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23/12/20 08:30 AM IST

Reliance plans ‘largest zoo’ in Jamnagar

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Reliance to build world's largest zoo in Gujarat's Jamnagar, project to be completed in 2 years

Highlights
  • The zoo will come up on 280 acres of land near Reliance’s refinery at Moti Khavdi near Jamnagar
  • It will house 100 different species of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, it added.
  • The wildlife to be displayed at the zoo will be from across India, Africa and South America.
  • The mega zoo, will be called 'Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Kingdom'
Private Zoo
  • Concept of private zoos was an old one since one of India’s oldest zoos in Kolkata, the Zoological Garden, was also private.
  • Reliance's zoo won't be the first private zoo in India.
  • British statesman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in the early 1800s established the London Zoo in Regent’s Park, dubbed the world’s first modern zoo.
  • Regent's Park was inspired by India's and Asia’s first zoo Barrackpore Park near Kolkata built by Governor General Richard Wellesley. 
Source: DTE

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