Wednesday 5 December 2012

DEHIWELA ZOO

                  DEHIWELA ZOO
National Zoological Garden situated only 9.5 kilometres from Colombo City
Dehiwala Zoo (also called Colombo Zoo or National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka) is a zoological garden in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka, founded in 1936.                
The zoo was originally started by John Hargenberg who collected and kept animals at the same site of the current zoo which was then under his ownership. Hargenberg also exported animals back to Europe for his brother who was a prominent animal dealer at the time. 
                                                                           A large number of diverse animals can be found here including a 100 species of mammals, 110 species of birds and 35 species of reptiles. Also housed here are various fish, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies and marine invertebrates.  
               Bengal tiger    
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                elephants' dance, Dehiwala Zoo, Colombo, Sri Lanka (01.12.2011)   
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