Their friendship with the animal world began on Friday with understanding the behaviour and habitat of different species of primates at the State Zoo here.
From rescuing a herd of rogue elephants destined to be shot, to saving the animals in Baghdad Zoo during the Iraq war, maybe it is no surprise that Hollywood is planning a film about maverick conservationist Lawrence Anthony. When Liz Else tracked him down she talked to him about reconnecting with nature and communicating with elephants.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The ferocious look on Ganesh, the newcomer to the city zoo, is scary, to say the least. This 14-year-old leopard from Thrissur zoo was captured from the South Wayanad forests in May 2003.
Carrying a water bottle and a polythene bag inside city zoo will now require shelling out Rs 20 extra for a refund coupon. Taking note of the report published in the TOI that plastic bottles are blatantly being thrown inside the enclosures of zoo inmates and there is hardly anyone to check, the authorities have taken action. The refund coupon will act as a check against such activities.
The city zoo, which has been receiving flak since the death of a five-year-old hippopotamus in April, is all set to adorn a new look by the year 2012. After recieving green signal from the Mumbai Heritage Committee for the Rs 433 crore modernisation plan last week, Byculla Zoo Authorities, is now awaiting approval from the Standing Committee of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC).
Mumbai Two years after the Thailand-based HKS Designer and Consultancy drew up its Rs 433-crore master plan for the Byculla Zoo, the makeover of the zoo came a step closer to becoming a reality. On Thursday the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) gave its conditional nod to the project.
The federal government has finally begun to speed up efforts to close in on the wildlife traffickers who had sneaked rare white tigers into the country, as two of the animals have now been
