Rohtak Zoo

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.

Tilyar Mini Zoo, Rohtak
Endangered wildlife breeding
Tilyar Mini Zoo, Rohtak
Location in Haryana, India
Tilyar Mini Zoo, Rohtak
Tilyar Mini Zoo, Rohtak (India)
Coordinates: 28°52′44″N 76°38′09″E
Country India
StateHaryana
DistrictRohtak district
Government
 • TypeGovernment of Haryana
 • BodyForests Department, Haryana
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Websitewww.haryanaforest.gov.in
Female antelope grazing at Rohtak mini zoo.
Horse mascot at Tilyar lake complex Inside Mini Zoo.
Rohtak Mini Zoo offers a structured, fun and hands-on learning environment for kids.
Rohtak mini zoo provides a tremendous opportunity and space for children to play and learn.

The Tilyar Zoo at Rohtak is 42 km from Delhi border and the zoo is well maintained,[1] Tilyar Lake (entry free for the lake) and Tilyar Zoo are worth visiting specially for families.[2] Fishing is permissible at Tilyar Lake after paying INR200 fishing fee.[3]

Mini zoo
Pelican enclosure at Rohtak Mini Zoo
Enclosure at Tilyar Mini Zoo along with 'Please do not feed animals sign'.
Crocodile inscription at Mini Zoo
Antelope enclosure at Mini Zoo
A child intrigued by a model of a Black Francolin, the state bird of Haryana.

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]

  • 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 Zooo gets Two leopards – a four-year-old Varsha and a three-and-a-half-year-old Pawan[11]

Species found at the zoo (pictures for representation only).

References
  1. India Mapped: Tilyar Zoo
  2. Destination of the week : Tilyar Zoo Rohtak - by Indrajit Gehlot
  3. http://myjourneythroughindia.wordpress.com/tag/tilyar-zoo-rohtak-haryana/ My journey through India
  4. Tilyar lake travalogue
  5. List of zoos who have submitted their master plan Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Haryana Forests Dept
  7. Tigress killed by tiger in Haryana zoo
  8. Baby Baboon born in Pipli Zoo
  9. Tigress killed by tiger in Haryana zoo
  10. चिड़ियाघर घूमने आए बच्चों को मधुमक्खियों ने काटा
  11. Service, Tribune News. "Rohtak zoo gets pair of leopards". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  • Video of Rohtak Zoo is here and another video of tiger there is here.
  • A travelogue collage of pictures is available here
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