Etawah Safari Park (formerly Etawah Lion Safari) is a drive-through safari park in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was opened to the public in November 2019. It includes multiple safaris, an Asiatic lion breeding centre and a visitor centre.[3]
History
Etawah Lion Safari was first proposed in 2006.[4] Work was started in May 2012. The park was designed by Spanish company Art Urbà.[5] At first, six lions were migrated to the park in 2014.[contradictory] In 2015 a deer safari, antelope safari, bear safari and leopard safari were added and the park was renamed as Etawah Safari Park.[4] The deer safari was inaugurated on 6 October 2016[6][7] and the remaining safaris as well as the park itself were inaugurated on 1 June 2018.[8][9] The park opened to the public on 24 November 2019 without the lion segment.[citation needed]
The Asiatic lion breeding centre has twelve breeding dens.[13] It was started with eleven lions that arrived in September 2014 mostly from zoos of Gujarat.[14] Four of the lions and five cubs died because of canine distemper,[14] after which the lions were vaccinated by an imported vaccine from the US.[15] As of December 2020[update], the center has nine cubs who are born there.[16][17][18][19]
Facilities
Visitor Facilitation Centre
A visitor facilitation centre includes a multimedia museum with digital signage and large format displays, and a '4D' education theatre for informing and guiding visitors.[20][21]
