Sakkarbaug Zoological Park

Sakkarbaug Zoological Park

The Sakkarbaug Zoo was established in 1863 by The Mohabat khanji Babi-II of Junagadh state It is oldest zoo of India and fourth biggest zoo in India.

In 2003 the zoo opened a natural history museum in a large hall in the veterinary hospital. The museum opened with the skeletons of two Asiatic lions, as well as panther, deer, wild boar, antelope, black buck, blue bull, and spotted deer. Eggs, beaks, and feathers of various birds were also on display. The museum will be expanded as specimens become available.

The zoo provides purebred Asiatic lions for the Indian and the international endangered species captive breeding program for the critically endangered species. Wild free ranging Asiatic lions have become extinct over most of Asia and are today found only in the nearby Gir Forest