Aurangabad Municipal Corporation Zoo

• Nearly all the enclosures are small and barren and do not have any enrichment.
• No clean water or fresh food could be seen in any of the enclosures.
• Nearly all the enclosures are poorly maintained.
• Most of the enclosures have concrete floors; some are visibly unsafe and have exposed wire mesh, light switches and electrical wires.
• Porcupines, hyenas, jackals, a wolf, a langur and a civet cat are housed in a U-shaped row; an open, undrained waste trough runs through the enclosure, causing an unbearable stench and posing a health hazard to both animals and visitors.
• A single bear is kept alone in a barren enclosure. No water was observed.
• Two individually housed monkeys are kept in poorly maintained cages which contain broken wire and concrete floors. No food was observed, and one monkey was seen begging for food from visitors.
• On the day of our inspection, the elephants were chained in a concrete shed. One elephant was tethered by the front legs with a spiked chain.
• The enclosure housing a white tiger and her three cubs was filled with faeces and debris and is very small.
• Large numbers of rabbits and hamsters are kept in small cages.
• There is an electric pole right in the middle of the emu enclosure.
• No educational material is available.

Snakes are resting on exposed wires in their enclosure.

This bear is living in a completely barren enclosure. He does not even have water to drink.

This elephant is chained by both of his front feet. Part of the chain has spikes in it.

Three emus are kept in a small space with electric poles right in the middle of the enclosure. Visitors are able to feed them.