Under the peacock-breeding project launched by the Punjab Government, zookeepers at the Chhatbir Zoo will collect 50 peacock eggs from the lion safari here and send them to Bathinda to increase the peacock population in its Bir Talab forest and its adjoining areas.

Increasing urbanisation and use of pesticides has taken its toll on this bird in Mansa, Bathinda, Muktsar, Moga, Ferozepur and Sang