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Thiruvananthapuram Zoo is one of the large zoos of the country spread over 30 acres of land and located in the temple city of Thiruvananthapuram. The zoo offers rare opportunity for the visitors to experience and enjoy unparalleled picturesque and panoramic sylvan surroundings besides vivid animal collections. Thiruvananthapuram Zoo, one of the oldest in the country, was established as an adjunct to the Museum in 1859 by the erstwhile Maharaja of Travancore in order to attract more visitors. Annually, this Zoo has a footfall of fourteen lakh visitors and serves as one of the potent educational tools for understanding the close linkage between protection of natural areas and maintaining the life supporting processes of nature. As a legacy of past some typical iron barred, cement floored, dingy animal cages with architectural supremacy is maintained. In order to meet the challenges imposed by the changing scenario, outmoded cages were renovated/replaced by open moated, spacious, nature immersing enclosures in a phased manner. This modernization project being implemented since 1995-96 is going on.