Mini Zoo & Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli

Mini Zoo,Pipli लघु चिड़ियाघर,पिपली
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Coordinates: 29°59′08″N 76°53′37″E / 29.98556°N 76.89361°E / 29.98556; 76.89361Coordinates: 29°59′08″N 76°53′37″E / 29.98556°N 76.89361°E / 29.98556; 76.89361
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Kurukshetra district
Government
• Type	Government of Haryana
• Body	Forests Department, Haryana
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Website	www.haryanaforest.gov.in

The Mini Zoo is located on Grand Trunk Road near Pipli bus stand in Kurukshetra, Haryana, India.

Description

Spread over 27 acres of land along the National Highway-1 in Kurukshetra, Pipli zoo is one of the three maintained zoos of the state wildlife department. The other two are in Rohtak and Bhiwani. The zoo has the following animals:^[1]

Incidents related to zoos in Haryana

• Deer Park, Hisar, founded in 1970-71, is oldest among zoos and deer parks in Haryana
• Haryana is now left with 5 tigers in captivity: 2 each in Mini Zoo, Bhiwani and Rohtak Zoo and 1 in Pipali Zoo^[2]
• In 2003, a baby baboon was born in Pipali Zoo^[3]
• In 2009, tiger Apaya of Bhiwani zoo attacked and killed another tigress.^[4]
• 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 the bees.^[5]

Album

Representative album of types of animals and birds found in this zoo.

• 
  Blackbuck fleeing
• 
  Male and female blackbucks
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  Antelope jumping
• 
  Bandar (monkey)

References

External links

• A video of a Bengal tiger in Pipli Zoo is here.

Protected areas of Haryana
National Parks	Kalesar National Parkat District Yamunanagar Sultanpur National Parkat District Gurgaon
Wildlife Sanctuaries	Kalesar Wildlife Sanctuary District Yamunanagar Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary, District Jhajjar Chhilchhila Wildlife Sanctuary, District Kurukshetra Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary, District Panchkula Nahar Wildlife Sanctuary, District Rewari Abubshahar Wildlife Sanctuary, District Sirsa Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary, District Jhajjar Khol Hi-Raitan Wildlife Sanctuary, District Panchkula
Conservation Reserves	Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary, District Kaithal, Kurukshetra Bir Bara Ban Wildlife Sanctuary, District Jind
Deer Parks	Deer Park, Hisar
Zoo	1.Mini Zoo Bhiwani 2.Rohtak Zoo 3.Mini Zoo Pipli
Breeding Centres	Chinkara Breeding Centre Kairu, Bhiwani Crocodile Breeding Centre at Bhaur Saidan (Kurukshetra) Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre, Pinjore Pheasant Breeding Centre Morni
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