Kolkata Zoo, officially known as the Alipore Zoological Gardens, is one of the oldest and most well-known zoos in India. Located in the heart of Kolkata (Calcutta), this zoological garden is a popular destination for both locals and tourists alike. E...

The zoo attracted flak from the scientific community in general, because of cross breeding experiments between lions and tigers to produce strains like tigons, and litigons (see Panthera hybrid). The zoo bred two tigons in the 1970s ? Rudrani (b. 197...