Title : CENTRAL ZOO AUTHORITY

Date : Feb 02, 2022

Description :

GS III

 

Topic à Environment related issues

 

• About the Central Zoo Authority (CZA):

 

• It is the official body that controls zoos in India.
• It was founded in 1992.
• The main objective of the Authority is to complement and strengthen national efforts to conserve the country's rich ecosystem, especially wildlife, in line with the 1998 Zoo policy.

 

• Key activities:

 

• It enforces the minimum standards and practices for the protecting and caring of animals.
• Every zoo in the country needs to get CZA recognition for its set-up and functioning.

 

• Source à The Indian Express

Tags : zoo policy