Alipore Zoological Gardens

• Nearly all the enclosures are small and barren and do not have any enrichment.
• No clean water or fresh food was observed in the enclosures.
• Garbage bins are overflowing throughout the zoo, and many of the enclosures contain piles of decomposing rubbish.
• The moats in many of the enclosures are filthy and filled with debris. The water in the crocodile enclosure is stagnant and has duck weed growing in it.
• There are no guards to protect the animals from being teased and harassed. On the day of our inspection, visitors were observed banging on the mesh of the lion and tiger enclosure and making hooting noises to get their attention.
• Stray cats and dogs roam all over the zoo.
• The deer's enclosure is full of flies who swarm all over them. The deer are also traumatised by a busy, noisy road which passes near their enclosure.
• There is an open-air restaurant in front of the hippo enclosure. Food vendors sell food all around the zoo, and visitors were observed feeding animals.
• The elephants are very thin. On the day our investigator was there, they appeared hungry and were seen begging for food from the keeper, who did not feed them.
• The bears have very long nails because their barren, ramshackle enclosure does not provide them with anything to help wear them down.
• A lone zebra is kept in the zoo.

The water for the birds is too dirty to drink or bathe in, and the amount of leaf matter reveals how long it has not been cleaned.

There is a pile of decomposing garbage on the zoo grounds, near the deer enclosure.

This elephant, like all the other elephants in this zoo, is extremely thin. There is no food or water in this enclosure.

This bear's nails are far too long. They are very uncomfortable for the bear and must be clipped, as his bare enclosure provides no means to wear them down himself.

This is the enclosure for the single zebra.