Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary

Entrance to the Sanctuary

Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary is located in northeastern Goa, India in Ponda taluka. The total area of the park is 8 km². It is a popular destination for both tourists and schoolchildren. A wide variety of animal life can be encountered, including: sambar deer, Indian bison, Malabar giant squirrel, Indian peafowl and many species of snakes.

Bondla provides sanctuary to leopards who have been injured in human-wildlife conflict, as well as "dancing" bears and cobras who, along with their trainers, need a new life after this treatment of endangered wildlife. Bondla zoo is known for its successful breeding of gaur. As it is the only zoo in Goa, many visit the zoo. The zoo provides an excellent environment to breed and do researches on animals

Animals

• Indian boar
• Mugger crocodile
• Rose-ringed parakeet
• Alexandrine parakeet
• Plum-headed parakeet
• Silver pheasant
• Indian cobra
• Russell's viper
• Bengal tiger
• Indian Gaur
• Wild boar
• Sambar deer
• Spotted deer
• Blackbuck
• Hippopotamus
• Rhesus macaque
• Jungle cat
• Spitting cobra

See also

• Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary travel guide from Wikivoyage

External links

• Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary on goatourism.gov.in