Abhayaranyam mini zoo is a part of ecotourism project which started its plan in the year 2010 and launched at 18th February 2011. This project mainly aimed at rehabilitation all the animals from Kodanad Elephant training center which is 2 kilometers away from the current location. Kodanad Elephant training center covered only an area of 2.5 acres along the banks of the River Periyar and the number of animals in the area kept increasing .Hence there aroused certain complaints that the animals inside the zoo are tightly packed and there were no sufficient space for the animals to freely roam around. This was the reason for the relocation to the new mini zoo Abhayaranyam.