
National Parks	Kalesar National Park (Yamunanagar) Sultanpur National Park (Gurgaon)
Wildlife Sanctuaries	Kalesar Wildlife Sanctuary, Yamunanagar Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary, Jhajjar Chhilchhila Wildlife Sanctuary, Kurukshetra Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary, Panchkula Nahar Wildlife Sanctuary, Rewari Abubshahar Wildlife Sanctuary, Sirsa Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary, Jhajjar Khol Hi-Raitan Wildlife Sanctuary, Panchkula
Conservation Reserves	Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary, District Kaithal, Kurukshetra Bir Bara Ban Wildlife Sanctuary, District Jind
Deer Parks	Deer Park, Hisar
Zoo	1. Mini Zoo & Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli 2. Rohtak Zoo 3. Mini Zoo Bhiwani
Breeding Centres	Chinkara Breeding Centre Kairu, Bhiwani Crocodile Breeding Centre Peacock & Chinkara Breeding Centre, Jhabua Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore Pheasant Breeding Centre, Morni
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