Etawah Safari Park

Safari park in India

26°46′02″N 79°00′07″E / 26.767261°N 79.001896°E / 26.767261; 79.001896Date opened24 November 2019; 4 years ago (2019-11-24)LocationEtawah, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaLand area350 hectares (864.869 acres)^[1]No. of animals260 (March 2023)No. of species5Annual visitors118746 (2022-23 Financial Year)OwnerForest Department, Government of Uttar PradeshDirectorAnil Patel, IFSPublic transit accessEtawah Junction railway station, Agra Airport, Gwalior AirportWebsiteetawahlionsafari.org

Etawah Safari Park (formerly Etawah Lion Safari) is a drive-through safari park in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was opened to the public in November 2019. It includes multiple safaris, an Asiatic lion breeding centre and a visitor centre.^[2]

History

Etawah Lion Safari was first proposed in 2006.^[3] Work was started in May 2012. The park was designed by Spanish company Art Urbà.^[4] At first, six lions were migrated to the park in 2014.^{[contradictory]} In 2015 a deer safari, antelope safari, bear safari and leopard safari were added and the park was renamed as Etawah Safari Park.^[3] The deer safari was inaugurated on 6 October 2016^[5]^[6] and the remaining safaris as well as the park itself were inaugurated on 1 June 2018.^[7]^[8] The park opened to the public on 24 November 2019 without the lion segment.^{[citation needed]}

Safaris

Multiple safaris includes a lion safari, a deer safari, an antelope safari, a bear safari and a leopard safari.^[9]^[10] As of November 2019^[update], the lion and leopard safaris are waiting for approval from the Central Zoo Authority (CZA).^[11]

Asiatic lion breeding centre

The Asiatic lion breeding centre has twelve breeding dens.^[12] It was started with eleven lions that arrived in September 2014 mostly from zoos of Gujarat.^[13] Four of the lions and five cubs died because of canine distemper,^[13] after which the lions were vaccinated by an imported vaccine from the US.^[14] As of December 2020^[update], the center has nine cubs who are born there.^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]

Facilities

A visitor facilitation centre includes a multimedia museum with digital signage and large format displays, and a '4D' education theatre for informing and guiding visitors.^[19]^[20]

References

^ "Lion Breeding Centre and Multiple Safari Parks information" (PDF). Central Zoo Authority. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^ "Annual report" (PDF). cza.nic.in. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Loksabha Election 2019 : बड़ा मुद्दा : सियासी शोर में दब गई सफारी पार्क के शेरों की दहाड़". Dainik Jagran.
^ "Lion Safari Etawah".
^ "Four months on, Lion Safari sees birth of two cubs". 7 October 2016.
^ "मुख्यमंत्री अखिलेश यादव आज इटावा में करेंगे हिरन सफारी का शुभारंभ". livehindustan.com (in Hindi).
^ Asia, 12Go. "Etawah Safari Park Will Be Opened in October News". 12go.asia.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "आम जनता को समर्पित हुआ इटावा सफारी पार्क". Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
^ "A Sneak Peek at India's Lion Safari: A Conservation Effort for Asia's "Last Lions"". Blog.nationalgeographic.org. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
^ "इटावा सफारी को शासन की हरी झंडी". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
^ "Etawah Safari opens for public, lion segment to wait". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ "Etawah safari to get four lions from Gujarat's Sakarbaug Zoo". The Economic Times. 18 August 2013.
^ ^a ^b Rai, Manmohan. "Gir lions gifted to Etawah Wildlife Lion Safari Park die; Mulayam's dream project could be in question in next year's elections". The Economic Times.
^ "Etawah lion safari roars back to life from the edge of oblivion". hindustantimes.com. 2 July 2019.
^ "इटावा लॉयन सफारी: शेरनी जेसिका ने दो शावकों को दिया जन्‍म, चौथी बार मां बनी". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
^ "लॉयन सफारी में शेरनी ने दिया शावक को जन्म". www.livehindustan.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
^ Faiz Rahman Siddiqui (16 April 2020). "Cub born to lioness Jennifer at Etawah Safari". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
^ "Etawah safari may begin with deer, antelope next month". The Times of India.
^ "Annual report" (PDF). cza.nic.in. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ "Cabinet nod to city's thirdastro-turf likely". The Times of India. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2020.