Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park

Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park

 Darj Zoo (Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park) declared the zoo with the ‘highest 

captive snow leopard population in the world’ .

 Snow Leopards are listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, with an 

estimated population of between 4000 and 7500 individuals remaining in the wild.

 “The Snow Leopard Breeding Programme at the PNHZP is the only breeding programme of the 

species in Southeast Asia.

 In 2007, the Park was designated as the coordinating zoo for the conservation breeding of snow 

leopards by the Central Zoo Authority, New Delhi.

 Snow leopards are mainly found in Central and South Asia.