1. WILD ANIMAL RESCUE AND REHABLITATION
CENTRE
(REDEVELOPMENT OF RAJIV GANDHI WILD ANIMAL RESCUE AND REHABILITATION
CENTRE)
SATEJ SHINDE
Shri Shivaji Maratha Society’s Collage of Architecture
Pune, Maharashtra, India.
SYNOPSIS
1.1. INTRODUCTION:
Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (ARRC) have a dedicated 24 X 7 helpline service
for wild animal rescue. This service was initially purposed to capture and rehabilitate snakes
wandered in people’s premises. However, many a time it would receive distress calls to
rescue injured and abandoned wild animals and birds, as there was no facility to treat such
animals in vicinity. This centre acts as a temporary treatment shelter for injured and orphaned
wild animals.
Animal Rescue & Rehabilitation Centre (ARRC) was set up in 1992 on a 2.5-acre plot
adjacent to then ‘The Pune Snake Park’. Indian Herpetological Society (HIS) is managing
Pune Municipal Corporation’s Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (ARRC).
In 2007-08 the Rescue Centre was merged under Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park & Wildlife
Research Centre for administrative purpose. Specially designed aviaries inclusive of isolation
area, pre -release area and holding area have also been built.
Animal Rescue & Rehabilitation Centre (ARRC) provides specialized care for injured &
orphaned wildlife. Our mission is to rehabilitate these wild animals back into nature. This wild
presence gives us a greater sense of where we belong in the larger scheme of things. ARRC
functions to rescue these sick, injured or orphaned animals and give them another chance at
life. ARRC team provides rescue services in the field, sometimes treating wild patients at the
site, but more often transporting them to ARRC where specialized care facilities are available.
While most animals brought to ARRC are temporarily displaced, a number of them require
long-term acclimatization for rehabilitation, or even lifetime care. The latter includes young
individuals which are hand-raised at ARRC and proposed to be relocated to a suitable
location for acclimatization and subsequent release in the wild.
Some animals with permanent damage, making them unable to survive in wild or confiscated
illegal consignments of non-native animals and birds may remain permanently at the centre.
Some of these may play a vital role in Ex-situ breeding programs. Today, ARRC is among
the best wildlife rehabilitation facilities in India.
1.4. AIM:
To design a wild animal rescue and rehabilitation centre for Rajiv Gandhi Zoo Katraj, Pune,
and Maharashtra.
2. 1.5. OBJECTIVES:
To study behaviour, habits, anthropometry and natural habitat of different types of wild
species for designing spaces for different species.
To develop system which are more relatable and replicating the natural habitats to
animals.
The provision of a safe alternative for damage-causing animals on commercial
farms, with a view to ultimately introducing them to conservation areas that can
accommodate them;
Provide information and advice on specific wildlife management problems.
1.6. SCOPE:
Grouping the animals in categories based of on their origins, families, and natural
habitats.
Create a good operating system of animal cages.
Design a structure for working staff.
Wildlife welfare activity in India is totally controlled and regulated by the government.
Wildlife rehabilitation is primarily done by the state forest department with collaboration
from central government agencies like NTCA (formerly Project Tiger), Project Elephant
etc. There are several voluntary organizations, which do participate in wildlife
rehabilitation.
Hence as India is so rich in its biotic and ecological heritage which is currently under
disturbance due to unbalanced and endangered wildlife species, we get a wide scope
for providing with proper facilities to conserve the ecological and biotic culture of India.
it will also help maintaining proper balance between flora and fauna in order to
maintain ecological balance.
1.7. LIMITATION:
The project is limited up to national level.
The project for specific species within diameter of 300 kms within from Centre
Cannot use those material for construction which are harmful for animals.
Cannot cut any tree from site.
Services provided accordly the requirement of specific species, with respect to medical,
transportation and other allied activities
Requirements fulfil according to need of rehabilitation works and procedures carried out here
and considering of conservational measures for the species rehabilitated here majorly along
with secondary species treated here.
3. 1.8. METHODOLOGY
C.W.R.C………. Wildlife rehabilitation is the treatment and care of injured, orphaned, or
sick wild animals so that they can be released back to the wild. The field of wildlife
rehabilitation varies from small scale operations of individuals working from their homes,
usually working with a veterinarian; to professionally staffed wildlife hospitals. Some
organizations are teaching wildlife hospitals
Strategy
Identify animals and list them according to their natural habitats
Data Collection
Through literature studies of standards
Through net and precedence studies
Through physical Case Studies
Through part studies such as Aquariums
Demarcating Boundary
of the site to be worked on under the project.
Site Analysis
Analysis of the site under various parameters and criteria. This is to
be done through multiple site visits.
Site Zoning
Zoning of the site according to the design and placement.
Research
Research on animal behaviours and plants for designing each
habitat and spaces.
Design Concept
Design conceptualization, ideation process, brainstorming to solidify
fragmented design ideas
Design Development
Masterplan, Plans of buildings. Site Plan, Elevations, Sections and
3D visualizations.
