Mysore Zoo was created in 1892 on 10 acres (4.0 ha) of the summer palace of Maharaja Sri Chamaraja Wodeyar, and was originally called the Palace Zoo. The zoo was handed over to the Forest Department in 1972, and was entrusted to Zoo Authority of Karnataka which is the first autonomous organization in India to manage a zoo in 1979.


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The zoo is currently home to ten elephants, and has more elephants than any other zoo in India. A total of 34 elephants have lived at this zoo, many of which were eventually transferred to other zoos. The zoo also has five green anacondas contributed by Colombo zoo. It also has giraffes, zebra’s lions, tigers, white rhinoceros and baboons.

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 About five acres of prime zoo land has been donated to the Natural History Museum, which will enhance the educational potential of the zoo by offering people a rare opportunity to study natural history of wild animals, aquatic birds and tropical vegetation, etc.


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The zoo was expanded first with another 50 acres (20 ha), and then another 150 acres (61 ha) with the acquisition of the Karanji Tank (Karanji reservoir), in which an artificial island has been created as a sanctuary for birds. Celebrities, institutions, and animal lovers have contributed directly to the welfare of the zoo inmates.



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