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Mini Zoo and Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli

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Country
  
India

District
  
Kurukshetra district

Opened
  
1982

State
  
Haryana

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Phone
  
01744 232 712

Mini Zoo & Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli

Website
  
www.haryanaforest.gov.in

Address
  
Pipli, Kurukshetra, Haryana 136131

Hours
  
Open today · 9AM–5AMHoli might affect these hoursMonday(Holi)9AM–5AMHours might differTuesday9AM–5AMWednesday9AM–5AMThursday9AM–5AMFriday9AM–5AMSaturday9AM–5AMSundayClosed

Government body
  
Forests Department, Haryana

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

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Description

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:

  • 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
  • In 2003, a baby baboon was born in Pipali Zoo
  • In 2009, tiger Apaya of Bhiwani zoo attacked and killed another tigress.
  • 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.

    • Album

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

    References

    Mini Zoo & Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli Wikipedia
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