Udaipur Zoo

• The zoo is dirty, unkempt and foul-smelling.
• Visitors are permitted to harass and tease the animals.
• Two panthers are kept in a small enclosure which does not have any enrichment. No trees are present to provide shade. The enclosure smelled terrible.
• The crocodile pen is made entirely of concrete, with insufficient space for the animals to bask. The water level was very low. Cleaning equipment was stored inside the cage, exposing the animals to possible injury and taking up significant space.
• Predator and prey species are kept in close proximity. Monkeys, deer, jackals and hyenas are all housed in full view of each other. All these enclosures are concrete and barren and do not have any enrichment. No grass or trees are present.
• The water provided to the animals was dirty and insufficient in the intense desert heat.
• The privacy cubicles provided in all the cages are dark and dingy, and some are incompatible with the species.
• Visitors could be seen harassing the jackals.
• Visitors were observed crossing the barrier of the bear enclosure.
• The food in the porcupine enclosure was lying on the urine-soaked ground. The enclosure was dirty and smelled terrible. There was no enrichment.
• The enclosure housing the peacocks, rabbits and star tortoises was strewn with debris.
• The enclosure for the waterbirds does not have any suitable area where the birds can stand or rest. There was not enough water for the birds in the pool.

The crocodile enclosure contains dirty water, and there is not enough natural space for the crocodiles to bask on.

The water pool in the deer enclosure is dry. The substrate consists of large and small pieces of stones.

The porcupine enclosure does not have any enrichment.

The enclosure for the water birds consists of wire mesh.