To inspire amongst zoo visitors empathy for wild animals, an understanding and awareness about the need for conservation of natural resources and maintaining ecological balance.
Providing opportunities for scientific studies useful for conservation in general and creation of data base for sharing between the agencies involved in in-situ and ex-situ conservation.
Providing opportunities for scientific studies useful for conservation in general and creation of data base for sharing between the agencies involved in in-situ and ex-situ conservation.
While the Bengal tiger is the most numerous of all tiger species, it is still under constant poaching threat. The creation of preserves in India helped stabilize the species' numbers, but poaching in Asia is on the rise. They are poached both for their skin and their body parts which are considered useful for Asian medicine. They are also threatened by habitat destruction and loss of their usual prey.
The main objective of the National Zoological Park is to complement and strengthen the national efforts in conservation of the rich biodiversity of the country, particularly the wild fauna. To achieve this objective the following protocol is adopted:
Supporting the conservation of endangered species by attempting their coordinated breeding under ex-situ conditions and raise stocks for rehabilitating them in wild as and when it is appropriate and desirable.
