Rohtak Zoo Explained
| Tilyar Mini Zoo, Rohtak |
| Settlement Type: | Endangered wildlife breeding |
| Pushpin Map: | India Haryana#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Haryana, India |
| Coordinates: | 28.8789°N 76.6358°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Haryana |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Rohtak district |
| Established Date: | 2001 |
| Governing Body: | Forests Department, Haryana |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
The Tilyar Mini Zoo, Rohtak is located inside the Tilyar Lake complex on Delhi Road in Rohtak, Haryana, India. This Zoo was built in year 1987.
The Tilyar Zoo at Rohtak is 42 km from Delhi border and the zoo is well maintained.[1] [2] Fishing is permissible at Tilyar Lake after paying INR200 fishing fee.[3]
Mini zoo
Haryana had many mini zoos spread across the state. In 2001 the Government of Haryana decided to shut these down and replace them with well developed viable zoos, this included setting up the zoo at Rohtak within Tilyar Lake complex.[4]
As a result, enclosures for housing animals and aviaries for birds were built. Visitor facilities such as landscaping, walkways and trials, gardens, hillocks, lakes, artificial waterfalls, cafe, visitor toilets and resting shelters, watch towers, drinking water facilities, etc. were created.[5]
The following animals have been housed in this zoo:[6]
Updates related to zoos in Haryana
- Deer Park, Hisar, founded in 1970-71, is oldest among zoos and deer parks in Haryana
- Haryana is now left with five tigers in captivity: two each in Mini Zoo, Bhiwani and Rohtak Zoo and one in Pipali Zoo[7]
- In 2003, a baby baboon was born in captivity in Pipali Zoo[8]
- In 2009, tiger Apaya of Bhiwani zoo attacked and killed a tigress.[9]
- 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 bees.[10]
- In 2019, Rohtak Zoo gets two leopards – a four-year-old Varsha and a three-and-a-half-year-old Pawan[11]
Gallery
Species found at the zoo (pictures for representation only).
External links
- Video of Rohtak Zoo is here and another video of tiger there is here.
- A travelogue collage of pictures is available here
Notes and References
- http://www.indiamapped.com/zoo-in-india/tilyar-zoo/ India Mapped: Tilyar Zoo
- http://nevertiredoftravelling.wordpress.com/2014/04/26/destination-of-the-week-tilyar-zoo-rohtak/ Destination of the week : Tilyar Zoo Rohtak - by Indrajit Gehlot
- http://myjourneythroughindia.wordpress.com/tag/tilyar-zoo-rohtak-haryana/ My journey through India
- Web site: Tilyar lake Rohtak Photos. https://web.archive.org/web/20130910165744/http://www.mrnaukri.com/2012/09/tilyar-lake-rohtak-photos-mini-zoo.html. 10 September 2013 . unfit.
- http://cza.nic.in/Status%20of%20Master%20Plan%20Submitted%20by%20Zoos.pdf List of zoos who have submitted their master plan
- http://haryanaforest.gov.in/protect.aspx Haryana Forests Dept
- http://zeenews.india.com/news/haryana/tigress-killed-by-tiger-in-haryana-zoo_681964.html Tigress killed by tiger in Haryana zoo
- http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031223/haryana.htm Baby Baboon born in Pipli Zoo
- http://zeenews.india.com/news/haryana/tigress-killed-by-tiger-in-haryana-zoo_681964.html Tigress killed by tiger in Haryana zoo
- http://www.amarujala.com/news/states/haryana/bhiwani/children-visiting-the-zoo-was-bitten-by-bees-hindi-news/ चिड़ियाघर घूमने आए बच्चों को मधुमक्खियों ने काटा
- Web site: Service. Tribune News. Rohtak zoo gets pair of leopards. 2020-10-13. Tribuneindia News Service. en.
