Delhi Zoo
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Jackals escape enclosure at Delhi zoo; search teams deployed in forested area
Delhi | Nov 23, 2025, 08:38 AM ISTThe breach, reported on Saturday morning, has once again brought the zoo's preparedness and animal management under scrutiny.
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Mystery surrounds death of 'Dharmendra', one-horned Rhino at Delhi zoo
Delhi | Jan 03, 2025, 12:05 PM ISTThe Delhi Zoo is investigating the mysterious and unnatural death of Dharmendra, an 11-year-old one-horned rhino, just days after the passing of a white tiger cub due to pneumonia and traumatic shock.
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Delhi Zoo to celebrate first birthday of Avni and Vyom with cake cutting ceremony: Who are they?
Delhi | Aug 24, 2023, 07:58 PM ISTTwo white cubs in Delhi Zoo will turn one on Saturday, on the occasion of which the authorities will carry out a cake-cutting ceremony and organise a special feast for the animals.
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After 105 days, Delhi zoo reopens in two shifts
News | Aug 02, 2021, 11:48 AM ISTAfter being closed for 105 days, Delhi's National Zoological Park reopened for the public on August 02. The zoo was temporarily shut due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in the national capital during the second wave. On the first day, more than 92 per cent of tickets were sold. However, the visitors have to strictly follow COVID-appropriate behaviour.
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Delhi zoo reopens after being temporarily shut during second Covid wave
India | Aug 01, 2021, 11:12 AM ISTThree and a half months after it was temporarily shut due to a surge in coronavirus cases during the second wave, the Delhi Zoo reopened today.
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Delhi Zoo reopens after year, ticketing chaos, crowding reported
India | Apr 01, 2021, 06:52 PM ISTDelhi Zoo reopened for the public on Thursday after remaining closed for almost a year due to the Covid lockdown. Excitement was palpable among the visitors but faced issues in getting online tickets while social distancing norms went for a toss at the entry gate.
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Fresh bird flu case reported at Delhi Zoo
India | Feb 10, 2021, 06:55 AM ISTIn the light of the bird flu outbreak, seven serological samples of droppings of birds and environments collected by Delhi's Animal Husbandry Department from four different points of the Zoo was sent to NIHSAD in Bhopal, have tested positive for the bird flu.
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Owl found dead in Delhi zoo tests positive for bird flu
India | Jan 16, 2021, 05:39 PM ISTA dead owl in the Delhi zoo has been found to have been infected with bird flu, officials said on Saturday. "The zoo witnessed the death of a brown fish owl in its captivity.Its cloacal, tracheal and ocular swabs were sent to the animal husbandry unit of the Delhi government for serological examination," zoo Director Ramesh Pandey said.
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Delhi zoo gets Royal Bengal tigress from Kanpur for conservation breeding
India | Nov 19, 2020, 11:08 AM ISTThe Delhi zoo has got a Royal Bengal tigress, the first in six years, from the Kanpur zoo for breeding proposes under an animal exchange programme, officials said on Thursday. The tigress, Barkha, is six years old. She will form a pair with Karan, who is also aged around 6.
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Delhi zoo lioness, Akhila, dies after suffering paralysis for 9 years
India | Oct 07, 2020, 07:56 AM ISTAkhila, an 11-year-old lioness, died at the Delhi zoo on Tuesday after suffering from paralysis for nine years. Officials said the lioness had developed "pulmonary-renal complications."
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Renal failure, not coronavirus led to death of Delhi zoo's white tigress
India | Apr 24, 2020, 10:17 PM ISTThe famous white tigress 'Kalpana' died in Delhi zoo due to renal failure and not due to coronavirus, officials said on Friday. The 13-year-old tigress died on Wednesday evening. The famous white tigress 'Kalpana' died in Delhi zoo due to renal failure and not due to coronavirus, officials said on Friday. The 13-year-old tigress died on Wednesday evening.
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Bengal tiger dies at Delhi zoo
India | Sep 20, 2019, 08:58 PM ISTAn eight-year-old Bengal tiger died in the Delhi zoo on Friday due to "multiple organ failure", officials said. Rama died around 1 pm on Friday.
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Animal keeper goes to fill water bowl at Delhi Zoo, Bengal tiger attacks him
India | Sep 10, 2019, 11:21 PM ISTAn animal keeper was on Tuesday morning attacked by an "unwell and distressed" Bengal tiger in the Delhi Zoo when he went to fill the water bowl of the feline, officials said.
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Delhi zoo's last cape buffalo dies after consuming plastic bag, probe ordered
India | Sep 05, 2019, 11:12 PM ISTThe cape buffalo, a species found only in Africa, died on August 27. Veterinary Officer Abhijit Bhawal who conducted the postmortem found a plastic-like material in the stomach of the animal, an official said.
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Delhi zoo loses its last chinkara
India | Jul 24, 2019, 03:17 PM ISTThe last chinkara of the National Zoological Park, commonly known as the Delhi zoo, has died, an official said on Wednesday.
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Bird flu scare in Delhi; Zoo, Deer Park to remain shut until further notice
Oct 21, 2016, 09:57 AM ISTWith eight more birds succumbing to avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, authorities have shut down Delhi Zoo and city’s infamous Deer Park and warned people not to touch any dead bird.
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Delhi zoo gets record 22 lakh visitors this summer
India | Aug 02, 2015, 01:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: Around 22 lakh people visited Delhi zoo this summer with white tiger Vijay, who mauled a youth to death, and a King Cobra being the crowd-pullers. “We recorded around 22 lakh visitors till
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Delhi zoo to have proper precautionary mechanisms
India | Oct 09, 2014, 09:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi zoo will soon have proper precautionary mechanisms and security measures to avoid repeat of the September 23 incident where a 20-year-old youth was mauled to death by a white tiger when
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Curious visitors flock Delhi zoo to see white tiger
India | Sep 24, 2014, 10:32 PM ISTNew Delhi: It was "curiosity" and "inquisitiveness" that brought many visitors to the Delhi zoo Wednesday, a day after a white tiger mauled and killed a 20-year-old youth after he fell into the animal's enclosure.Many
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Family of youth killed by tiger wants justice
India | Sep 24, 2014, 08:52 PM ISTNew Delhi: The family of the 20-year-old youth who was mauled to death by a white tiger at the Delhi zoo, Wednesday demanded strict action against the security guards who "did not act" when the