The adoption cost ranges from Rs 700 per year for a zebra finch bird to Rs 6 lakh per year for lion, tiger, rhino and elephant. Adoption of...

A Bengal tiger has an average lifespan of eight to 10 years in the wild. The maximum lifespan of the animal is about 15 years.

45 tigers have died in zoos during 2015-16, Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave said in a written reply in Lok Sabha.

"Hundreds of elephants in temples and in tourists spots such as Amer fort are exhibited to the public, without having been recognised by th...

The minister said that since most of the deaths of animals in zoos are due to natural reasons, such as old age, cardiac arrest, pneumonia e...

The veterinary officer stated that the new entrants are currently kept under quarantine at the zoo hospital.

After arrival of a white tiger and seven anacondas, a herd of swamp deer will be brought to the zoological park here, one of the oldest suc...

The National Zoological Park here is gearing up for the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) conference to be held in India for t...

Apart from foreign countries, the zoo has also been acquiring new animals from within the country.

A fully grown male leopard that had strayed into Chhatarpur farms in south Delhi and was rescued in a badly injured condition on Tuesday mo...

In fact, elephants will no longer be seen in any zoo or circus in the country after the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) issued a notice on Mond...

Inmates of Indian zoos can once again look forward to foreign partners as the PMO has given a green signal for the exchange of animals with...

With 11 Indian one-horned variety, the city zoo is second to California's San Diego Animal Park which has 54.

A proposal by the Haryana government to keep endangered tigers captive in the Bhiwani mini zoo has been turned down by the Central Zoo Auth...

The deer park in the city's Hauz Khas area is running illegally since 2006 as the Central Zoo Authority has declined to recognise it, citin...

Rescued and orphan animals in the capital are all set to get a home with Delhi Zoo deciding to set up a centre for their rehabilitation.