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Pune - Satara Road Near Bharati Vidyapeeth Katraj Pune Maharashtra 411 046
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The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had established a small zoo named Peshwe Park, in 1953 on approximately 7 acres of land, at the base of the Parvati hills, where Madhavrao Peshwahad his private menagerie in 1780.The zoo area is now 130 acres which also encompasses a water body popularly called as the Katraj Lake. The zoo is currently recognized and categorized as a large zoo by the Central Zoo Authority and houses 362 animals, of which 147 animals are classified as endangered and critically endangered as per the schedules of the Wildlife Protection Act of India.The animal collection and the zoo premises are cared for by a dedicated work-force of around 100 personnel.
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