Mumbai Zoo
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An introduction to the Mumbai Zoo:
The Mumbai Zoo is housed within the landscape grounds of the Botanical gardens called Veermata Jijabhai Bhonsle Udyan . The Mumbai has collection of a wide spectrum of wild animals among which the most remarkable ones are the tigers, lions, elephants, bears and monkeys. The Mumbai zoo acts as a place perfect for a get away from the busy life of the city. The Mumbai zoo was laid out in the year 1861 and was known as Victoria Gardens and was the house of many rare and endangered species of animals and birds. The Botanical garden boasts of having numerous scores of rare species of plants and trees and some of them are more than a century old. Together with the Botanical Garden the Mumbai Zoo spreads across an area of 48 acres and is located in Byculla, that lions on the central side of the Mumbai. The area is located amidst low income housing colonies known as chawls and slums. The main entrance of the Garden is marked by a clock tower that is reminiscent of the Italian Renaissance. However due to lack of maintenance it has stopped clicking a long time. The Botanical Garden apart from the lively Zoo also houses the Albert Museum that hosts an array of local archaeological findings. Among them the elephant stone, which merits a huge stone elephant found in the Gharapuri Island in the year 1864 at the entrance of the Museum is very famous.
Location of Mumbai Zoo:
The Mumbai Zoo can easily be reached by taking the Byculla railway station since it is in the vicinity around the place. Being the only Zoo in Mumbai one can experience a considerable rush in the Zoo as well as the Botanical Garden itself. The Mumbai Zoo is open on all days of the week except Wednesday. The usual timings of the zoo starts from 9 in the morning till 6 in the evening. However there are numerous problems that are questioning the very existence of the Zoo. One major problem us that the animals in the Mumbai Zoo are kept in extremely small cages and cells due to the lack of space. The visitors are allowed to take plastic bags inside which create a lot of litter around the place and pollutes the natural surrounding of the zoo.| Hotels in Mumbai | |
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