Kolkata: The 148-year-old Alipore zoo, one of the oldest zoos in the country, has completely shifted to an online ticketing system.

“We waited for 10 hours before intervening,” said Asis Kr Samanta, the director of Alipore zoo. There is a gate in the middle of the night shelter — where the lioness and her cubs are housed — that ...

Accordingly, at the Alipore zoo, except for the main gate, the entire area goes without any light at night. But the recent gecko theft has made zoo officials rethink about security measures.

Alipore Zoological garden director Subir Choudhury says: “We had about 19.25 lakh visitors over the last 12 months.” Nicco Park vice-president, marketing, Melvyn Pinto puts ticket sales at about 15 ...

Kolkata, May 18: Alipore Zoo, the country’s oldest formally stated zoological park, is for the first time availing the services of a dietitian for its animals. The zoo, which has 1400 animals ...

Electric Zoo concertgoers reportedly rushed the gate Sunday after organizers said that the venue on Randall’s Island had unexpectedly reached capacity and ticket holders would be turned away.

The Alipore Zoo authorities have come up with special arrangements for animals like air coolers and water sprinkling systems.

KOLKATA: The Alipore Zoological Gardens inaugurated several measures on Monday, keeping in mind the visitors ahead of the upcoming winter season. It launched a system to book entry tickets online ...

In October 2017, when four kangaroos arrived at the Alipore Zoological Gardens from the Kanazawa Zoo of Japan, officials at the Alipore facility had not thought that the marsupials would start ...

A beloved giraffe died in an upstate zoo over the weekend when he fractured his neck after it got stuck in a support structure for his enclosure’s gate.