Bengaluru Bannerghatta Biological Park | 02 May 2020
Why in News
Bengaluru’s Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBBP), Karnataka has come out with the Animal Adoption Programme to conserve wildlife and allow people to adopt animals at the zoo during the lockdown period.
- The programme provides an opportunity to get involved with the feeding and veterinary care expenses for zoo animals with a provision for Income Tax rebate under 80G.
- The BBBP has released a list of animals that can be adopted: King cobra, Indian rock python, Black buck, Sambar, Emu, Golden jackal, Indian leopard, Sloth bear, Hippopotamus, Bengal tiger, Giraffe, etc.
Key Points
- In 2004, BBBP was carved out of the Bannerghatta National Park (BNP) and brought under the Zoo Authority of Karnataka (ZAK).
- BNP which was declared a national park in 1974.
- BBBP has four divisions: the zoo, the safari, the butterfly park and the rescue centre.
- It is one among the few places in the world where wilderness is preserved so close to a big city.
- The valley of Champakadhama hills is inside the park.
- Objectives:
- To complement and strengthen national efforts in ex-situ conservation of biodiversity.
- To support the conservation of endangered species.
- To provide opportunities for scientific studies, research and documentation on conservation and creation databases.
- To bring awareness to the public and provide recreational opportunity to the visitors.
- Flora: Scrub type (dry deciduous forests), southern tropical dry deciduous forests, southern tropical moist mixed forests.
- Fauna: Elephant, Chital, Barking Deer, Striped Hyena, Porcupine, Peafowl, Grey Jungle Fowl, Partridges, crocodiles, tortoise, python, varieties of butterflies, etc.
