Pinnawala Zoo

The National Zoological Gardens in land began its operations in 1936. the govt took over the eleven acres of land that belonged to a German man of affairs Jhon Hargenbeck World Health Organization had been victimization the realm as a holding ground for animals before they were exported to Europe. In 1948 the govt nonheritable additional lands and therefore the space was swollen up to twenty one acres.

The Dehiwala menagerie had been well known as a travellerattraction since it had an oversized assortment of animals. However, itslocation in an exceedingly quick developing residential district of Colombo, has exhibit a series of constraints that has restricted its growth and upgrading to fulfill the high standards expected of a contemporary menagerie. thence the menagerie authorities were compelled to hunt various solutions to the issues. As a result the product for the Pinnawala menagerie was born.

 

Sri Lanka features a wealthy diversity of animals across the country. Basically, the Dehiwala facility provides all the facilities for several animals everywhere the planet and thanks to high abundance of species, there was an issue of keeping endemic and native animals of Sri Lanka in those controlled condition. The commencement of Pinnawala Open facility initial came through the amount of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga in 2000.

however the constructions were stopped in 2002 thanks to some disputes among the govt., wherever the development formally started in 2008 at intervals former President Mahinda Rajapakse's amount.[3] The facility was opened on seventeen Gregorian calendar month 2015 by business enterprise & Sports minister adult male. Navin Dissanayake and National Zoological Gardens Department Director General order Batrachia Delaware timber. The expenditure for constructing the facility is 862 million LKR.