GUWAHATI, Sept 25: Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden has been declared a no-smoking zone today. In conformity with this declaration, selling of cigarettes, pan and other tobacco materials at the parking lot outside the gate of the zoo has also been banned. The parking lot outside the zoo gate will also be made a no-smoking zone later.

SHILLONG, Sept 22

Uttar Pradesh is finally going to acquire its first wildlife rescue centre. A blue print of the centre, to be set up in the Kukrail forest for rehabilitating wild animals, mainly leopards, has been cleared by state forest department.

PETA has approached the Central Zoo of Authority about the transfer of animals and birds from the Lady Hydari Park, Shillong as requested by the State Government, while stating that it cannot keep the inmates on its own.

Talking to The Shillong Times, PETA India's Chief Functionary Anuradha Sawhney appreciated the offer of the Forest Department to transfer the animals.

A Royal Bengal tigress was found dead under mysterious circumstances at the Chhatbir Zoological Park on Sunday evening. Zoo sources said fighting with another inmate in the enclosure cost Shanti her life.

The role of the management has come under the scanner as it had reportedly deployed a few beldaars (daily-wagers) on duty at the tiger enclosure in place of regular zoo keepers.

Agartala, Sept 14: Ever thought of adopting a tiger, a rhino or a crocodile? At the Sepahijala wildlife sanctuary and zoo near the Tripura capital, you can do just that.
You can virtually own a wild animal of your choice by paying for its upkeep under a novel scheme to make people participate in the preservation of wildlife at the sanctuary, located 25 km south of here.

Animals were killed by poachers for bile
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 28
People for the Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA), today held a silent protest in front of the Central Zoo Authority against a recent tragic incident in which two bears were killed by poachers for their bile inside the Rangapahar Wildlife Sanctuary cum Zoological Park in Nagaland.

PETA demonstrators dramatised a dead bear lying in an open coffin with a tombstone stating, "un

Mumbai, July 30 BMC officials present plan to corporators, expect glass-encased restaurant to be ideal revenue earner

Once the city's only zoo gets a makeover, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) wants to present Mumbaiites

With an aim to enhance their population, the Chattbir Zoo will soon breed the Shaheen Falcon, popularly known as baaz.
The number of these endangered birds has been on the decline mainly due to consumption of DDT-infested preys.

The bird is revered by the Sikh community as a prized possession of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth guru of the Sikhs. This is for the first time in the country that the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has approved such a project.

Jamshedpur, July 24: Tata Steel Zoological Society has lost a family member.

Varsha, the ailing female leopard, died this morning in the zoo hospital.

A post-mortem was done before the nine-year-old was put in an incinerator.

A favourite among children, Varsha fell sick after liver complications about a month ago. She had stopped taking food and had lost her strength to be ferocious.

Her condition deteriorated gradually till she became completely immobile. She died at 10.15 am today.

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