Kanpur Zoological Park
| Kanpur Zoological Park | |
|---|---|
Dinosaur Sculpture at Allen Forest Zoo | |
| 26°30′11″N 80°18′12″E / 26.5029234°N 80.303404°E | |
| Date opened | 4 February 1974 |
| Location | Zoo Entrance, Hastings Avenue, Azad Nagar, Nawabganj, Kanpur-02, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Land area | 110 ha (270 acres) |
| No. of animals | 1400 |
| No. of species | 125 |
| Annual visitors | 8,00,000 |
| Memberships | CZA, Uttar Pradesh Zoological Society |
Kanpur Zoological Park or Allen Forest Zoo (Hindi: कानपुर चिड़ियाघर / कानपुर प्राणी उद्यान), also called the Kanpur Zoo is a 110-hectare (270-acre) zoo in Kanpur, a large city in Northern India. It is the largest open green space in Kanpur and the largest zoological park in North India. Originally a natural habitat for fauna, it is one of the few zoos in India created in a natural forest. The animals inhabited in the Zoological Park have been put in open and moated enclosures. The moated enclosures give the animal ample space for movement and help in expressing their biological and physiological expressions.
In 2015, Kanpur Zoological Park added another feather in its cap, as it became a part of one of the handful of zoos in the country to receive an ISO certification of 14001:2004 for 'Environment Management System Standard’.
Kanpur Zoo vets, stuffed the void of a term to denominate a wild animal born in captivity, by amalgamating 'WILD' and 'DOMESTIC and coined 'WILDOMESTIC’. This has been widely recognised and accepted by wild lifers and print and electronic media. It has been recommended by all for inclusion in several dictionaries.