National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka (also called Colombo Zoo or Dehiwala Zoo) is a zoological garden in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka, founded in 1936. Its sprawling areas are host to a variety of animals and birds. The zoo exhibits animals but also places an emphasis on animal conservation and welfare, and education.
Visions for the zoo include, "To create one of the world’s outstanding zoological institutions, that is a centre of the excellence for conservation, research and education" and mission is "Resourceful conservation of animals by means of a learning, achieved through the exhibition of species which were adopted with loving care". The zoo has 3000 animals and 350 species as of 2005. The annual revenue is LKR 40 million.
The zoo exchanges its residents with other zoological gardens for breeding purposes.
Zoo
Dehiwala Zoological Garden is one of the oldest zoological gardens in Asia. It has a substantial collection of worldwide animals. It is open all year long and can be reached by public transportation. Diversity of the zoo is indicated by the presence of an aquarium walk through aviary, reptile house, butterfly garden and many cages and enclosures.
The zoological garden has a small, but picturesque butterfly garden which is decorated with small shrubs, trees, creepers and small streams. Internal temperature and humidity of the house is controlled by artificially created mist. The butterfly garden exhibits 30 species of butterflies with their all stages of life cycle for educational purposes.
Animals in Dehiwala Zoo
# Category. Species Number
[1] Mammals 100 450
[2] Birds 110 1000-1500
[3] Fish 65. 1000
[4] Reptiles 34 250
[5] Amphibians 3 20
[6] Butterflies 30 100
[7] Marine invertebrates. 10 25
# Category. Species Number
[1] Mammals 100 450
[2] Birds 110 1000-1500
[3] Fish 65. 1000
[4] Reptiles 34 250
[5] Amphibians 3 20
[6] Butterflies 30 100
[7] Marine invertebrates. 10 25
Animals
The zoo consist of diverse indigenous as well as foreign wildlife including mammals, reptiles, birds and fish. Every year the zoo exchanges some of its animals with other zoos worldwide to enlarge the diversity of its animals and introduce new species of animals as well.
Dehiwala Zoo always trying to introduce new members to their animal collection to expand it. In 2008, 3 month old seal has been brought to Sri Lanka from the Krefeld Zoo in Germany.
A green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) which was brought to Sri Lanka some five years ago along with a male of the species, has given birth to 23 baby anacondas in the Dehiwala Zoo in 2008, and 20 of them had survived. This was a very rare occasion of giving birth while in captivity, especially in a relatively unfamiliar territory.
Ongoing animal breeding program is helpful for increasing the population of some animal species in the zoo and it also important for conservation of the endangered species in the world
The elephant (Elephants maximums maximums) performances in Dehiwala zoo..
Watch the video: Baby Elephant bathing in a Tub
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Watch the video :Animals at Zoological Gardens Dehiwala Sri Lanka
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A pair of jaguars (Panthera onca)
Jaguar (Panthera onca) at Dehiwala Zoo, Sri Lanka.
Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
Orangutan (Pongo borneo)
Watch the video : Birds and Birds Show at Dehiwala Zoological Garden Sri Lanka
A pair of scarlet macaws (Ara macao)
Scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
Peahen (Pavo cristatus)
Swan at a pond in Dehiwala Zoo (Cygnus olor)
Ostrich
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