Bengaluru : Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) has 4 different units such as Zoo, Safari, Butterfly Park and Rescue Center created within the area of 731.88 Ha. BBP was a self sustained organization which was run only by gate revenue and we have also adopted a few mini zoos of Karnataka.

COVID-19 pandemic has played a great disaster on the zoo where the footfall has come down drastically, which has impacted revenue of zoo. In spite of this, the zoo is taking care of around 2388 individual animals belonging to 102 different species. So we request citizens and organizations to adopt animals to contribute towards their partial cost of feed and veterinary care

BBP also provides an opportunity to adopt and name young ones which currently do not have names. Some of the young ones available for adoption and naming are as follows:
1) Lioness Sania’s 1 male & 3 female cubs born on 3rd April, 2021
2) Cubs Zebra Kaveri’s female foal born on 27th September,2020
3) Hippopotamus Dashya’s male calf born on 27th July, 2020
4) Spectacled Langur Reshmi’s female infant born on 16th March, 2020
5) Hanuman Langur Adithi’s infant born on 22nd February, 2020
6) Grey Wolf Akira’s two male pups born on 3rd February, 2020

Citizens can also contribute towards One Day Feeding cost for some of our zoo residents. Daily feeding cost for some of the animals is as follows:

Species Approximate daily feeding cost per animal Total number of animal Total feeding cost/day
Asian Elephant 3,000/- 25 75,000/-
Royal Bengal Tiger 1,500/- 20 30,000/-
Lion 1,500/- 23 34,500/-
Leopard 500/- 42 21,000/-
Giraffe 1000/- 2 2,000/-
Zebra 750/- 4 3,000/-
Hyena 500/- 3 1,500/-
Wolf 500/- 13 6,500/-
Jackal 400/- 11 4,400/-
Wild Dog 400/- 4 1,600/-
Hippopotamus 1200/ 8 9,600/-
Sloth Bear 600/- 3 1,800/-
Himalayan Black Bear 600/- 6 3,600/-
Deer species housed in the zoo 120 5,000/-
Herbivores in herbivore safari 1250 70,000/-
Average one day feeding 2,69,500/-

Donations can be made through NEFT/RTGS to the following account
Account Number: 89470100014031
IFSC code: BARB0VJBGHA ( 5th digit is zero)
Account name: Member Secretary & Chief Conservator of Forests,
Zoo Authority of Karnataka
Bank of Baroda, Bannerghatta Branch

Interested adopters can log on to https://bannerghattabiologicalpark.org for further details and enquires can be sent to educationbbp@gmail.com.

Upon receipt of the Donor details, certificate and a receipt to acknowledge their contribution will be issued. There is a provision for IT rebate under 80G for animal adoption/donation. Exemptions u/s 80G (5) (iv) of Income Tax Act, 1961 is granted to Zoo Authority of Karnataka which is valid from AY 2011-12 and onwards vide Commissioner of Income Tax, Mysore letter No. 2-1/80G/CIT/ Mys/2010-11.