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Islamabad Zoo

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Date opened
  
1978

No. of animals
  
~600

Annual visitors
  
~1 million

Area
  
33 ha

Land area
  
82 acres (33 ha)

No. of species
  
?

Opened
  
1978

Phone
  
+92 300 2105669

Islamabad Zoo

Location
  
Pir Sohawa Road, Islamabad, Pakistan

Address
  
Pir Sohawa Road، Islamabad 54000, Pakistan

Hours
  
Open today · 9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturday9AM–5PMSunday9AM–5PMMonday9AM–5PMTuesday9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PM

Similar
  
Pir Sohawa, Rawal lake, Daman‑e‑Koh, Lake View Park, Pakistan Museum of Natural H

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Islamabad Zoo (Urdu: اسلام آباد چڑیا گھر‎), previously Marghazar Zoo, is an 82-acre (33 ha) zoo in Islamabad Capital Territory. It was opened in 1978, and is under the administration of Capital Development Authority of Pakistan.

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History

The zoo started in 1978 as a refuge for leopards, spotted deer, and Indian gazelle found in the region. It soon gained popularity and became a part of the Japanese garden. An aviary was later constructed. The Capital Development Authority devised a plan in August 2008 to upgrade and extend the zoo as a recreational area and wildlife sanctuary. The estimated cost of the project is 1407.8 million Pakistani rupees.

Animal Abuse

Islamabad Zoo has abused animals. The only elephant, for instance, is chained in small pit surrounded by its feces and urine. The elephant now suffers from mental illness.

Animal list

Aves

Accipitriformes

  • Black kite
  • Steppe eagle
  • Lesser kestrel
  • Anseriformes

  • Mute swan
  • Black swan
  • Mallard
  • Domestic goose
  • Columbiformes

  • Domestic pigeon
  • Galliformes

  • Common pheasant
  • Swinhoe's pheasant
  • Golden pheasant
  • Indian peafowl
  • Gruiformes

  • Demioselle crane
  • Pelecaniformes

  • Great white pelican
  • Psittaciformes

  • Ring-necked parakeet
  • Alexandrine parakeet
  • Sulphur-crested cockatoo
  • Budgerigar
  • Strigiformes

  • Indian eagle-owl
  • Struthioniformes

  • Ostrich
  • Mammals

    Artiodactyla

  • Chinkara
  • Blackbuck
  • Nilgai
  • Spotted deer
  • Hog deer
  • Barking deer
  • Mouflon
  • Urial
  • Carnivora

  • Brown bear
  • Lion
  • Indian wolf
  • Lagomorpha

  • Rabbit
  • Perissodactyla

  • Plains zebra
  • Primates

  • Vervet monkey
  • Rhesus monkey
  • Proboscidae

  • Sri Lankan elephant
  • Reptiles

    Testudines

  • Indian roofed turtle
  • Red-eared slider
  • Black pond turtle
  • Indian softshell turtle
  • References

    Islamabad Zoo Wikipedia