Patna Zoo
Patna Zoo
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| Date opened | 1973 |
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| Location | Patna, Bihar, India |
| Coordinates | 25°35′47″N 85°05′57″E / 25.596513°N 85.099304°ECoordinates: 25°35′47″N 85°05′57″E / 25.596513°N 85.099304°E |
| Land area | 152.95 acres (61.90 ha) |
| No. of animals | 800 |
| No. of species | Trees: 300 species Animals: 70 species Fish: 35 species Snakes: 5 species |
| Annual visitors | 20-25 lakh |
| Memberships | CZA |
| Website | zoopatna |
Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan (संजय गांधी जैविक उद्यान, also known as Sanjay Gandhi Botanical and Zoological Garden or Patna Zoo) is located off Bailey Road in Patna, Bihar, India. The park was opened to the public as a zoo in 1973. The park is Patna's most frequented picnic spot, with more than 36,000 visitors on New Year's Day alone in 2011.
The park was first established as a botanical garden in 1969. The then Governor of Bihar, Sri Nityanand Kanungo, provided almost 34 acres (14 ha) of land from the Governor House campus for the garden. In 1972, Public Works added 58.2 acres (23.6 ha) to this, and the Revenue Department transferred 60.75 acres (24.58 ha) to the Forest Department to help expand the park.
Since 1973, this park has been a biological park, combining a botanical garden with a zoo. The land acquired from the Public Works Department and the Revenue Department was declared protected forest by the state government on 8 March 1983.
The zoo is currently home to over 800 animals of about 110 species, including tiger, leopard, clouded leopard, hippopotamus, crocodile, elephants, Himalayan black bear, jackal, black bucks, spotted deer, peafowl, hill myna, gharial, python, Indian rhinoceros,chimpanzee, giraffe, zebra, emu, and white peacock.
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