The Central Zoo in Jawalakhel, the country’s only zoo, remained shut due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as a result, its main source of income, which came from tickets sold to visitors, dried up.
The zoo authorities even struggled to feed animals and pay the salary to staff.
The Central Zoo, established as a private zoo in 1932 by Rana prime minister Juddha Shumsher, later came into the ownership of the Nepal government with the political changes of the 1950s. Since 1995, the management responsibility of Nepal’s Central Zoo has been shifted to the National Trust for Nature Conservation for the next 30 years. The zoo is currently spread over six hectares of land.
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