Date opened 1988 Land area 6 acres No. of species 67 Area 2 ha Number of animals 320 | Date opening February 28, 1989 No. of animals 320 Opened 1988 Phone +880 1756-733490 Number of species 67 | |
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Location Foy's Lake, South Khulshi, Chittagong Address Foy's Lake Approach Rd., Thana Akbar Shah Police Station,, Chittagong, Bangladesh Hours Closed now Sunday8AM–6:30PMMonday8AM–6:30PMTuesday8AM–6:30PMWednesday8AM–6:30PMThursday8AM–6:30PMFridayClosedSaturday8AM–6:30PM Similar Foy's Lake Amusem Park, Zia Memorial Museum, Chittagong Common War Cem, Bayazid Bostami, United Commerc Bank Limi | ||
Chittagong zoo report by shahnewaz rocky on jamunatv
Chittagong Zoo is a Zoo in Chittagong, Bangladesh. With an area of 6 acres of land it is located about three kilometers north-east of the city, alongside at the entrance of Foy's lake, opposite the foothills of the mountains of USTC Medical College.
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History
In 1988, MA Mannan, former Deputy Commissioner of Chitagong dustrict and some other elites of the city, initially took initiative to establish a private zoo at Foy’s lake for the purpose of recreation, education and research on zoo animals. It is situated at hilly land of Foy's lake, South-Khulshi, Chittagong. Later, on February 8, 1989 the zoo was opened for the visitors. Initially 4.90 acres of land was allocated by the Bangladesh Government, which afterwards increased to 6 acres.
Attractions
Initially there were 5 different species and total number of animals were 23. After that the total number of species has been increased to 67, among them 32 are Mammals, 28 are Birds and rest of 7 are Reptiles within the total number of animals were 367.
In 2015, the total number of animals are 320.