Etawah Safari Park Explained

Etawah Safari Park
Location:Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India
Area:350 hectares (864.869 acres)[1]
Num Animals:260 (March 2023)
Num Species:5
Annual Visitors:118746 (2022-23 Financial Year)
Owner:Forest Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh
Director:Anil Patel, IFS
Manager:Central Zoo Authority
Status:Open
Publictransit:Etawah Junction railway station, Agra Airport, Gwalior Airport

Etawah Safari Park (formerly Etawah Lion Safari) is a drive-through safari park in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was opened to the public in November 2019. It includes multiple safaris, an Asiatic lion breeding centre and a visitor centre.[2]

History

Etawah Lion Safari was first proposed in 2006.[3] Work was started in May 2012. The park was designed by Spanish company Art Urbà.[4] At first, six lions were migrated to the park in 2014. In 2015 a deer safari, antelope safari, bear safari and leopard safari were added and the park was renamed as Etawah Safari Park.[3] The deer safari was inaugurated on 6 October 2016[5] [6] and the remaining safaris as well as the park itself were inaugurated on 1 June 2018.[7] [8] The park opened to the public on 24 November 2019 without the lion segment.

Safaris

Multiple safaris includes a lion safari, a deer safari, an antelope safari, a bear safari and a leopard safari.[9] [10], the lion and leopard safaris are waiting for approval from the Central Zoo Authority (CZA).[11]

Asiatic lion breeding centre

The Asiatic lion breeding centre has twelve breeding dens.[12] It was started with eleven lions that arrived in September 2014 mostly from zoos of Gujarat.[13] Four of the lions and five cubs died because of canine distemper,[13] after which the lions were vaccinated by an imported vaccine from the US.[14], the center has nine cubs who are born there.[15] [16] [17] [18]

Facilities

A visitor facilitation centre includes a multimedia museum with digital signage and large format displays, and a '4D' education theatre for informing and guiding visitors.[19] [20]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lion Breeding Centre and Multiple Safari Parks information . . 18 December 2019.
  2. Web site: Annual report . cza.nic.in . PDF . 2019-09-22.
  3. Web site: Loksabha Election 2019 : बड़ा मुद्दा : सियासी शोर में दब गई सफारी पार्क के शेरों की दहाड़. Dainik Jagran.
  4. Web site: Lion Safari Etawah.
  5. Web site: Four months on, Lion Safari sees birth of two cubs. 7 October 2016.
  6. Web site: मुख्यमंत्री अखिलेश यादव आज इटावा में करेंगे हिरन सफारी का शुभारंभ. livehindustan.com. hi.
  7. Web site: Etawah Safari Park Will Be Opened in October News. 12go.asia.
  8. Web site: आम जनता को समर्पित हुआ इटावा सफारी पार्क. 2018-06-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20180629130751/https://m.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/etawah-civic-18028257.html. 2018-06-29. live.
  9. Web site: A Sneak Peek at India's Lion Safari: A Conservation Effort for Asia's "Last Lions". Blog.nationalgeographic.org. 2018-03-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20180322015220/https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2014/02/04/a-sneak-peek-at-indias-lion-safari-a-conservation-effort-for-asias-last-lions/. 2018-03-22. live.
  10. Web site: इटावा सफारी को शासन की हरी झंडी. 2017-11-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032026/http://m.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/etawah-etawah-safari-chr39-s-green-flag-for-governance-16882836.html. 2017-12-01. live.
  11. News: Etawah Safari opens for public, lion segment to wait. The Times of India. 26 November 2019 . 2019-11-26.
  12. Web site: Etawah safari to get four lions from Gujarat's Sakarbaug Zoo. 18 August 2013. The Economic Times.
  13. News: Gir lions gifted to Etawah Wildlife Lion Safari Park die; Mulayam's dream project could be in question in next year's elections. The Economic Times. Rai. Manmohan.
  14. Web site: Etawah lion safari roars back to life from the edge of oblivion. hindustantimes.com. 2 July 2019.
  15. Web site: इटावा लॉयन सफारी: शेरनी जेसिका ने दो शावकों को दिया जन्‍म, चौथी बार मां बनी. 2021-03-05. Hindustan. hindi.
  16. Web site: लॉयन सफारी में शेरनी ने दिया शावक को जन्म. 2021-03-05. www.livehindustan.com.
  17. Web site: Faiz Rahman Siddiqui. Apr 16, 2020. Cub born to lioness Jennifer at Etawah Safari . 2021-03-05. The Times of India. en.
  18. News: Etawah safari may begin with deer, antelope next month. The Times of India. 14 September 2019 .
  19. Web site: Annual report . cza.nic.in . 2019-09-22.
  20. News: Cabinet nod to city's thirdastro-turf likely. The Times of India. 8 September 2016. 28 February 2020.

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