Comilla Zoo and Botanical Garden, Combined zoo and botanical garden in Kaliajhuri, Bangladesh.
Comilla Zoo and Botanical Garden is a combined facility with animal enclosures and plant collections integrated on the same grounds. The site holds several monkey species, bears, waterfowl, and reptiles alongside trees and shrubs from the region.
The facility was created in 1986 to provide recreational and educational resources to the community. It was established under district administration management and remains one of the few government-run institutions of this type in the country.
The name Kaliajhuri, the area where the zoo and botanical garden stand, is how locals identify the site. The grounds combine animal enclosures with a botanical garden, and the zoo keeps a lion, seven kinds of monkeys, two bears, two river gulls, two Egyptian hens, a python and a hare. The animal count has fallen year by year as maintenance declined.
The grounds are open daily and visitors should wear comfortable shoes as exploration requires walking along paths. It is helpful to bring a hat and sun protection on sunny days to shield yourself from heat and sunlight.
The zoo sits on 10.15 acres, but the land it owns totals 75 acres, so most of the property lies outside the fenced animal area. By the time of the sources only sixteen animals and birds remained, among them a single lion, seven kinds of monkeys, two bears, two river gulls, two Egyptian hens, a python and a hare.
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