Identificatie
Soort entiteit
Instelling
Geauthoriseerde naam
Calcutta Zoo
Parallelle vormen van de naam
Gestandaardiseerde naamvorm(en) volgens andere regels.
Aandere naamsvormen
- Zoological Garden, Alipore
- Alipore Zoo
- Kolkata Zoo
Identificatiecode voor organisaties
Beschrijving
Bestaansperiode
1875
Geschiedenis
The Zoological Garden, Alipore (also informally called the Alipore Zoo or Kolkata Zoo) is India's oldest formally stated zoological park.
The zoo had its roots in a private menagerie established by the Governor General of India, Richard Wellesley, established around 1800 inn his summer home at Barrackpore near Kolkata, as part of the Indian Natural History Project. The first superintendent of the menagerie was the Scottish physician zoologist Francis Buchanan-Hamilton. Sir Stamford Raffles visited the menagerie in 1810, and doubtless used come aspects of the menagerie as an inspiration for London Zoo