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Etawah Safari Park

Coordinates: 26°46′05″N 79°00′03″E / 26.7679933°N 79.0008992°E / 26.7679933; 79.0008992
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Etawah Safari Park
Etawah Safari Park entrance
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26°46′05″N 79°00′03″E / 26.7679933°N 79.0008992°E / 26.7679933; 79.0008992
Date opened24 November 2019; 4 years ago (2019-11-24)
LocationEtawah, Uttar Pradesh, India
Land area350 hectares (860 acres)[1]
No. of animals112
No. of species5 (2019)
OwnerForest Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh
DirectorVinod Krishna Singh[1]
Websiteetawahlionsafari.in

Etawah Safari Park, formerly Etawah Lion Safari, officially Lion Breeding Center and Multiple Safari Park, Etawah,[2] is a drive-through safari park in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was opened to the public in November 2019. It includes multiple safaris, an Asiatic lion breeding centre and a visitor centre.[3]

History

Etawah Lion Safari was first proposed in 2006.[4] Work was started in May 2012. The park was designed by Spanish company Art Urbà.[5] At first, six lions were migrated to the park in 2014.[contradictory] In 2015 a deer safari, antelope safari, bear safari and leopard safari were added and the park was renamed as Etawah Safari Park.[4] The deer safari was inaugurated in 6 October 2016[6][7] and the remaining safaris as well as the park itself were inaugurated on 1 June 2018.[8][9] The park opened to the public on 24 November 2019 without the lion segment.[10]

Safaris

Multiple safaris includes a lion safari, a deer safari, an antelope safari, a bear safari and a leopard safari.[11][12] As of November 2019, the lion and leopard safaris are waiting for approval from the Central Zoo Authority (CZA).[13]

Asiatic Lion breeding centre

The Asiatic Lion breeding centre has twelve breeding dens.[14] It was started with eleven lions that arrived in September 2014 mostly from zoos of Gujarat.[15] Four of the lions and five cubs died because of canine distemper[15] after which the lions were vaccinated by an imported vaccine from the USA.[16] As of April 2020, the center has seven cubs.[17][18][19]

Facilities

Visitor Facilitation Centre

A visitor facilitation centre includes a multimedia museum with digital signage and large format displays, and a '4D' education theatre for informing and guiding visitors.[20][21]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Lion Breeding Centre and Multiple Safari Parks information" (PDF). Central Zoo Authority. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Information about Zoos". cza.nic.in. Central Zoo Authority. Retrieved 18 December 2019. Search for "Etawah"
  3. ^ "Annual report" (PDF). cza.nic.in. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Loksabha Election 2019 : बड़ा मुद्दा : सियासी शोर में दब गई सफारी पार्क के शेरों की दहाड़". Dainik Jagran.
  5. ^ "Lion Safari Etawah".
  6. ^ "Four months on, Lion Safari sees birth of two cubs". 7 October 2016.
  7. ^ "मुख्यमंत्री अखिलेश यादव आज इटावा में करेंगे हिरन सफारी का शुभारंभ". livehindustan.com.
  8. ^ Asia, 12Go. "Etawah Safari Park Will Be Opened in October News". 12go.asia.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "आम जनता को समर्पित हुआ इटावा सफारी पार्क". Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  10. ^ "No Big Cats Will Be Seen in This Lion Safari Park in India". sputniknews.com. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  11. ^ "A Sneak Peek at India's Lion Safari: A Conservation Effort for Asia's "Last Lions"". Blog.nationalgeographic.org. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  12. ^ "इटावा सफारी को शासन की हरी झंडी". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Etawah Safari opens for public, lion segment to wait". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Etawah safari to get four lions from Gujarat's Sakarbaug Zoo". The Economic Times. 18 August 2013.
  15. ^ a b "Gir lions gifted to Etawah Wildlife Lion Safari Park die; Mulayam's dream project could be in question in next year's elections". economictimes.com.
  16. ^ "Etawah lion safari roars back to life from the edge of oblivion". hindustantimes.com.
  17. ^ https://m.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/etawah-auraiya/story-lion-lion-gave-birth-to-cub-in-lion-safari-3151926.amp.html
  18. ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/cub-born-to-lioness-jennifer-at-etawah-safari/articleshow/75168381.cms
  19. ^ "Etawah safari may begin with deer, antelope next month". The Times of India.
  20. ^ "Annual report" (PDF). cza.nic.in. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  21. ^ "Cabinet nod to city's thirdastro-turf likely". The Times of India. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
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