Zoo Education

Zoo Club

Bannerughatta Biological Park (BBP) is hosting Zoo Club to inspire young minds to connect with nature, wildlife and work towards conservation of wildlife and nature. This will be a 15 week program, conducted on Sundays. The sessions will be conducted from 10 am to 1 pm, with a maximum of 60 students intake and includes theory classes and field visits.

Topics covered include captive management, in situ and ex situ conservation, animal care, behavior and welfare. It also provide the members with the opportunity to interact with the experts on the field and explore careers with respect to nature and wildlife conservation. Interested candidates can enroll through the application form given in the link below. After registration, a confirmation email along with the list of documents required to complete your registration and payment process to the Zoo Club fee will be shared.
(Please Note: The registration form will close once the intake of 60 students is met.)

For more details please contact

Ms Amala M Anil – Education Officer
Email id: education@bannerughattabiopark.org

Internships

Bannerughatta Biological Park is conducting internship programme for students from veterinary, life science as well as other fields to provide an opportunity to gain hands on experience through work based learning. The students get an insight about the functioning and significance of the park towards ex-situ conservation along with activities and projects during the internship through which they can contribute their skills to enhance the organisation’s mission. Through this experiential learning students can gain skills required for their future employment.

Wildlife Awareness Programme

Bannerughatta Biological Park is conducting "Wildlife Awareness & Education Programs" to promote environmental awareness among school students.

IFS and other Forest Department Probationers Training

The probationers of Indian Forest Service and Range Forest Officer visit the park as a part of their training schedule. Through inhouse resource people, they are provided with insights into the park, its management, species housed as well as the conservation issues.

Signage Boards

Education is a vital role in the Zoo’s mission, hence various signages and information boards are placed in relevant locations to enhance visitors experience by providing an insight about the various species housed in the park as well as the ecological significance of BBP. Additionally, tariffs, direction boards and signages are regularly updated to enhance planning and provide easy movement around the park for the visitors. Rules and regulations of the park have also been displayed to ensure animal welfare and that the cleanliness of the premises is not compromised by disorderly behaviour of the visitors.

Museum

Museum displays various animal trophies, skeletons, photographs, fossils having high educational value to create awareness among the visitors.