Rohtak Zoo

Tilyar Mini Zoo, Rohtak तिलयार लघु चिड़ियाघर, रोहतक, हरियाणा, भारत
Endangered wildlife breeding

Tilyar Mini Zoo, Rohtak Location in Haryana, India
Coordinates: 28°52′44″N 76°38′09″E / 28.87889°N 76.63583°E / 28.87889; 76.63583Coordinates: 28°52′44″N 76°38′09″E / 28.87889°N 76.63583°E / 28.87889; 76.63583
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Rohtak 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 Tilyar Mini Zoo, Rohtak (Hindi: तिलयार लघु चिड़ियाघर, रोहतक, हरियाणा, भारत) is located inside the Tilyar Lake complex on Delhi Road in Rohtak, Haryana, India.

The Tilyar Zoo at Rohtak (entry fee:INR10 for adults, INR5 for kids) is only 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

Harayana 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 ahd 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]

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^[7]
In 2003, a baby baboon was born in captivity in Pipali Zoo^[8]
In 2009, tiger Apaya of Bhiwani zoo attacked and killed another 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 the bees.^[10]

Gallery

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

Leopard
Tiger
Mugger crocodile
Gharial crocodile
Fox
Male and female blackbucks
Monkeybonnet macaque
Antelope

References

External links

Video of Rohtak Zoo is here and another video of tiger there is here.
A travelogue collage of pictures is available here

Zoos of India

Zoos	Alipore Zoological Gardens Allen Forest Zoo Amirthi Zoological Park Arignar Anna Zoological Park ChattBir Zoo Chennai Snake Park Gopalpur Zoo Etawah Wildlife Safari Park Gulab Bagh and Zoo Guwahati Zoo Indira Gandhi Zoological Park Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park Jaipur Zoo Jijamata Udyaan Lucknow Zoo Madras Crocodile Bank Marble Palace Zoo Mysore Zoo Nandankanan Zoological Park National Zoological Park Nehru Zoological Park Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park Parassinikkadavu Snake Park Sajjangarh Biological Park Sakkarbaug Zoological Garden Sandish Compound Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park Thrissur Zoo Thiruvananthapuram Zoo Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo Warangal Zoo

Aquariums	Bangalore Aquarium Taraporewala Aquarium

Organisations	Central Zoo Authority of India Zoo Outreach Organisation Wildlife Institute of India Indian Institute of Forest Management South Asian Zoo Association for Regional Cooperation

Related lists	Botanical gardens in India Wildlife sanctuaries of India

Protected areas of Haryana

National Parks	Kalesar National Parkat District Yamunanagar Pinjore Gardens 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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