Etawah Safari Park

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.[3]

Etawah Safari Park
Etawah Safari Park entrance
26.767261°N 79.001896°E / 26.767261; 79.001896
Date opened24 November 2019 (2019-11-24)
LocationEtawah, Uttar Pradesh, India
Land area350 hectares (864.869 acres)[1]
No. of animals165[2]
No. of species5 (2019)
OwnerForest Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh
DirectorDiksha Bhandari
Public transit accessEtawah Junction railway station, Agra Airport, Gwalior Airport
Websiteetawahlionsafari.org

History

Etawah Lion Safari was first proposed in 2006.[4] Work was started in May 2012. The park was designed by Spanish company Art Urbà.[5] 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.[4] The deer safari was inaugurated on 6 October 2016[6][7] and the remaining safaris as well as the park itself were inaugurated on 1 June 2018.[8][9] 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.[10][11] As of November 2019, the lion and leopard safaris are waiting for approval from the Central Zoo Authority (CZA).[12]

Asiatic lion breeding centre

The Asiatic lion breeding centre has twelve breeding dens.[13] It was started with eleven lions that arrived in September 2014 mostly from zoos of Gujarat.[14] Four of the lions and five cubs died because of canine distemper,[14] after which the lions were vaccinated by an imported vaccine from the US.[15] As of December 2020, the center has nine cubs who are born there.[16][17][18][19]

Facilities
Visitor Facilitation Centre

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.[20][21]

See also

References
  1. "Lion Breeding Centre and Multiple Safari Parks information" (PDF). Central Zoo Authority. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. "Etawah Lion Safari के शेर को कोई भी चार लाख एक हजार रुपये में ले सकेगा गोद, इसके लिए देना होगा प्रार्थना".
  3. "Annual report" (PDF). cza.nic.in. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  4. "Loksabha Election 2019 : बड़ा मुद्दा : सियासी शोर में दब गई सफारी पार्क के शेरों की दहाड़". Dainik Jagran.
  5. "Lion Safari Etawah".
  6. "Four months on, Lion Safari sees birth of two cubs". 7 October 2016.
  7. "मुख्यमंत्री अखिलेश यादव आज इटावा में करेंगे हिरन सफारी का शुभारंभ". livehindustan.com (in Hindi).
  8. Asia, 12Go. "Etawah Safari Park Will Be Opened in October News". 12go.asia.
  9. "आम जनता को समर्पित हुआ इटावा सफारी पार्क". Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  10. "A Sneak Peek at India's Lion Safari: A Conservation Effort for Asia's "Last Lions"". Blog.nationalgeographic.org. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  11. "इटावा सफारी को शासन की हरी झंडी". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  12. "Etawah Safari opens for public, lion segment to wait". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  13. "Etawah safari to get four lions from Gujarat's Sakarbaug Zoo". The Economic Times. 18 August 2013.
  14. Rai, Manmohan. "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.
  15. "Etawah lion safari roars back to life from the edge of oblivion". hindustantimes.com. 2 July 2019.
  16. "इटावा लॉयन सफारी: शेरनी जेसिका ने दो शावकों को दिया जन्‍म, चौथी बार मां बनी". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  17. "लॉयन सफारी में शेरनी ने दिया शावक को जन्म". www.livehindustan.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  18. Faiz Rahman Siddiqui (16 April 2020). "Cub born to lioness Jennifer at Etawah Safari | Kanpur News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  19. "Etawah safari may begin with deer, antelope next month". The Times of India.
  20. "Annual report" (PDF). cza.nic.in. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  21. "Cabinet nod to city's thirdastro-turf likely". The Times of India. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
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