Nagaland Zoological Park

Nagaland Zoological Park (NZP), Rangapahar, the only zoological park in the state, is emerging as one of the biodiversity hot-spots in the Northeast despite multiple problems faced by the authorities in the upkeep of the park.

Spread over 176 hectares , NZP was inaugurated in August 2008 and in the past few years, drew attention of biodiversity scholars and observers from within and outside the state. Nagaland Zoological Park is one of the 25 models zoos in India as per the Central Zoo Authority of India, says ZNP chief wildlife warden T. Lotha, while pointing out that the zoological park has the potentials to develop into a world class park. 

This means there is the need to seriously consider the number of animals and birds collected for the zoo including those endangered and rare ones.