Visit to WildLife Park Murree [By Nisar Hussain]

    MURREE WILDLIFE PARK

                     Anyone that happens to get the chance to visit the hills of Murree, would not want to slip stepping into some charming sights. Among those wonderful breath taking sights, a WildLife Park located near Murree, on Bansra Gali, holds a competitive status over other such sites. However, on a factual point, that shall not be disregarded when we talk about the Murree WildLife park is the under numbered variety of animals it cages. It would be a violation to the definition of Zoo if we call it so, because it has a small variety of animals, which has even got more lessened in the past few years, with reasons that has remained uncertain as yet.

To my wonderful fortunes, I have visited this park twice in current year, despite knowing the under variety of animals, it yet never fails to amuse me with its adventurous features. I have to love how this park unintentionally resembles with the fictional park shown in Jurassic Park movie. But instead of having the T-Rex or Velociraptor, this park has Siberian brown tiger and some other wild animals which are not easily available to be seen openly, like Yak, Red Deer, 3 different types of pheasants, etc. However, my this visit was not only adventurous, but was also aided with thrills and laughter, especially when we came to wonder “why is there a donkey behind the cage”. Of course it wasn’t put there on purpose, perhaps it must’ve sneaked into the cage somehow, unknowingly, but it was odd enough for us to giggle.

  SIBERIAN BROWN TIGER

Now, starting with the most prominent animal of this park, Siberian brown tiger, as the name itself dictates its origin to be from Siberia, a place in Russia, which clearly means that this animal is adapted to live in cold, and shall not possibly tolerate a high temperature. Hence, you can find air conditioner installed in the cage for this animal. Although it does not roar or make any loud sound, but its comparatively huge and heavy body is enough to fear anyone nearby it. Despite being trapped behind metal cage, it still made the tourists to scream as it rushed toward the cage. So far, it is the only Siberian tiger present in the wildlife park of Murree. 

 SAMBAR DEER

Further, it comes the Sambar Deer, which locally goes by the characteristic name of “Bara Singah”. “Bara” means twelve and “singah” means horns. As clearly visible in the image, it have 12 horns instead of two, which is not normally observed in most mammals. 

    YALK

Followed to this mammal it comes the Yak, which can be called a wild black cow, with a fairly good anger.

  PHEASANTS

In the family of birds, we have 3 types of pheasants, namely Silver Pheasant, Golden pheasant, and Green pheasant.What I find so attractive about the pheasant is the fact that their natural feathers are arranged in such a manner so as to give a look of a professional haircut, like the one that celebrities of our time are mostly seen with. 

 

              


   
 PEAFOWL / PEACOCK

Anyways, moving forth to another type of bird is the well-known common peafowl or peacock, which has their own big bird cage near the children amusement park, inside the wildlife park.

              Related articles about Murree wildlife park has added some other names of animals to their lists which are not present in the park anymore, or perhaps has never been there, like Asian black Bear, Bacterian camel, Chital, etc.

               Apart from animal exhibition in the wildlife park of Murree, what makes it even more enchanting for tourists is the fresh, wild, and adventurous environment. Just as we enter the park, huge lush green trees, stretched to the very top, welcomes us with utter zeal and zest. It’s upon the visitor to choose whether to reach the park through cable car, or by road. I personally have experienced both ways, so I can conclude that going through cable car is more adventurous, but also more restless causing struggle to walk around a kilometer on a small path around the mountain. This is not an ideal choice for aged people, but for youngsters, it’s possibly the best option, especially those who want to create a memorable journey.

Whoever gets the chance to go anywhere near the WildLife Park of Murree, shall not miss the chance to visit it. Surprisingly it offers free visit to tourists, you can even enjoy having a picnic there with your friends and family, and hopefully you spend a memorable time there.