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Nature lovers, children, and wildlife enthusiasts present person a brand-new destination to research arsenic the sprawling Thrissur Zoological Park astatine Puthur opened its gates to the nationalist connected February 28 (Saturday), ushering successful a caller epoch of conservation and eco-tourism successful Keralam.
Set amidst a immense earthy landscape, the parkland invites visitors to locomotion with quality and acquisition the wilderness up close. The inaugural greeting saw Forest and Wildlife Minister A.K. Saseendran and Revenue and Housing Minister K. Rajan among the archetypal visitors, marking a historical infinitesimal for the State.
The caller parkland fulfils a long-pending imaginativeness — relocating the century-old zoo from its cramped Chembukkavu premises to an expansive, habitat-rich environment. Officials picture it arsenic a task calved retired of beardown governmental volition and a committedness to modern conservation values.
‘Zoo without bars’
Designed by internationally acclaimed zoo designer Jon Coe, the parkland redefines the precise thought of a zoo. Conceptualised arsenic a “zoo without bars,” it replaces cages with cautiously recreated earthy habitats, allowing animals to thrive successful environments that reflector their autochthonal ecosystems portion offering visitors an immersive wilderness experience.
Spread crossed 338 acres, the parkland features 9 thematic zones and a dedicated conservation area. Each portion represents a chiseled ecological portion — from arid landscapes to mist-laden shola grasslands — making each agelong of the parkland consciousness similar a travel done divers habitats of India.
Animals from the aged Thrissur Zoo person already been relocated to the caller facility, with plans underway to present much taxon from crossed India and abroad, further enriching its biodiversity.
The parkland volition beryllium unfastened to visitors from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with Mondays observed arsenic a holiday, successful enactment with different zoological parks. Entry tickets are priced astatine ₹100 for adults, ₹30 for children aged 5 to 12, and ₹50 for elder citizens, portion introduction remains escaped for persons with disabilities.
Special concession packages are disposable for pupil groups arriving successful schoolhouse azygous with anterior support from the caput of the institution. Entry is escaped for students from kindergarten to Class IV, portion those from Classes V to XII tin participate astatine a concessional complaint of ₹30. One teacher oregon unit subordinate volition beryllium allowed for each 20 students astatine the aforesaid rate.
Parking fees are ₹25 for two-wheelers, ₹30 for autorickshaws, ₹100 for cars and jeeps, ₹175 for vans, tempos, oregon mini buses (up to 32 seats), and ₹250 for buses. Charges for inactive cameras and video cameras are fixed astatine ₹350 and ₹750 respectively, portion cloakroom work costs ₹25.
To heighten mobility wrong the park, 2 non-AC electrical buses operated by KSRTC person been deployed. The thrust costs ₹50 for adults and ₹25 for children betwixt 5 and 12, offering a comfy and eco-friendly mode to research the immense sanctuary.
More than conscionable a zoo, the Puthur Zoological Park emerges arsenic a surviving scenery of coexistence — wherever conservation meets experience, and each way promises a person brushwood with the wild.
