The Padmaja Naidu Zoological Park in Darjeeling is a beautiful enclosure that houses a diverse range of animals.
This place, also known as the Darjeeling Zoo, is a paradise for animals of all types and a popular destination for those who enjoy the outdoors and animals.
The zoo is well-known throughout the world for its breeding and conservation initiatives. It also has breeding facilities for snow leopards and red pandas that are not on display.
Along with these more uncommon animals, the zoo is also enriched by the presence of the Asiatic black bear, barking deer, leopards, blue and yellow Macaw, Eastern Pangolin, Pheasant, Himalayan Monal, Himalayan Wolf, Lady Amherst, Leopard Cat, Macaw, Red Jungle Fowl, Red Panda, Royal Bengal Tiger, Sambar Deer, Temminck's Tragopan, Yak, and many other animals.
This attraction's 1958 founding was given the name Padmaja Naidu in honour of the former West Bengal governor and daughter of Sarojini Naidu.At an incredible average elevation of 7000 feet, it is India's best high altitude zoo.
The Padmaja Naidu Zoological Park, which specialises in raising species adapted to alpine conditions, successfully breeds the Red Panda, Snow Leopard, and Critically Endangered Himalayan Wolf in captivity.
The zoo serves as the focal centre for the red panda programme operated by the Central Zoo Authority of India and is a member of the International Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
The zoo houses a snow leopard and red panda breeding facility that is not on public display.
Snow leopard captive breeding began in 1983 with leopards that were imported to the zoo from Leh-Ladakh, the United States, and Zurich.
With help from staff members from the Rotterdam Zoo, Belgium, the Madrid Zoo, and the Cologne Zoo, the red panda programme was launched in 1994.
The zoo also raises the Himalayan tahr, blue sheep, Himalayan monal, grey peacock pheasant, Himalayan salamander, blood pheasant, and satyr tragopan in addition to these species.
The zoo is renowned for its red panda, Himalayan salamander, Tibetan wolf, and snow leopard conservation breeding programmes.
