Join the Discussion Zoo - Conservation Education Mumbai Zoo- Byculla Jijamata Udyaan, Mumbai -Wiki Link A Virtual Tour of Byculla Zoo, Mumbai -Youtube Veermata Jijabai Udyan and zoo, Byculla, Mumbai -Feb 23, 2006 - Photo Gallery : Observations - PETA Cybernoon: A Shanghai dream for you, Singapore for zoo animals -Jul 10, 2006 - The proposal was to construct the zoo in four phases within a span of three years Cybernoon : Luck is yet on Laxmi’s side -Aug 8, 2006 - Tata Group is keen on flying down South African specialist vets to treat Leopardess Cybernoon : ‘We are ready to die for animals’, says Vansmith Animal Foundation -Aug 10, 2006 Inspection Report on Mumbai Zoo- By PAWS -Aug 26, 2006 Responses received - Inspection Report on Mumbai Zoo prepared -by PAWS DNA : Born free, but they aren’t living free - Say Activists -Sep 1, 2006 - Animals at Jijamata Udyan are ill-nourished and suffer from various diseases Bad condition of animals at Ranibagh zoo -Article in 'Mahanagri Times' - Sept 2, 06 (Language- Marathi) DNA : Finally, Byculla zoo is recognised -Oct 12, 2006 - Jijabai Bhosle Udyan at Byculla has received conditional recognition from CZA MM : Zoo with a view - Makeover of Byculla zoo -Oct 30, 2006 - BMC has allocated Rs 25 crore this year to Byculla Zoo for a complete makeover IE : Malaysian, American Consultants to Help Transform Byculla Zoo -Jan 7, 2007 TOI : Extension of Veermata Jijabai Udyan at Byculla -Jun 7, 2007 - 7 acres of land will be given to zoo, state tells court. IE : Byculla zoo plans awareness courses for teachers -Sept 17, 2007 - The zoo plans to invite teachers from various city schools for an awareness course TOI : Zoo revamp: Tree lovers oppose civic plan -Oct 11, 2007 - Revamp the Byculla zoo will lead to the hacking of important and rare trees TOI : Byculla zoo makeover -Oct 31, 2007 - CZA asks BMC to make approved plan public IE: CZA okays Byculla zoo makeover, says not a single tree can be cut -March 05, 2008 MM: Gear up for close encounter with animals at Byculla Zoo -April 23, 2008 TOI: BMC's signature drive seeks support for zoo revamp plan -May 11, 2008 TOI: Greens oppose redvpt plan for Byculla zoo -March 19, 2009 Animal rights groups seek closure of Mumbai zoo -May 03, 2009 - PETA has appealed to the Central Zoo Authority to close down the zoo in Byculla DNA: What right do we have to handle zoo animals this way? -May 12, 2009 Zoo revamp gets heritage panel nod -Jun 12, 2009 Mumbai zoo to don new look by 2012 -Jun 19, 2009 - The city zoo, which has been receiving flak since the death IE: Phase I of Byculla Zoo makeover takes off -Aug 19, 2009 Now, Rs 500 fine if caught teasing animals at Byculla zoo -Dec 18, 2009 - HT Soon, you will get a guided tour at zoo -Dec 17, 2009 - DNA Special zoo authority tag for Borivli National Park -Jan 03, 2010 - Hindustan Times IE: Civic body’s Rs 150-crore zoo revamp plan fails to convince wildlife activists: November 07, 11 Central Zoo Authority ( CZA ) Central Zoo Authority information and extracts from their website - Part I -compiled by Ms. Shobha Mathur Central Zoo Authority information and extracts from their website - Part II -Recognition of Zoo (Amendment), Rules, 2004 Central Zoo Authority information and extracts from their website - Part III -Recognition of Zoos - Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (Chapter IV A) Central Zoo Authority information and extracts from their website -FORM A - Application for getting recognition from CZA PETA welcomes Central Zoo Authority ban on tuskers in zoos -Nov 16, 2009 Do more to Help Elephants Zoos need to play vital role in wildlife conservation -Oct 7, 2009 - TOI's conversation with CZA over the role of zoos in Wildlife Conservation Livemint : Show goes on at 302 derecognized zoos -Sept 25, 2007 - India has more officially derecognized zoos than ones that are approved by the CZA India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks -Nov 13, 2009 - CZA issued an order to India's 26 zoos to shift the animals to more spacious envts DNA : What Zoo Authority stipulates -May 12, 2009 - Guidelines have been formulated, but the rules are not being followed strictly. 2020 Vision Document to revamp zoos -Jul 12, 2009 - Forest Minister announces CZA's 2020 Vision Doc on revamping of 196 Zoos across India No jumbo performance in Pune circus -Circus may soon phase out elephants after an order from Central Zoo Authority Articles contributed by users Zoo - India List of Zoos / Circuses / Animal Rehabilitation (Rescue) Centres in India (doc) State WiseAndhra Pradesh Assam Bihar Delhi Gujarat Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Maharashtra Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park, Pune -Wiki Link IE: Byculla Zoo faces another blow, board orders probe into animal cruelty: January 05, 2012 IE: CZA visits Byculla Zoo after MP’s ‘poor living conditions’ complaint: December 16, 2011 HT: Rooting for rare, old trees: April 11, 2011 HT: Byculla zoo makeover stuck: April 08, 2011 DNA: Byculla Zoo revamp plan rejected again: March 13, 2011 HT: Zoo revamp cost up by 40%: January 19, 2011 DNA: Trees come between grand zoo plan: December 29, 2010 TOI: Bid to shift birds from zoo slammed: November 14, 2010 Mid-Day: Flora vs fauna at Byculla zoo: November 17, 2010 MM: New school in town: Byculla zoo!: September 24, 2010 TOI: Modernisation of Byculla zoo will hit over 1,100 trees: October 19, 2010 IE: Experts visit Byculla Zoo to take stock of makeover plan: September 17, 2010 DNA: High-rise, parking proposed on land meant for Byculla zoo: September 07, 2010 MM: In 3 months, 11 animals have died at the city zoo: September 06, 2010 IE: On anvil, biodiversity mapping of Byculla Zoo: July 13, 2010 DNA: Heritage panel wrath over zoo makeover: July 09, 2010 HT: BMC to overrule heritage panel on zoo makeover: July 08, 2010 MM: A group of college students have taken it upon themselves to guard the zoo animals: May 20,2010 DNA: Rework zoo revamp plan, heritage panel tells BMC: May 22, 2010 HT: BMC move to hand over structures in zoo to INTACH stayed: April 07, 2010 IE: BMC’s zoo makeover plan hits a green roadblock: April 08, 2010 MM: Zoo you have any shame?: March 30, 2010 Plight of Solapur Zoo -Apr 26, 2005 - A Report by Nilesh Bhanage, Gen. Secretary, PAWS DNA: 27 Maharashtra zoos may shut down soon -Dec 10, 2006 - Barring Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park in Pune, no zoo follows standards prescribed TOI: Proposed zoo `lands' in trouble -July 14, 2009 - The international zoo proposed by the state at Aarey Milk Colony faces hurdle The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation draws up Rs 10-crore masterplan for small zoo -Jul 20, 2009 - PCMC has prepared a Rs 10-crore masterplan for setting up a small Zoo in Akurdi Mumbaikars queue up to adopt endangered birds -Nov 11, 2009 - At 13, Michelle Saldanha is already a proud parent of an endangered baikal teal Orissa Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Zoo - World Wide Useful links / Websites
