Afghanistan's only known pig has been locked in a room, away from visitors to Kabul zoo where it normally grazes beside deer and goats, because people are worried it could infect them with the virus popularly known as swine flu.
Mumbai Following the post mortem report, pinning the death of Shakti, the five-year-old hippopotamus in the Byculla zoo, to renal failure and cardiac arrest, the doctors of the Bombay Veterinary College have said that there may be a need to analyse the water and fodder provided to animals in the enclosure.
Mumbai: Describing the condition of the civic body-run zoo in the city as pathetic, several animal rights groups have suggested that it be shut down.
People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has appealed to the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) to close down the zoo in Byculla area, a tourist attraction, as the authorities have failed to maintain it properly.
Mumbai Mumbai may not be short of vets to look after pets and livestock, but wildlife veterinarians are in short supply. With a zoo in the middle of a Rs 433-crore makeover plan, the city, which has the largest protected forest in the world within city limits, is in dire need of wildlife vets.
Mumbai: Following the death of Shakti, the five-year-old male hippopotamus, at Veermata Jijabai Udyan on April 24, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) has demanded that the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) conduct an immediate inspection of the zoo and an inquiry into the death.
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The death of a five-year-old hippopotamus at the Byculla zoo recently has agitated a key animal rights body which has threatened to move the Bombay High Court if the conditions in the cages did not improve.
