Nandan Van Zoo

The Nandan Van Zoo has faced multiple controversies since 2023. In November 2023, 17 of 24 four-horned antelopes died from undetermined causes that prompted investigations by state and central wildlife authorities. In May 2025, wildlife activist Nitin Singhvi alleged that four ailing leopards and a three-legged hyena had been kept for eight years in small cement-floored enclosures at the Zoo and this raised concerns about their welfare. In February 2025, one of two Himalayan bears transported from Nagaland Zoo to the facility went missing en route and the forest department, leading Singhvi to accuse the wildlife department of negligence and to call for greater transparency regarding animal deaths.

Animals