Last Friday I made the trek to the Mysore Zoo. It’s known to be one of the World’s largest and best zoos and I understand why. The Zoo is located on what must be several acres of land, large enough to house several herds of animals including gaur (which are like bison) and several varieties of deer. 
What was most impressive to me was that the herbivorous animals were being feed grasses that were grown right in the fields they were living in. You could actually see plots of land that had been tilled and seeded and had new growth sprouting up. In this photo, a zoo hand cuts fresh grass to feed the local rhino.
The Mysore Zoo is known for breeding animals, particularly endangered species. I was lucky enough to see several lion and cheetah cubs.
As mentioned in an earlier post, several breeds of monkeys are free roaming here in India. This was most evident at the Zoo where the rhesus monkeys come right up to tourists…probably hoping that their cuteness will solicit a snack. The Zoo warns against feeding the animals though.
Similar signage to this was posted throughout the zoo. In case you don’t read Kannada, you easily get the picture!
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I wonder if there is a connection between the respectful way animals are treated in India and reincarnation.
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