India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia
Published on India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia (http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in)

Home > News > Animal rights groups seek closure of Mumbai zoo > Animal rights groups seek closure of Mumbai zoo

Animal rights groups seek closure of Mumbai zoo [1]

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.

Publication Date: 
05/05/2009
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai) [2]
Tags:
Zoos [3], Wildlife [4], High Court [5], PETA [6], Maharashtra [7], Mumbai [8]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

Technology Partners: MimirTech


India Environment Portal by Centre for Science and Environment is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 India License.


Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/animal-rights-groups-seek-closure-mumbai-zoo

Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/animal-rights-groups-seek-closure-mumbai-zoo
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/daily-news-analysis-mumbai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/zoos
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/peta
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maharashtra
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mumbai