Tourism Junagadh, Travel to Junagadh, Junagadh Travel Guide, Junagadh Tour Packages, Junagadh Hotel » Sakkarbaug Zoo http://www.tourismjunagadh.org tourismjunagadh.org provides Tourism In Junagadh, Junagadh Tourism Guide, Junagadh Travel Tourism Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:38:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Sakkarbaug Zoo in Junagadh http://www.tourismjunagadh.org/2010/02/sakkarbaug-zoo-in-junagadh/ http://www.tourismjunagadh.org/2010/02/sakkarbaug-zoo-in-junagadh/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:36:43 +0000 admin http://www.tourismjunagadh.org/?p=164 Officials said the negotiations, under the wild animals exchange scheme, with a Singapore zoo is in the final stages, and the big cats are expected to land here by the end of this year.
Sakkarbaug Zoo superintendent V J Rana said: “If things go smoothly, a pair may arrive here at the end of 2008. The animal will be accommodated in the zoo enclosure for public display.” According to Rana, at present, no zoo in India houses this animal.
Currently, the zoo is home to over 900 wild animals, including 42 lions and 48 leopards. Over eight lakh people visit it every year, he added.
Cheetah is said to have been last seen in the Saurashtra region over six decades ago. The animal assumes significance for the city as there is place named ‘Cheetah Khana Chowk’ located in the heart of the Junagadh city.

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Sakkarbaug Zoo
The zoo of Junagadh, the oldest zoo in Gujarat , is home to the famous Gir lions, tigers and leopards. This zoo was set up in 1863 AD by the Nawab, to save the Asiatic lion from extinction. Besides lions, there are also tigers, leopards, bears, jackals, wild ass, snakes and birds. An open zoo has also been developed over 500 acres of land.

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