Modernization of Mumbai zoo threatens botanical garden A RS 433-crore zoo modernization plan of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has come in for criticism. Citizen action groups and non-profits alleged the plan would lead to the destruction of the 21-hectare (ha) Jijamata Udyan where the zoo is located. The corporation denied this. The groups claimed the corporation had
The controversy surrounding irregularities in the import of four white tigers continues and it has now emerged that the federal government has issued a No-Objection Certificate for the import of the two tigers which is being used by the Lahore zoo well after the actual import took place.
A rare white tiger mauled and killed a New Zealand zoo keeper Wednesday, local media said.
The attack occurred when two keepers went inside to clean the tiger's cage at the Zion Wildlife Gardens in the city of Whangarei, about 200 km (124 miles) north of Auckland.
A change in the species of the elephants being purchased by the Karachi city government for its zoo after the publishing of advertisements was not according to the rules, Dawn has reliably learnt.
BHUBANESWAR: A Parasite management protocol being developed by the Nandankanan Zoological Park seems to be working wonders for inmates of the animal park and may prove path breaking for other zoos of India.
BY SHWETA KAMAT
The state-owned Bondla Zoo will wear a new look as Forest Department has drawn an ambitious Rs 12 crore master plan.
According to the master plan, which was drawn in 2008, the total area of the Zoo will be increased from 10 hectors to 40 hectors.
Successful Scheme: Although the Mysore zoo started the animal adoption scheme in 2001, it is only now that it is seeing some results, with some big names such as BKS Iyengar adopting animals, notes Shyam Sundar Vattam
