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Lion Bagheera present in his enclosure in Kanpur Zoo.

Once known as a bastion of notorious criminals, Allen Forest is today one of the largest zoos in North India. There is no other zoo like this in UP. Today Kanpur Zoological Park is completing its 50 years. How was the zoo created and which was the first animal in it? How it started with animals given by a businessman from Holland.

Let's go on the historical journey of the zoo…