6 Reasons why you should take out your family to Trivandrum Zoo
1. The Thiruvananthapuram Zoo is also known as Trivandrum Zoo is located in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, India and it occupies 55 acres of woodland, lakes, and lawns and it is the oldest zoo in Asia.
2. The zoo also includes a snake farm which exhibits both poisonous and non-poisonous snakes and it also have 7 Anacondas which is from India.
3. The Thiruvananthapuram Zoo is home to 82 species from around the world. Indigenous species at the zoo include lion tailed macaque, Nilgiri Langur, Indian Rhinoceros , Asiatic lion, royal Bengal tiger, white tiger and leopard as well as nine Asian elephants and animals from Africa include giraffes, hippos, zebras and cape buffalos.
4. Thiruvananthapuram Zoo is one of the oldest of its kind in India. Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma, who ruled Travancore between 1830 and 1847, established a menagerie where royal tigers, panthers, cheetahs, deer, boar, and other wild animals were kept
5. The zoo was originally built with the typical iron barred cages prevalent at the time, and was designed for recreational purposes, but with increased loss of forest and wildlife due to human development, the goal of the Zoo has changed from recreation to conservation.
6. A modernization project started in 1995 aims to gradually replace the old enclosures with spacious naturalistic enclosures. The state government of Kerala is undertaking this renovation with financial and technical help from the Central Zoo Authority.