Dissertation
4. C.W.R.C………. Wildlife conservation is the practice of protecting wild species and
their habitats in order to prevent species from going extinct. Major threats to wildlife
include habitat destruction/degradation/fragmentation, overexploitation, poaching, pollution
and climate change. The IUCN estimates that 27,000 species of the ones assessed are at
risk for extinction. Expanding to all existing species, a 2019 UN report on biodiversity put this
estimate even higher at a million species. It's also being acknowledged that an increasing
number of ecosystems on Earth containing endangered species are disappearing. To
address these issues, there have been both national and international governmental efforts
to preserve Earth's wildlife.
CASE STUDY:
Amte's Animal Park Hemalkasa, Maharashtra, India.
Kuno national park and wild animal’s orphanage, Madhya Pradesh, India.
2.Research and development
HISTORY:
In 1953 the Pune Municipal Corporation made Peshwa Park on around 7acres of land (2.8
ha) where Madhav Rao Peshwa had set up a private menagerie in 1770. Situated in the heart
of Pane city in the basement of Parvati Hill, this Zoo displays animals in traditional cages. In
1986, Mr Neelam Kumar Khaire (the first director of the park), with help from the Pune
Municipal Corporation, made the Katraj Snake Park ashore to turn into the Rajiv Gandhi
Zoological Park. In 1997, to make a more modern zoo as per the guidelines of the Central
5. Zoo Authority of India, the municipality chose a site in Katraj and began fostering another
zoo.
The zoo opened in 1999 as the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park and Wildlife Research Centre,
and at first included just the reptile park, sambars, spotted deer, and monkeys. Even though
it took until 2005, the entirety of the animals from peshwas Park was, at last, moved to the
new site, and peshwa Park was shut.
The park also includes a rescue centre for injured and orphaned creatures in 1992. It has run
an animal adoption scheme since October 2010
NEED:
As the existing centre is not sufficient functionally and technologically to cater the growing
and modern needs, so it is necessary to redevelop the centre.
The centre was built in 1992 (almost 30 years ago)So it needs to be well think of w.r.t.
technology and modern needs.
According to 2021 GR from CZAI (CENTRAL ZOO AUTHORITY INDIAN) All zoo can intake
25% of abroad species, so it is necessary to expand the centre for accommodation of these
species.
Maintaining a healthy ecological balance on this earth, animals, plants and marine species
are as important as humans.
If soon, no stringent steps are taken to save wildlife, it would not be long when they will find
a place only on the list of extinct species. And that would not be all The extinction of wildlife
species will certainly have a fatal impact on human race as well. So, for us as humans, it
becomes a great responsibility to save the wildlife, our planet and most importantly, our own
selves.
7. LEOPARD
common name: Leopards
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Panthera pardus
TYPE: Mammals
DIET: Carnivore
SIZE:
Head and body: 4.25 to 6.25 feet;
tail: 3.5 to 4.5 feet
WEIGHT: 66 to 176 pounds
FACTS
Arboreal Lifestyle Found in North Indian subcontinent, China, Japan.
Status: Vulnerable [as per IUCN]
WILD CAT
FACT
jungle cats they are however not associated with jungles
per se but to densely vegetated land cover which are surrounded
by wetlands.
These wild cats are native to the middle east, south and
southeast Asia along with southern China.
Weight: 5-9 kgs
Height: 14-16 Inches
Body Length: 58 – 78 cm
Life Span: 15 Years
Top Speed: 30-35 Km/Hr
Gestation period: 60-65 Days
8. JACKAL
FACT
The main social unit of these animals is a mated pair as well as a family,
consisting of a mated pair and its young.
Living in pairs, the jackals share most of their activity with their partners.
Latin name: Genus Canis
Group name: Pack, Skulk
Size: 0.4 meters high
Weight: 5 to 12 kilograms
HYENA
FACT
Coat is rough and short, color is reddish brown to tan, becoming lighter
and less spotted with age, tail pompom and nose are black.
scientific name: Crocuta Crocuta
Family: Hyaenidae
Classification: Mammal
IUCN status: Least Concern
Lifespan (in wild): Around 25 years
Weight: 50-86kg
Body size: Up to 2m
Top speed: 65km/h
Diet: Carnivore
Habitat: Grassland and savanna
MONKEY
FACT
Herbivorous animals
Territorial species
Found in forest regions, rocky areas.
Lives in hot and humid climate
Bonnet macaque Northern plains Gray langur
9. CERVIDAE (DEER FAMILY) & ANTELOPE FAMILY
COMMON NAME: WHITE-TAILED DEER
SCIENTIFIC NAME: ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS
TYPE: MAMMALS
DIET: HERBIVORE
GROUP NAME: HERD
AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN CAPTIVITY: 6 TO 14 YEARS
SIZE: 6 TO 7.75 FEET
WEIGHT: 110 TO 300 POUNDS
FACTS
Terrestrial Lifestyle
Found extensively across India, Indian subcontinent, and some species even in other
continents like the Americas, parts of Europe and Africa.
Status: [as per IUCN]
Herbivores animals feeding on leaves, soft twigs and young shoots.
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