The zoo covers close to 1300 acres. Although many animals are in cages, several of the larger ones are kept in more expansive natural settings, separated from the people by deep wide moats rather than chain link fences.
For visitors, this approach has a couple of implications. First, be prepared to do a lot of walking. Bicycles are available for rent inside the entrance, and they present a convenient alternative, although the gear shift and brakes on my bike left something to be desired. The choo choo train is another alternative, but it started to fill up later in the day with tired parents and children.
Another implication is that animals often love to lie down in the tall grass as far away from visitors as they can get. Binoculars and a camera with a good zoom lens are useful. I used 10x zoom to get a shot of this tiger. Double click on the image to enlarge it.
The zoo has several species of primates
Many different birds form part of the zoo collection.
I have entitled this video Frustration.
The zoo includes a rare white tigress and her two cubs.
I saw one young elephant at the zoo, but I couldn't get a good photo of it before it sat down in the tall grass. India just passed a law preventing zoos from keeping elephants, requiring them to be resettled in parks or preserves where they will have more space to roam.
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