Pinnawala Open Zoo (also called Pinnawala Zoo: Sinhala: පින්නවල සත්වෝද්යානය) is a zoological garden in Pinnawala, Sri Lanka, which is situated closer to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. The zoo was opened for public on 17 April 2015. This is the first open-air zoo in Sri Lanka and second zoo in Sri Lanka after Dehiwala zoo. The zoo was opened for the visitors free of charge from 17 – 30 of April 2015.[1][2]
Sri Lanka has a rich diversity of animals across the country. Basically, the Dehiwala zoo provides all the facilities for many animals all over the world and due to high abundance of species, there was a difficulty of keeping endemic and native animals of Sri Lanka in those controlled condition. The commencement of Pinnawala Open Zoo first came through the period of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga in 2000. But the constructions were stopped in 2002 due to some disputes among the government, where the construction officially started in 2008 within former President Mahinda Rajapakse's period.[3] The zoo was opened on 17 April 2015 by Tourism & Sports minister Mr. Navin Dissanayake and National Zoological Gardens Department Director General Anura de Silva. The expenditure for constructing the zoo is 862 million LKR.[4]
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The Pinnawala zoo is home for the many endemic animals in Sri Lanka. The zoo is divided into 7 enclosures, where the monkey island, Bird aviary, Amphibian area, and Pet area 2 are still in construction. There are internal road network throughout the zoo.
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pinnawala, open, also, called, pinnawala, sinhala, නවල, සත, නය, zoological, garden, pinnawala, lanka, which, situated, closer, pinnawala, elephant, orphanage, opened, public, april, 2015, this, first, open, lanka, second, lanka, after, dehiwala, opened, visito. Pinnawala Open Zoo also called Pinnawala Zoo Sinhala ප න නවල සත ව ද ය නය is a zoological garden in Pinnawala Sri Lanka which is situated closer to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage The zoo was opened for public on 17 April 2015 This is the first open air zoo in Sri Lanka and second zoo in Sri Lanka after Dehiwala zoo The zoo was opened for the visitors free of charge from 17 30 of April 2015 1 2 Pinnawala Open ZooEntrance7 18 2 N 80 23 18 E 7 30056 N 80 38833 E 7 30056 80 38833Date opened17 April 2015LocationPinnawala RambukkanaLand area44 acresNo of animals100 No of species30 Major exhibitsMammals Birds ReptilesLocation of Sri Lanka Contents 1 History 2 Zoo 3 Animals 4 Gallery 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editSri Lanka has a rich diversity of animals across the country Basically the Dehiwala zoo provides all the facilities for many animals all over the world and due to high abundance of species there was a difficulty of keeping endemic and native animals of Sri Lanka in those controlled condition The commencement of Pinnawala Open Zoo first came through the period of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga in 2000 But the constructions were stopped in 2002 due to some disputes among the government where the construction officially started in 2008 within former President Mahinda Rajapakse s period 3 The zoo was opened on 17 April 2015 by Tourism amp Sports minister Mr Navin Dissanayake and National Zoological Gardens Department Director General Anura de Silva The expenditure for constructing the zoo is 862 million LKR 4 Zoo editThe Pinnawala zoo is home for the many endemic animals in Sri Lanka The zoo is divided into 7 enclosures where the monkey island Bird aviary Amphibian area and Pet area 2 are still in construction There are internal road network throughout the zoo The 7 main enclosures are Pet area Swan pond Deer enclosure Crocodile enclosure Leopard enclosure Bear enclosure Butterfly gardenAnimals editThe zoo is divided into two sections the Sri Lankan zone and the World zone Currently the zoo is home for many boring animals such as chital lion Sri Lanka Leopard Purple faced leaf monkey Wild boar Sambar Asian elephant and different endemic bird species The leopard watching area is the largest of them all 5 Gallery edit nbsp Flamingo section nbsp Leopard enclosure nbsp Leopard watching room nbsp Sloth bear enclosure nbsp Butterfly gardenSee also editPinnawala Elephant Orphanage Dehiwala National Zoological GardensReferences edit Opening of Pinnawala Open Air Zoo on April 17 Pinnawala open air zoo opening today Daily News Online Sri Lanka s National News dailynews lk Archived from the original on 2015 04 17 Pinnawala open air zoo opening today Daily News Online Sri Lanka s National News dailynews lk Archived from the original on 2015 04 17 An Open Air Zoo to be declared open in Pinnawala 15 April 2015 The First Open air Zoo in Sri Lanka to Open in Pinnawala External links editYoutube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pinnawala Open Zoo amp oldid 1206932285, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,