Guindy National Park
is a Protected area of Tamil Nadu,
located in Chennai, South India, is the 8th smallest National Park of India and
one of the very few national parks situated inside a city. The park is an
extension of the grounds surrounding Raj Bhavan, formerly known as the 'Guindy
Lodge', the official residence of the Governor of Tamil Nadu, India. It extends
deep inside the governor's estate, enclosing beautiful forests, scrub lands,
lakes and streams.
At Children's
park/Guindy National Park, Chennai:
The park has a role
in both ex-situ and in-situ conservation and is home to 400 blackbucks, 2,000
spotted deers, 24 jackals, a wide variety of snakes, geckos, tortoises and over
130 species of birds, 14 species of mammals, over 60 species of butterflies and
spiders each, a wealth of different invertebrates—grasshoppers, ants, termites,
crabs, snails, slugs, scorpions, mites, earthworms, millipedes, and the like.
These are free-ranging fauna and live with the minimal of interference from
human beings. The only major management activity is protection as in any other
in-situ conservation area. The park attracts more than 700,000 visitors every
year. From Wiki..
