| Zoo Name: | Tata Steel Zoological Park |
| Location: | Sakchi, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India |
| Date Opened: | 3 March 1994 |
| Area: | 25ha |
| Num Species: | 49 |
| Num Animals: | 432 |
| Annual Visitors: | 1,80,040 (2021-22) |
| Members: | Tata Steel, CZA |
| Owner: | Tata Steel Limited |
| Director: | Dr. M Palit |
| Management: | Tata Steel Zoological Society |
Tata Steel Zoological Park (TSZP) is situated in a corner of Jubilee Park, Jamshedpur.[1] [2]
TSZP is a recognized 'Medium' category Zoo by the Central Zoo Authority (CZA). The CZA evaluates Zoos on periodic basis and stipulates conditions for their improvement. TSZP has been evaluated by CZA at periodic intervals and major recommendations to meet the prescribed standards are creation of a veterinary hospital with postmortem room and incinerator, shifting of animal enclosures, separate entry and exit gates for visiting public, strengthening perimeter wall etc.[3] CZA had approved the new layout plan of the Zoological Park in July 2020. However, the plan for its implementation got delayed due to Covid, and the work commenced in 2022. The entire project has been phased out and it is likely to be completed by the year 2025.Recently, Tata Steel Zoological Park was remodeled, and was inaugurated by Tata Steel MD and CEO TV Narendran on 7 January 2022. On the occasion of World Environment Day i.e., on 5th June 2024, the new enclosures of Leopard and Striped Hyena were inaugurated by Ravi Ranjan, Regional Chief Conservator of Forests, Government of Jharkhand and in the presence of Chanakya Chaudhary, Vice President of Corporate Services, Tata Steel and President, Tata Steel Zoological Society (TSZS), Raghunath Pandey, President, TSZS Workers’ Union, Captain Amitabh, Honorary Secretary, TSZS, and Naim Akhtar, Deputy Director, TSZP, among others.[4]
The zoo is home to about 432 individual animals representing 49 species, including 19 species of mammals, 26 species of birds, and 4 species of reptiles. There are other animals planned to be housed by the Zoological Park in the future which consist of Giraffe, Mouse Deer, Indian giant Squirrel, Sarus crane, Demoiselle crane, Rosy Pelican, Adjutant stork, Military Macaw, Yellow Monitor & Indian Rock Python snake.
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